2 Kings 19:8-10

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

Sennacherib’s Threat

⁸ The Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah; for he had heard that the king had left Lachish. ⁹ 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.