2 Kings 18:20
Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
Cross-reference
2 Kings 18:14 shows Hezekiah previously submitting to Assyria, exposing the contradiction with his later boast of having strength for war.
2 Kings 18:7 records that the Lord was with Hezekiah and prospered him — the background truth that the Rabshakeh's mockery ignores.
Proverbs 21:31 affirms that victory belongs to the Lord, not military strength — undermining the Rabshakeh's dismissal of Hezekiah's war preparations.
Proverbs 21:30 states that no counsel can succeed against the Lord — opposing the Rabshakeh's mocking claim that Hezekiah's counsel is empty.
2 Chronicles 32:1 provides the historical setting of Sennacherib's invasion, grounding Rabshakeh's taunt in the broader siege narrative.
2 Chronicles 32:3 records Hezekiah's defensive action to stop water sources—a practical response to the Assyrian siege implied in the taunt.
Isaiah 33:8 describes the desolation from the same Assyrian invasion, adding a prophetic view of broken covenants and ruined highways.