⁸ So the Rab-shakeh went back, and when he got there the king of Assyria was making war against Libnah, for it had come to his ears that he had gone away from Lachish.

¹⁴ And Hezekiah, king of Judah, sent to Lachish, to the king of Assyria, saying, I have done wrong; give up attacking me, and whatever you put on me I will undergo. And the payment he was to make was fixed by the king of Assyria at three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

²⁹ Then Joshua and all Israel with him went on from Makkedah and came to Libnah, and made an attack on it;

¹¹ The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;

¹⁵ The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;

³⁹ Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon;

⁴² Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan;

²² So Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah to this day. And at the same time, Libnah made itself free.

⁸ So the Rab-shakeh went back, and when he got there the king of Assyria was making war against Libnah: for it had come to his ears that the king of Assyria had gone away from Lachish.

⁹ And when news came to him that Tirhakah, king of Ethiopia, had made an attack on him, ... And he sent representatives to Hezekiah, king of Judah, saying,

¹³ Let the war-carriage be yoked to the quick-running horse, you who are living in Lachish: she was the first cause of sin to the daughter of Zion; for the wrongdoings of Israel were seen in you.