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| 37 |
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Passage
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| The Rab'shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah; for he had heard that the king had left Lachish. | The Assyrians send another threat. Is.37.8-20 | 2Kgs.19.8-19 |
| Now the king heard concerning Tirha'kah king of Ethiopia, "He has set out to fight against you." And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezeki'ah, saying, | |
| "Thus shall you speak to Hezeki'ah king of Judah: 'Do not let your God on whom you rely deceive you by promising that Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. | |
| Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, destroying them utterly. And shall you be delivered? | |
| Have the gods of the nations delivered them, the nations which my fathers destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Tel-assar? | |
| Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharva'im, the king of Hena, or the king of Ivvah?'" | |
| Hezeki'ah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezeki'ah went up to the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD. | |
| And Hezeki'ah prayed to the LORD: | |
| "O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, who art enthroned above the cherubim, thou art the God, thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth. | |
| Incline thy ear, O LORD, and hear; open thy eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear all the words of Sennach'erib, which he has sent to mock the living God. | |
| Of a truth, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their lands, | |
| and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore they were destroyed. | |
| So now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou alone art the LORD." | |
