2 Kings 19:7-9

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁷ I myself will put a spirit in him, so that he shall hear a rumour and return to his own land; I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.”’

Sennacherib’s Threat

⁸ The Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah; for he had heard that the king had left Lachish. ⁹ When the king^[a] heard concerning King Tirhakah of Ethiopia,^[b] ‘See, he has set out to fight against you’, he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,