After this, while King Sennacherib of Assyria with all his armed forces besieged Lachish, he sent his servants to Jerusalem against King Hezekiah of Judah and against all those of Judah who were in Jerusalem, saying,
As they fled before Israel, the Lord threw large hailstones on them from the sky along the descent of Beth-horon all the way to Azekah, and they died. More of them died from the hail than the Israelites killed with the sword.
So the five Amorite kings #– #the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon #– #joined forces, advanced with all their armies, besieged Gibeon, and fought against it.
while the king of Babylon’s army was attacking Jerusalem and all of Judah’s remaining cities #– #that is, Lachish and Azekah, for they were the only ones left of Judah’s fortified cities.
From the time Amaziah turned from following the Lord, a conspiracy was formed against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. However, men were sent after him to Lachish, and they put him to death there.
