Discovery BoxIsaiah 36:2 
Context36:2 The king of Assyria sent his chief adviser 1 from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem, 2 along with a large army. The chief adviser 3 stood at the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth. 4
Isaiah 36:16
Context36:16 Don’t listen to Hezekiah!’ For this is what the king of Assyria says, ‘Send me a token of your submission and surrender to me. 5 Then each of you may eat from his own vine and fig tree and drink water from his own cistern,
Isaiah 38:1
Context38:1 In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. 6 The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz visited him and told him, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Give instructions to your household, for you are about to die; you will not get well.’”
1 sn For a discussion of this title see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 229-30.
2 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
3 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the chief adviser) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Heb “the field of the washer”; traditionally “the fuller’s field” (so KJV, ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV).
5 tn Heb “make with me a blessing and come out to me.”
6 tn Heb “was sick to the point of dying”; NRSV “became sick and was at the point of death.”
