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,

¹⁷ And the king of Assyria sent the ^(A)Tartan, the Rab-saris, and the Rabshakeh with a great army from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. When they arrived, they came and stood by ^(B)the conduit of the upper pool, which is on the highway to the Washer's Field.

³¹ Then Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Libnah to ^(A)Lachish and laid siege to it and fought against it.

⁸ The Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria fighting against ^(A)Libnah, for he had heard that the king had left ^(B)Lachish.

^2 (A)And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh^[a] from ^(B)Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem, with a great army. And he stood ^(C)by the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the Washer's Field.

^39 (A)Lachish, Bozkath, ^(B)Eglon,

^11 (A)the king of Jarmuth, one; ^(B)the king of Lachish, one;