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Sennacherib Deceives Hezekiah

Then Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against (A)Libnah, for he had heard that [a]the king had set out from (B)Lachish. Then he heard them say concerning Tirhakah king of [b]Ethiopia, “Behold, he has come out to fight against you.” So 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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  1. 2 Kings 19:8 Lit he
  2. 2 Kings 19:9 Or Cush, cf. Gen 10:6
  3. 2 Kings 19:10 Lit Judah, saying,

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