Thereforethussaysthe LORDconcerningthe kingof Assyria,"He will not cometo thiscityor shootan arrowthere;and he will not comebeforeit with a shieldorthrowup a siegerampagainstit.
They cameand besiegedhim in AbelBeth-maacah,and they castup a siegerampagainstthe city,and it stoodby the rampart;and allthe peoplewhowere with Joabwere wreakingdestructionin order to topplethe wall.
"Into his righthandcamethe divination,'Jerusalem,'to setbatteringrams,to openthe mouthfor slaughter,to liftup the voicewith a battlecry,to setbatteringramsagainstthe gates,to castup ramps,to builda siegewall.
