2 Kings 19:14

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12 ^aHave the gods of the nations delivered those whom my fathers have destroyed, Gozan and Haran and Rezeph, and the people of ^bEden who were in Telassar?

13 ^aWhere is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?’ ”

14 ^aAnd Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.

15 Then Hezekiah prayed before the Lord, and said: “O Lord God of Israel, the One ^awho dwells between the cherubim, ^bYou are God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.

16 ^aIncline Your ear, O Lord, and hear; ^bopen Your eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, ^cwhich he has sent to reproach the living God.

17 Truly, Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,

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2 Kings 19:14

Hezekiah received the letter - The inscriptions show that scribes accompanied the Assyrian armies, with the materials of their craft, so that such a dispatch might be easily drawn up. As Hezekiah himself "read" it, we may presume that it was in the Hebrew tongue.

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