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OET (OET-RV)Then the king heard that the Ethiopian King Tirhakahwas preparing to attack, so he decided to return homebut he sent messengers to Hizkiyah to say,
19:9OSHB note: BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.
Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXXΚαὶ ἤκουσε περὶ Θαρακὰ βασιλέως Αἰθιόπων, λέγων, ἰδοὺ ἐξῆλθε πολεμεῖν μετὰ σοῦ· καὶ ἐπέστρεψε, καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ἀγγέλους πρὸς Ἐζεκίαν, λέγων, (Kai aʸkouse peri Tharaka basileōs Aithiopōn, legōn, idou exaʸlthe polemein meta sou; kai epestrepse, kai apesteilen angelous pros Ezekian, legōn, )
BrTrAnd he heard concerning Tharaca king of the Ethiopians, saying, Behold, he is come forth to fight with thee: and he returned, and sent messengers to Ezekias, saying,
ULTAnd he heard concerning Tirhakah the king of Cush, saying, “Look—he went out to fight with you.” And he returned, and he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
USTSoon after that, King Sennacherib received a report that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was leading his army to attack them. But before King Sennacherib left Libnah to fight against the army from Ethiopia, he sent other messengers to King Hezekiah with a letter.
BSBNow Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush “Look, he has set out to fight against you.” So Sennacherib again sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
NETThe king heard that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was marching out to fight him. He again sent messengers to Hezekiah, ordering them:
LSVAnd he hears concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, saying, “Behold, he has come out to fight with you”; and he turns and sends messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
FBVSennacherib had received a message about Tirhakah, king of Ethiopia, that said, “Watch out! He has set out to attack you.” So Sennacherib sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,
T4TSoon after that, King Sennacherib received a report that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was leading his army, and was coming to attack them. So before King Sennacherib left Libnah to fight against the army from Ethiopia, he sent other messengers to King Hezekiah with a letter.
JPSAnd when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia: 'Behold, he is come out to fight against thee'; he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying:
ASVAnd when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee, he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,
DRAAnd when he heard of Theraca king of Ethiopia: Behold, he is come out to fight with thee: and was going against him, he sent messengers to Ezechias, saying:
YLTAnd he heareth concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, saying, 'Lo, he hath come out to fight with thee;' and he turneth and sendeth messengers unto Hezekiah, saying,
DrbyAnd he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he has come forth to make war with thee. And he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,
RVAnd when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying, (And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee/you: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying, )
SLTAnd he will hear Tirhakah king of Cush, saying, Behold, he came forth to war with thee: and he will turn back and send messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
WbstrAnd when he heard it said of Tirhakah king of Cush, Behold, he hath come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,
KJB-1769And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying, (And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee/you: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying, )
KJB-1611And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, hee is come out to fight against thee: hee sent messengers againe vnto Hezekiah, saying, (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)
GnvaHe heard also men say of Tirhakah King of Ethiopia, Beholde, he is come out to fight against thee: he therefore departed and sent other messengers vnto Hezekiah, saying, (He heard also men say of Tirhakah King of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee/you: he therefore departed and sent other messengers unto Hezekiah, saying, )
ClVgCumque audisset de Tharaca rege Æthiopiæ, dicentes: Ecce egressus est ut pugnet adversum te: et iret contra eum, misit nuntios ad Ezechiam, dicens:[fn] (And_when listensset from/about Tharaca king Æthiopiæ, saying: Behold going_out it_is as pugnet against you(sg): and iret on_the_contrary him, he_sent messengers to Ezechiam, saying: )
19.9Cumque audisset. ID. Volente Deo Rabsaces deseruit obsidionem Jerusalem, et invenit Dominum suum vel capta vel deserta Lachis oppugnantem Lobnam. Sennacherib occurrens regi Æthiopum, misit ad Ezechiam epistolas ut quos viribus non cepit, sermone terreret. Pugnasse Sennacherib contra Ægyptios et obsedisse Pelusium, jamque exstructis aggeribus urbe capienda venisse Taracham regem Æthiopum in auxilium narrat Herodotus. RAB. Prius Ezechias Domini terrore perterritus adorare in templo non audebat vel liberas ibi fundere preces, nunc dicente Isaia: Ne timeas a facie verborum quæ audisti Isa. 41., audacter Dominum deprecatur.
19.9And_when listensset. ID. Volente to_God Rabsacesdeseruitobsidionem Yerusalem, and he_found the_Master his_own or captured or deserted LachisoppugnantemLobnam. Sennacherib occurrens to_rule Æthiopum, he_sent to Ezechiamepistolas as which menbus not/no cepit, speechneterreret. Pugnasse Sennacherib on_the_contrary of_Egyptos and obsedisse Pelusium, alreadyqueexstructisaggeribus city capienda I_camesseTaracham the_king Æthiopum in/into/on help/aid(n) tells Herodotus. RAB. PriusEzechias Master in_terror perterritusadorare in/into/on temple not/no audebat or liberas there funderepreces, now speaking Isaiah: Don't fear from face wordrum which you_heard Isa. 41., audacter the_Master deprecatur.
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).
