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.

A Sign Against Egypt and Cush

20 In the year that ^(A)the commander in chief, who was sent by Sargon the king of Assyria, came to ^(B)Ashdod and fought against it and captured it—

³ And the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out to meet Ahaz, you and ^(A)Shear-jashub^[a] your son, at the end of ^(B)the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the Washer's Field.

^20 (A)The rest of the deeds of Hezekiah and all his might and how he made ^(B)the pool and the conduit ^(C)and brought water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

^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.

⁹ and you saw that ^(A)the breaches of the city of David were many. ^(B)You collected the waters of the lower pool, ¹⁰ and you counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall. ^11 (C)You made a reservoir between ^(D)the two walls for the water of ^(E)the old pool. But ^(F)you did not look to him who did it, or see him who planned it long ago.

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,