Isaiah 36:2

36:2 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 36:2

36:2 The king of Assyria sent his chief adviser ⁵  from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem, ⁶  along with a large army. The chief adviser ⁷  stood at the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth. ⁸ 

Isaiah 18:1

The Lord Will Judge a Distant Land in the South

18:1 The land of buzzing wings is as good as dead, ⁹ 

the one beyond the rivers of Cush,

Isaiah 20:1

20:1 The Lord revealed the following message during the year in which King Sargon of Assyria sent his commanding general to Ashdod, and he fought against it and captured it. ¹⁰ 

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 sn For a discussion of this title see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 229-30.

⁶ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the chief adviser) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tn Heb “the field of the washer”; traditionally “the fuller’s field” (so KJV, ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV).

⁹ tn Heb “Woe [to] the land of buzzing wings.” On הוֹי (hoy, “woe, ah”) see the note on the first phrase of 1:4.

¹⁰ tn Heb “In the year the commanding general came to Ashdod, when Sargon king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and captured it.”