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And the king of the Assyrians sent Rabsaces out of Laches to Jerusalem to king Ezekias with a large force: and he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the way of the fuller's field.
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Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of the reign of Ezekias, Sennacherim, king of the Assyrians, came up against the strong cities of Judea, and took them.
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And the king of the Assyrians sent Rabsaces out of Laches to Jerusalem to king Ezekias with a large force: and he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the way of the fuller's field.
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And there went forth to him Heliakim the steward, the of Chelcias, and Somnas the scribe, and Joach the of Asaph, the recorder.
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And Rabsaces said to them, Say to Ezekias, Thus says the great king, the king of the Assyrians, Why art thou secure?
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Is war carried on with counsel and words of the lips? and now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?