⁹ Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,

Sennacherib Blasphemes

⁹ After this, Sennacherib king of Assyria, who was besieging Lachish with all his forces, sent his servants to Jerusalem to Hezekiah king of Judah and to all the people of Judah who were in Jerusalem, saying,

^39 (A)Lachish, Bozkath, ^(B)Eglon,

^35 (A)Jarmuth, ^(B)Adullam, ^(C)Socoh, ^(D)Azekah,

¹¹ And as they fled before Israel, while they were ^(A)going down the ascent of Beth-horon, ^(B)the Lord threw down large stones from heaven on them as far as Azekah, and they died. There were more who died because of the hailstones than the sons of Israel killed with the sword.

⁵ Then the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon, ^(A)gathered their forces and went up with all their armies and encamped against Gibeon and made war against it.