2 Kings 9:5

9:5 When he arrived, the officers of the army were sitting there. ¹  So he said, “I have a message for you, O officer.” ²  Jehu asked, “For which one of us?” ³  He replied, “For you, O officer.”

2 Kings 18:20

18:20 Your claim to have a strategy and military strength is just empty talk. ⁴  In whom are you trusting that you would dare to rebel against me?

2 Kings 18:35

18:35 Who among all the gods of the lands has rescued their lands from my power? So how can the Lord rescue Jerusalem from my power?’” ⁵ 

[9:5]  ¹ tn Heb “and he arrived and look, the officers of the army were sitting.”

[9:5]  ² tn Heb “[there is] a word for me to you, O officer.”

[9:5]  ³ tn Heb “To whom from all of us?”

[18:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “you say only a word of lips, counsel and might for battle.” Sennacherib’s message appears to be in broken Hebrew at this point. The phrase “word of lips” refers to mere or empty talk in Prov 14:23.

[18:35]  ⁷ tn Heb “that the Lord might rescue Jerusalem from my hand?” The logic runs as follows: Since no god has ever been able to withstand the Assyrian onslaught, how can the people of Jerusalem possibly think the Lord will rescue them?