Dopo questo, Sennacherib, re d’Assiria, mentre stava di fronte a Lakis con tutte le sue forze, mandò i suoi servi a Gerusalemme per dire a Ezechia, re di Giuda, e a tutti que’ di Giuda che si trovavano a Gerusalemme:
After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying,