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12 because they did not listen to the Lord their God but violated his covenant – all he had commanded Moses the servant of the Lord. They did not listen, and they did not obey.(A)

Sennacherib’s Invasion

13 In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Assyria’s King Sennacherib attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.(B) 14 So King Hezekiah of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish:(C) ‘I have done wrong;(D) 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.

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Footnotes

  1. 18:14 Lit 300 talents
  2. 18:14 Lit 30 talents