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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 (C)heard them say concerning Tirhakah king of [b](D)Ethiopia, “He has come out to fight against you.” So he heard it and sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, 10 “Thus you shall say to Hezekiah king of [c]Judah, ‘(E)Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, “Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”

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  1. Isaiah 37:8 Lit he
  2. Isaiah 37:9 Or Cush, cf. Gen 10:6
  3. Isaiah 37:10 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(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