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Isaiah 37:8-10
Evangelical Heritage Version
Isaiah 37:8-10
Evangelical Heritage Version
8 Then the herald went back. He heard that the king of Assyria had already left Lachish and was fighting against Libnah.
9 When Sennacherib heard that Tirhakah king of Cush[a] had set out to fight against him, he sent messengers to Hezekiah 10 to say this to Hezekiah king of Judah:
Do not let the God you trust deceive you, saying that Jerusalem will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 37:9 Cush is the ancient name for the territory south of the First Cataract of the Nile River. Called Ethiopia in Roman times, it included most of present-day Sudan and some of present-day Ethiopia. The Cushite or Nubian kings were the pharaohs of Egypt at this time.
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