Discovery Box2 Kings 18:11 
Context18:11 The king of Assyria deported the people of Israel 1 to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, along the Habor (the river of Gozan), and in the cities of the Medes.
2 Kings 18:19-20
Context18:19 The chief adviser said to them, “Tell Hezekiah: ‘This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: “What is your source of confidence? 2 18:20 Your claim to have a strategy and military strength is just empty talk. 3 In whom are you trusting that you would dare to rebel against me?
1 tn The Hebrew text has simply “Israel” as the object of the verb.
2 tn Heb “What is this object of trust in which you are trusting?”
3 tn Heb “you say only a word of lips, counsel and might for battle.” Sennacherib’s message appears to be in broken Hebrew at this point. The phrase “word of lips” refers to mere or empty talk in Prov 14:23.
