2 Chronicles 32:9

32:9 Afterward King Sennacherib of Assyria, while attacking Lachish with all his military might, sent his messengers 1  to Jerusalem. The message was for King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of 2  Judah who were in Jerusalem. It read:

2 Chronicles 32:22

32:22 The Lord delivered Hezekiah and the residents of Jerusalem from the power of King Sennacherib of Assyria and from all the other nations. 3  He made them secure on every side. 4 

2 Chronicles 32:21

32:21 The Lord sent a messenger 5  and he wiped out all the soldiers, princes, and officers in the army of the king of Assyria. So Sennacherib 6  returned home humiliated. 7  When he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons 8  struck him down with the sword.

1 tn Heb “servants.”

2 tn Heb “all Judah.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” here by metonymy for the people of Judah.

3 tn Heb “and from the hand of all.”

4 tc The Hebrew text reads literally, “and he led him from all around.” However, the present translation assumes an emendation to וַיָּנַח לָהֶם מִסָּבִיב (vayyanakh lahem missaviv, “and he gave rest to them from all around”). See 2 Chr 15:15 and 20:30.

5 tn Or “an angel.”

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

7 tn Heb “and he returned with shame of face to his land.”

8 tn Heb “and some from those who went out from him, from his inward parts.”