Sennacherib Boasts Against the Lord^(A)

¹⁷ Then the king of Assyria sent the ^[a]Tartan, the ^[b]Rabsaris, and the ^[c]Rabshakeh from Lachish, with a great army against Jerusalem, to King Hezekiah. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. When they had come up, they went and stood by the ^(B)aqueduct from the upper pool, ^(C)which was on the highway to the Fuller’s Field.

⁴ Thus many people gathered together who stopped all the ^(A)springs and the brook that ran through the land, saying, “Why should the ^[a]kings of Assyria come and find much water?”