2 Chronicles 32:11

32:11 Hezekiah says, “The Lord our God will rescue us from the power of the king of Assyria.” But he is misleading you and you will die of hunger and thirst!

2 Chronicles 30:6

30:6 Messengers delivered the letters from the king and his officials throughout Israel and Judah.

This royal edict read: “O Israelites, return to the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so he may return to you who have been spared from the kings of Assyria.


tn Heb “hand.”

tn Heb “Is not Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to die by hunger and thirst, saying, ‘The Lord our God will rescue us from the hand of the king of Assyria’?’

tn Heb “the runners.”

tn Heb “and according to the command of the king, saying.”

tn The jussive with vav conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

tn Heb “to the survivors who are left to you from the palm of the kings of Assyria.”