Sennacherib Boasts Against the Lord(A)

17 Then the king of Assyria sent the [a]Tartan, the [b]Rabsaris, and the [c]Rabshakeh from Lachish, with a great army against Jerusalem, to King Hezekiah. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. When they had come up, they went and stood by the (B)aqueduct from the upper pool, (C)which was on the highway to the Fuller’s Field.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 18:17 A title, probably Commander in Chief
  2. 2 Kings 18:17 A title, probably Chief Officer
  3. 2 Kings 18:17 A title, probably Chief of Staff or Governor

The Sign Against Egypt and Ethiopia

20 In the year that (A)Tartan[a] came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it,

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  1. Isaiah 20:1 Or the Commander in Chief

Then the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out now to meet Ahaz, you and [a]Shear-Jashub your son, at the end of the aqueduct from the upper pool, on the highway to the Fuller’s Field,

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  1. Isaiah 7:3 Lit. A Remnant Shall Return

Death of Hezekiah(A)

20 (B)Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah—all his might, and how he (C)made a (D)pool and a [a]tunnel and (E)brought water into the city—are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 20:20 aqueduct

Then the king of Assyria sent the [a]Rabshakeh with a great army from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And he stood by the aqueduct from the upper pool, on the highway to the Fuller’s Field.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 36:2 A title, probably Chief of Staff or Governor

(A)You also saw the [a]damage to the city of David,
That it was great;
And you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
10 You numbered the houses of Jerusalem,
And the houses you broke down
To fortify the wall.
11 (B)You also made a reservoir between the two walls
For the water of the old (C)pool.
But you did not look to its Maker,
Nor did you have respect for Him who fashioned it long ago.

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  1. Isaiah 22:9 Lit. breaches in the city walls

(A)After this Sennacherib king of Assyria sent his servants to Jerusalem (but he and all the forces with him laid siege against Lachish), to Hezekiah king of Judah, and to all Judah who were in Jerusalem, saying,

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