⁹ Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,

⁹ Later, when Sennacherib king of Assyria and all his forces were laying siege to Lachish,^(A) he sent his officers to Jerusalem with this message for Hezekiah king of Judah and for all the people of Judah who were there:

¹¹ As they fled before Israel on the road down from Beth Horon to Azekah, the Lord hurled large hailstones^(A) down on them,^(B) and more of them died from the hail than were killed by the swords of the Israelites.

⁵ Then the five kings^(A) of the Amorites^(B)—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish and Eglon—joined forces. They moved up with all their troops and took up positions against Gibeon and attacked it.