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Sennacherib’s Threat

The Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah; for he had heard that the king had left Lachish. When the king[a] heard concerning King Tirhakah of Ethiopia,[b] ‘See, he has set out to fight against you’, he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying, 10 ‘Thus shall you speak to King Hezekiah of Judah: Do not let your God on whom you rely deceive you by promising that Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 19:9 Heb he
  2. 2 Kings 19:9 Or Nubia; Heb Cush

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