Isaiah 36:1-3

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The Assyrians Invade Judah^(A)

36 During Hezekiah’s fourteenth year as king [^C701 bc], Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the ·strong, walled [fortified] cities of Judah and captured them. ² The king of Assyria sent out ·his field commander [or chief advisor; or the Rabshakeh] with a large army from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem [2 Chr. 32:9]. When the commander came near the ·waterway [aqueduct; conduit] from the upper pool on the road ·where people do their laundry [or to the Launderer’s/^TFuller’s Field], he stopped. ³ Eliakim son of Hilkiah [22:20], ·the palace manager [^Lwho was over the house], Shebna [22:15], the ·royal secretary [scribe], and Joah son of Asaph, the ·recorder [royal historian] went out to meet him.