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BrLXXοὕτως λέγει Σενναχηρὶμ βασιλεὺς Ἀσσυρίων, ἐπὶ τί ὑμεῖς πεποίθατε, καὶ καθήσεσθε ἐν τῇ περιοχῇ ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ; (houtōs legei Sennaⱪaʸrim basileus Assuriōn, epi ti humeis pepoithate, kai kathaʸsesthe en taʸ perioⱪaʸ en Hierousalaʸm; )
BrTrThus says Sennacherim king of the Assyrians, On what do ye trust, that ye will remain in the siege in Jerusalem?
ULT“Thus says Sennacherib, the king of Assyria: On what are you all trusting and dwelling in siege in Jerusalem?
UST“I am Sennacherib, the great king of Assyria, and this is what I say: While you are staying in Jerusalem, my soldiers are surrounding the city. So what are you depending on to keep you safe?
BSB“This is what Sennacherib king of Assyria says: What is the basis of your confidence, that you remain in Jerusalem under siege?
NET“This is what King Sennacherib of Assyria says: ‘Why are you so confident that you remain in Jerusalem while it is under siege?
LSV“Thus said Sennacherib king of Asshur: On what are you trusting and abiding in the bulwark in Jerusalem?
FBV“This is what Sennacherib, king of Assyria, says. What are you going to trust in to help you survive when I come to attack Jerusalem?
T4T“I am Sennacherib, the great king of Assyria, and this is what I say: 'While you are staying in Jerusalem, my soldiers are surrounding the city. So why [RHQ] are you so confident?
LEB“Thus says Sennacherib the king of Assyria: ‘On what are you relying that you are dwelling in siege works in Jerusalem?
BBESennacherib, king of Assyria, says, In what are you placing your hope, waiting here in the walled town of Jerusalem?
JPS'Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria: Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide the siege in Jerusalem?
ASVThus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide the siege in Jerusalem?
DRAThus saith Sennacherib king of the Assyrians: In whom do you trust, that you sit still besieged in Jerusalem?
YLT'Thus said Sennacherib king of Asshur, On what are ye trusting and abiding in the bulwark, in Jerusalem?
DrbyThus says Sennacherib king of Assyria: On what do ye rely that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?
RVThus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide the siege in Jerusalem?
WbstrThus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, On what do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?
KJB-1769Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?[fn] (Thus saith/says Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye/you_all trust, that ye/you_all abide in the siege in Yerusalem? )
KJB-1611[fn]Thus sayth Semacherib king of Assyria, Whereon doe ye trust, that yee abide in the siege in Ierusalem? (Thus saith/says Semacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye/you_all trust, that ye/you_all abide in the siege in Yerusalem?)
BshpsThus saith Sennacherib king of the Assyrians: wherin do ye trust O ye that dwell in Hierusalem which is besieged? (Thus saith/says Sennacherib king of the Assyrians: wherin do ye/you_all trust O ye/you_all that dwell in Yerusalem which is besieged?)
GnvaThus saith Saneherib the King of Asshur, Wherein doe ye trust, that ye will remaine in Ierusalem, during the siege? (Thus saith/says Saneherib the King of Asshur, Wherein do ye/you_all trust, that ye/you_all will remain in Yerusalem, during the siege? )
CvdlThus sayeth Sennacherib ye kynge of Assur: Wherin put ye youre trust ye that dwell in the beseged Ierusalem? (Thus saith/says Sennacherib ye/you_all king of Assur: Wherin put ye/you_all your(pl) trust ye/you_all that dwell in the beseged Yerusalem?)
Wycland seide, Sennacherib, the kyng of Assiriens, seith these thingis, In whom han ye trist, and sitten bisegid in Jerusalem? (and said, Sennacherib, the king of Assiriens, saith/says these things, In whom have ye/you_all trist, and sit bisegid in Yerusalem?)
