Aftertheseactsof faithfulnessSennacheribkingof Assyriacameand invadedJudahand besiegedthe fortifiedcities,and thoughtto breakinto them for himself.
Pul,kingof Assyria,cameagainstthe land,and MenahemgavePula thousandtalentsof silverso that his handmight be with him to strengthenthe kingdomunder his rule.
In the ninthyearof Hoshea,the kingof AssyriacapturedSamariaand carriedIsraelawayinto exileto Assyria,and settledthem in Halahand Habor,[on] the riverof Gozan,and in the citiesof the Medes.
Then the kingof AssyriacarriedIsraelawayinto exileto Assyria,and putthem in Halahand on the Habor,the riverof Gozan,and in the citiesof the Medes,
"Now,O LORDour God,I pray,deliverus from his handthat allthe kingdomsof the earthmay knowthat You alone,O LORD,are God."
Now when Hezekiahsawthat Sennacheribhad comeand that he intendedto make waron Jerusalem,
Afterallthis,whenJosiahhad setthe templein order,Necokingof Egyptcameup to makewarat Carchemishon the Euphrates,and Josiahwentout to engagehim.
Yettodayhe will haltat Nob;He shakeshis fistat the mountainof the daughterof Zion,the hillof Jerusalem.
Now in the fourteenthyearof KingHezekiah,Sennacheribkingof Assyriacameup againstallthe fortifiedcitiesof Judahand seizedthem.
So Sennacheribkingof Assyriadepartedand returned[home] and livedat Nineveh.
They will not returnto the landof Egypt;But Assyria--he will be their kingBecausethey refusedto return[to Me].
"The breakergoesup beforethem; They breakout, passthroughthe gateand goout by it. So their kinggoeson beforethem, And the LORDat their head."
