Isaiah 36:7-9

Contemporary English Version

⁷Is Hezekiah now depending on the Lord, your God? Didn't Hezekiah tear down all except one of the Lord's altars and places of worship?^[a] Didn't he tell the people of Jerusalem and Judah to worship at that one place?

⁸The king of Assyria wants to make a bet with you people! He will give you 2,000 horses, if you have enough troops to ride them. ⁹How could you even defeat our lowest ranking officer, when you have to depend on Egypt for chariots and cavalry?

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Footnotes

36.7 worship: Hezekiah actually had torn down the places where idols were worshiped, and he had told the people to worship the Lord at the one place of worship in Jerusalem. But the Assyrian leader was confused and thought these were also places where the Lord was supposed to be worshiped.