KJV King James Version
And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,
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2 Kings 19:9
And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “Look, he has set out to fight against you.” So Sennacherib again sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
WEB World English Bible
When he heard it said of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, “Behold, he has come out to fight against you, he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,
ASV American Standard Version
And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee, he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he heareth concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, saying, ‘Lo, he hath come out to fight with thee;’ and he turneth and sendeth messengers unto Hezekiah, saying,
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 19
6 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
9 And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,
10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; [as] Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which [were] in Thelasar?
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיִּשְׁמַ֗עH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)תִּרְהָ֤קָהH8640 · tir.ha.qahTirhakahמֶֽלֶך־H4428 · me.lekhkingכּוּשׁ֙H3568 · kushCushלֵאמֹ֔רH559 · a.marto sayהִנֵּ֥הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdיָצָ֖אH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeלְהִלָּחֵ֣םH3898 · la.chamto fightאִתָּ֑ךְH854 · etwithוַיָּ֙שָׁב֙H7725 · shuvto return: returnוַיִּשְׁלַ֣חH7971 · sha.lachto send: departמַלְאָכִ֔יםH4397 · ma.le.akhmessengerאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּH2396 · chiz.qiy.yahHezekiahלֵאמֹֽר׃H559 · a.marto say
Cross-references
1 Samuel 23:27But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.2 Kings 18:17And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which [is] in the highway of the fuller’s field.Isaiah 37:9And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard [it], he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
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