5. So King Hezekiah’s men went to Isaiah.
6. Isaiah answered them, “Say this to your master, ‘This is what the Lord says: Don’t be afraid of the message that you heard when the Assyrian king’s assistants slandered me.
7. I’m going to put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own country. I’ll have him assassinated in his own country.’ ”
8. The field commander returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah. He had heard that the king left Lachish.
9. Now, Sennacherib heard that King Tirhakah of Sudan was coming to fight him.When he heard this, he again sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,