¹² Now therefore, give me this mountain of which the Lord spoke in that day; for you heard in that day how ^(A)the Anakim were there, and that the cities were great and fortified. ^(B)It may be that the Lord will be with me, and ^(C)I shall be able to drive them out as the Lord said.”

²² And he said, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept; ^(A)for I said, ‘Who can tell whether ^[a]the Lord will be gracious to me, that the child may live?’

^4 (A)It may be that the Lord your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to ^(B)reproach the living God, and will ^(C)rebuke the words which the Lord your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.’ ”

^3 (A)Perhaps everyone will listen and turn from his evil way, that I may ^(B)relent concerning the calamity which I purpose to bring on them because of the evil of their doings.’