¶ So Rabshakeh returned, and found the King of Assyria fighting against [a]Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

He heard also men say of Tirhakah, King of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: and when he heard it, he sent other messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah King of Judah, saying, Let not thy God [b]deceive thee, in whom thou trustest, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the King of Assyria.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 37:8 Which was a city toward Egypt, thinking thereby to have stayed the force of his enemies.
  2. Isaiah 37:10 Thus God would have him to utter a most horrible blasphemy before his destruction: as to call the author of all truth, a deceiver: some gather hereby that Shebna had disclosed unto Sennacherib the answer that Isaiah sent to the king.

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(C) received a report(D) that Tirhakah, the king of Cush,[a](E) was marching out to fight against him. When he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah with this word: 10 “Say to Hezekiah king of Judah: Do not let the god you depend on deceive(F) you when he says, ‘Jerusalem will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria.’(G)

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  1. Isaiah 37:9 That is, the upper Nile region