8 Then the Assyrian negotiator returned to find the Assyrian king because he’d heard that he had left Lakish, and he found him fighting against Livnah. 9 Then the king heard that Ethiopia’s King Tirhakah was marching out to attack him, so he sent messengers back to Hezkiyah with instructions, 10 “Tell Yehudah’s King Hezkiyah: don’t let your god that you trust in, deceive you by telling you that Yerushalem won’t be conquered by the Assyrian king. 11 Listen, you’ve heard how that the Assyrian kings have destroyed all the other regions. Don’t think that you’ll be saved. 12 Did the gods of those other nations save them—places like Gozan and Haran and Retsef, and the people of Eden who lived in Telassar? 13 What happened to the kings of Hamat, Arpad, La’ir, Sefarvayim, Hena, and Ivvah?”

8 When the chief commander returned to the Assyrian king, he discovered that they’d pulled out of Lakish and were now fighting against Livnah city. 9 Then the king heard that the Ethiopian King Tirhakah was preparing to attack, so he decided to return home but he sent messengers to Hizkiyah to say,