2 Chronicles 32:9-11

Christian Standard Bible

Sennacherib’s Servant’s Speech

⁹ After this,^(A) while King Sennacherib of Assyria with all his armed forces besieged^[a] Lachish, he sent his servants to Jerusalem against King Hezekiah of Judah and against all those of Judah who were in Jerusalem, saying, ¹⁰ “This is what King Sennacherib of Assyria says: ‘What are you relying on that you remain in Jerusalem under siege? ¹¹ Isn’t Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to death by famine and thirst when he says, “The Lord our God will keep us from the grasp of the king of Assyria”?