The Sign Against Egypt and Ethiopia

20 In the year that ^(A)Tartan^[a] came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it,

Sennacherib Boasts Against the Lord^(A)

¹⁷ Then the king of Assyria sent the ^[a]Tartan, the ^[b]Rabsaris, and the ^[c]Rabshakeh from Lachish, with a great army against Jerusalem, to King Hezekiah. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. When they had come up, they went and stood by the ^(B)aqueduct from the upper pool, ^(C)which was on the highway to the Fuller’s Field.

²⁹ For behold, ^(A)I begin to bring calamity on the city ^(B)which is called by My name, and should you be utterly unpunished? You shall not be unpunished, for ^(C)I will call for a sword on all the inhabitants of the earth,” says the Lord of hosts.’

³⁰ “Therefore prophesy against them all these words, and say to them:

²⁰ all the mixed multitude, all the kings of ^(A)the land of Uz, all the kings of the land of the ^(B)Philistines (namely, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and ^(C)the remnant of Ashdod);

^17 (A)These are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned as a trespass offering to the Lord: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for ^(B)Gath, one for Ekron;

The Philistines and the Ark

5 Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it ^(A)from Ebenezer to Ashdod.