LuthSo spricht Sanherib, der König zu Assur: Wes vertröstet ihr euch, die ihr wohnet in dem belagerten Jerusalem? (So says Sanherib, the/of_the king to Assur: Wes vertröstet you/their/her you, the you/their/her lives in to_him belagerten Yerusalem?)
ClVgHæc dicit Sennacherib rex Assyriorum: In quo habentes fiduciam sedetis obsessi in Jerusalem? (This dicit Sennacherib king Assyriorum: In quo habentes fiduciam sedetis obsessi in Yerusalem? )
32:1-23 The Chronicler summarizes in twenty-three verses the lengthy account of the siege against Jerusalem (cp. 2 Kgs 18:17–19:37; Isa 36–38). God’s response to the attack of King Sennacherib of Assyria was a blessing that resulted from Judah’s and Hezekiah’s faithfulness in seeking the Lord.
(Occurrence 0) What are you relying on in order to endure a siege in Jerusalem?
(Some words not found in UHB: thus he/it_had_said Sennacherib king Assyria on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in what you_all relying and,remain in/on/at/with,siege in/on/at/with,Jerusalem )
Sennacherib uses a rhetorical question to cause the people to think about their situation. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this question as a statement. Alternate translation: “You are not able to endure a siege in Jerusalem.”
The harrowing experience of the attack on Judah by King Sennacherib of Assyria during Hezekiah’s reign is recorded by three different writers of Scripture and even by Sennacherib himself. Many scholars also suspect that this event formed the basis for Herodotus’s story regarding an army of mice eating the bow strings of the Assyrian army during their campaign against the Egyptians (Histories, 2.141). The origins of this event stretch back into the reign of Hezekiah’s father Ahaz, who enticed the Assyrians to attack Israel and Aram in exchange for making Judah a vassal of Assyria (2 Kings 16-17; 2 Chronicles 28; Isaiah 7-8; also see “The Final Days of the Northern Kingdom of Israel” map). Judah continued to be a vassal of Assyria through the early part of Hezekiah’s reign, but Hezekiah also quietly made extensive preparations to throw off the yoke of Assyria one day (2 Kings 18:1-12; 1 Chronicles 4:39-43; 2 Chronicles 29-31; also see “Hezekiah Strengthens Judah” map). Hezekiah also appears to have been hoping for support from Babylon and Egypt regarding his efforts to revolt against Assyria’s rule, but the prophet Isaiah warned Judah against placing their hopes in these foreign powers (Isaiah 30:1-5; 31:1-3; 39:1-8; 40:10-15; 2 Kings 20:12-19). After a few years spent quashing rebellion among the Babylonians, the Kassites, and the Medes in the east, Sennacherib turned his sights westward and began a campaign to subdue the various vassal nations that were refusing to submit to Assyria’s rule any longer. He first reconquered the Phoenician cities of Sidon and Tyre and then moved south to Philistia. He subdued Joppa, Beth-dagon, Bene-berak, and Azor and then moved to capture the cities of the Shephelah, which guarded the entrances to the valleys leading into the central hill country of Judah. While Sennacherib was attacking Lachish he sent his officers to demand Hezekiah’s surrender. This may be the Assyrian advance upon Jerusalem from the north described in Isaiah 10:28-32, but this is not certain (see “Assyria Advances on Jerusalem” map). Hezekiah sent officers back to Sennacherib with gold and silver taken from Temple and the royal treasury, but he would not surrender. The officers then traveled to Libnah to meet with Sennacherib, for he gone to fight there by that time. In the meantime King Tirhakah of Cush, who was ruling over Egypt at this time, came to attack Sennacherib, so Sennacherib sent his officials back to Hezekiah with a message that Jerusalem would be taken if he resisted. Hezekiah laid the letter from the officials before the Lord and prayed, and the Lord sent word through the prophet Isaiah that Jerusalem would not be taken. Then that very night the angel of the Lord killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers (probably those with Sennacherib fighting the Egyptians), and Sennacherib went back to Assyria. There while he was worshiping in the temple of Nisroch, Sennacherib’s sons killed him and fled to Ararat (see “Ararat” map).
