9 ^aAfter this Sennacherib king of Assyria sent his servants to Jerusalem (but he and all the forces with him laid siege against Lachish), to Hezekiah king of Judah, and to all Judah who were in Jerusalem, saying,  ‡

10 ^a“Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria: ‘In what do you trust, that you remain under siege in Jerusalem?  ‡

12 ^aHas not the same Hezekiah taken away His high places and His altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, “You shall worship before one altar and burn incense on ^bit”?  ‡

13 Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of other lands? ^aWere the gods of the nations of those lands in any way able to deliver their lands out of my hand?  ‡