This royal edict read: 4 “O Israelites, return to the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so he may return 5 to you who have been spared from the kings of Assyria. 6
1 tn Heb “hand.”
2 tn Heb “Is not Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to die by hunger and thirst, saying, ‘The
3 tn Heb “the runners.”
4 tn Heb “and according to the command of the king, saying.”
5 tn The jussive with vav conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.
6 tn Heb “to the survivors who are left to you from the palm of the kings of Assyria.”