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Listen! I am going to put a spirit in the king of Assyria. He will hear a report that will make him return to his own country, and I will cause him to die by the sword there.’”

The field commander heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish. When he went back, he found the king fighting against the city of Libnah.

The king received a report that Tirhakah, the Cushite king of Egypt, was coming to attack him. When the king of Assyria heard this, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

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Listen! When he hears a certain report,(A) I will make him want to return to his own country, and there I will have him cut down with the sword.(B)’”

When the field commander heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish,(C) he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.(D)

Now Sennacherib received a report that Tirhakah, the king of Cush,[a] was marching out to fight against him. So he again sent messengers to Hezekiah with this word:

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 19:9 That is, the upper Nile region