and he assented to his will. Soothly the king of Assyrians went up into Damascus, and wasted it, and translated or brought over the dwellers thereof to Kir; soothly he killed Rezin.
Forsooth the king of Assyrians brought people from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and set them in the cities of Samaria for the sons of Israel; and these had in possession Samaria, and they dwelled in the cities thereof.
Forsooth in the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyrians took Samaria, and translated or brought over Israel into Assyrians; and he put them in Halah, and in Habor, beside the flood [of] Gozan, in the cities of Medes.
Bow [down] thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, Lord, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, the which hath sent to us, that he would despise the living God.
And when he worshipped in the temple Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons, killed him with sword; and they fled into the land of Armenia; and Esarhaddon, his son, reigned for him.
And the Lord God of Israel raised the spirit of Pul, king of Assyrians, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser, king of Assur; and he translated Reuben, and Gad, and the half lineage of Manasseh, and brought them into Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and into the river of Gozan, till to this day.
Nevertheless know ye, and [well] know, that if ye slay me, ye shall betray innocent blood against yourselves, and against this city, and the dwellers thereof; for in truth the Lord sent me to you, that I should speak in your ears all these words.
Therefore the king spake, and said to Daniel, Verily your God is God of gods, and Lord of kings, that showeth mysteries, for thou mightest open this sacrament, or hid truth.
For verily, Herod and Pontius Pilate, with heathen men, and peoples of Israel, came together in this city against thine holy child Jesus, whom thou anointedest,