2 Chronicles 32:9

32:9 Afterward King Sennacherib of Assyria, while attacking Lachish with all his military might, sent his messengers ¹  to Jerusalem. The message was for King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of ²  Judah who were in Jerusalem. It read:

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. ³ 

Isaiah 36:2

36:2 The king of Assyria sent his chief adviser ⁴  from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem, ⁵  along with a large army. The chief adviser ⁶  stood at the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth. ⁷ 

[32:9]  ¹ tn Heb “servants.”

[32:9]  ² tn Heb “all Judah.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” here by metonymy for the people of Judah.

[20:1]  ³ 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.”

[36:2]  ⁴ sn For a discussion of this title see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 229-30.

[36:2]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[36:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the chief adviser) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[36:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “the field of the washer”; traditionally “the fuller’s field” (so KJV, ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV).