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Sennacherib Defies God(A)

So Rab-shakeh returned and found the king of Assyria at war with Libnah, because Rab-shakeh had heard that the king had left Lachish. When he heard that it was being said about King Tirhakah of Ethiopia,[a] “Look! He has come out to attack you!” he again sent messengers to Hezekiah.

The messengers were told, 10 “This is what you are to say to King Hezekiah of Judah: ‘Don’t let your God in whom you trust deceive you by telling you[b] “Jerusalem won’t be turned over to the control[c] of Assyria’s king.”

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  1. 2 Kings 19:9 Lit. Cush
  2. 2 Kings 19:10 The Heb. lacks you
  3. 2 Kings 19:10 Lit. hand

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

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: 10 “Say to Hezekiah king of Judah: Do not let the god you depend(C) on deceive(D) you when he says, ‘Jerusalem will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria.’

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Footnotes

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