Isaiah 37:9

37:9 The king 1  heard that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia 2  was marching out to fight him. 3  He again sent 4  messengers to Hezekiah, ordering them:

1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

2 tn Heb “Cush” (so NASB); NIV, NCV “the Cushite king of Egypt.”

3 tn Heb “heard concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, ‘He has come out to fight with you.’”

4 tn The Hebrew text has, “and he heard and he sent,” but the parallel in 2 Kgs 19:9 has וַיָּשָׁב וַיִּשְׁלַח (vayyashav vayyishlakh, “and he returned and he sent”), i.e., “he again sent.”