Sennacherib Defies God

Then Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against (A)Libnah, for he had heard that [a]the king had left (B)Lachish. When he heard them say concerning Tirhakah king of [b]Cush, “Behold, he has come out to fight against you,” he sent messengers again to Hezekiah saying, 10 “Thus you shall say to Hezekiah king of [c]Judah, ‘Do not (C)let your God in whom you trust deceive you saying, “(D)Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 19:8 Lit he
  2. 2 Kings 19:9 Or Ethiopia
  3. 2 Kings 19:10 Lit Judah, saying,