9. इसके बाद अश्शूर का राजा सन्हेरीब जो सारी सेना समेत लाकीश के साम्हने पड़ा था, उस ने अपने कर्मचारियों को यरूशलेम में यहूदा के राजा हिजकिरयाह और उन सब यहूदियों से जो यरूशलेम में थे यों कहने के लिये भेजा,
9. Later Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, and all of his forces surrounded Lachish. They got ready to attack it. At that time, he sent his officers to Jerusalem. They went there with a message for Hezekiah, the king of Judah. The message was also for all of the people of Judah who were there. The message said,