⁹ Now King Sennacherib^[a] had received this report concerning King Tirhakah of Cush: “He has marched out to fight against you.”

When he heard it, he returned and^[b] sent messengers to Hezekiah: ¹⁰ “Say this to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Don’t let your God on whom you depend deceive you when he says, “Jerusalem will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.” ¹¹ Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all countries, dooming them to destruction. So do you think you will be saved? ¹² Did the gods of the nations that were destroyed by my ancestors save them—the nations of Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden, who were in Tel-assar? ¹³ Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sephar-vaim, or of Hena, or of Ivvah, or of Samaria?’”^[c]