9 Senaheribi watfola umbiko wekutsi Thihakha, inkhosi yaseKushe, nayo iyashuca itewuhlasela yena. Ngako waphindze watfumela tigijimi kuHezekiya nelivi lelitsi:
Watfumela titfunywa edolobheni ku-Ahabi, inkhosi yaka-Israyeli, watsi: “Inkhosi Bheni Hadadi itsi:
Inkhosi yase-Asiriya yatfumela khenela wayo, nendvuna yemabutfo, nendvuna lenkhulu yemphi kanye nalelikhulu libutfo lemphi, lelesuka eLakhishi yaya enkhosini, Hezekiya, eJerusalema. Lemphi yefika eJerusalema yakanekisa emseleni wesitiba lesisenhla, emgwacweni loya eNsimini yeMgezi Wetingubo.
“Tjelani Hezekiya, inkhosi yakaJuda, nitsi: ‘Ungayengwa ngulonkulunkulu wakho lometsembako nakatsi: “IJerusalema ngeke inikelwe etandleni tenkhosi yase-Asiriya.”
Lendvuna lenkhulu yemphi yatsi kube ive kutsi inkhosi yase-Asiriya ayisekho eLakhishi, yase iyancandzeka nayo, yakhandza inkhosi ibambene etulu neLibna.
Maye kuwe wena live leligubhutisa timphiko, lingesheya kwemifula yaseSudani,
Senaheribi watfola umbiko wekutsi Thihakha, inkhosi yaseKushe, nayo iyashuca itewuhlasela yena. Watsi nakeva loku, watfumela tigijimi kuHezekiya nelivi lelitsi:
kwefika sigijimi kuSawula, satsi: “Phutfuma! EmaFilisti asatseleke ngekhatsi eveni lakho lena emuva.”