So King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and went on his way. He went home and stayed in Nineveh.

Go and close the door behind you and your sons. Pour the olive oil into all the containers; set aside each one when you have filled it.”

When the chief adviser heard the king of Assyria had departed from Lachish, he left and went to Libnah, where the king was campaigning.

So he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him as king, and offered him up as a burnt sacrifice on the wall. There was an outburst of divine anger against Israel, so they broke off the attack and returned to their homeland.