18:17 The king of Assyria sent his commanding general, the chief eunuch, and the chief adviser 3 from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem, 4 along with a large army. They went up and arrived at Jerusalem. They went 5 and stood at the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth. 6
1 tn Heb “and the king asked the woman and she told him.”
2 tn Heb “and he assigned to her an official, saying.”
3 sn For a discussion of these titles see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 229-30.
4 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
5 tn Heb “and they went up and came.”
6 tn Heb “the field of the washer.”
5 tn The parallel passage in Jer 52:25 has “seven.”
6 tn Heb “five seers of the king’s face.”
7 tn Heb “the people of the land.”