³¹ From Libnah, Joshua and all Israel with him crossed to Lachish. They laid siege to it and attacked it.

¹⁴ So King Hezekiah of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish:^(A) ‘I have done wrong;^(B) withdraw from me. Whatever you demand from me, I will pay.’ The king of Assyria demanded ten tonnes^[a] of silver and one tonne^[b] of gold from King Hezekiah of Judah.