they cried

2 Kings 18:26-28
Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, along with Shebnah and Joah, said to the Rab-shakeh, "Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall." . . .

Isaiah 36:13
Then the Rab-shakeh stood and called out loudly in Hebrew: "Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria!

to affright

1 Samuel 17:10, 26
Then the Philistine said, "I defy the ranks of Israel this day! Give me a man to fight!" . . .

Nehemiah 6:9
For they were all trying to frighten us, saying, "Their hands will be weakened in the work, and it will never be finished." But now, my God, strengthen my hands.