“And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,”
The king of Assyria learns that Tirhakah, king of Cush, is coming to fight against him, establishing a further distraction and the multiplication of military concerns. The threat from Egypt (represented by the Cushite king) ironically fulfills Isaiah's earlier prophecy that Egypt itself cannot help Judah, yet the Egyptian threat serves to distract Assyria from the conquest of Jerusalem.
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