Quæ postquam gesta sunt, misit Sennacherib rex Assyriorum servos suos in Jerusalem (ipse enim cum universo exercitu obsidebat Lachis) ad Ezechiam regem Juda, et ad omnem populum qui erat in urbe, dicens:
After this, Sennacherib king of the Assyrians sent his servants to Jerusalem, (for he with all his army was besieging Lachis,) to Ezechias king of Juda, and to all the people that were in the city, saying:
Que postquam gere es, rege Sennachere de Assyriis mitte servos suo in Ierusalem (ipso nam cum universa exercitu obside Lachis) ad Ezechiase rege Iuda, et ad omni populo qui es in urbe, dicente: