17 Ke kaloku ukumkani waseAsiriya wathi eseLakishe wathumela ukumkani uHezekiya eJerusalem umkhosi omkhulu uphantsi kwenjengele yakhe, nengqwayi-ngqwayi engumaqhuzu, ndawonye nengqwayi-ngqwayi ebhexeshayo. Wakufika eJerusalem loo mkhosi, wema kwindlela ebheka apho kusetyenzwa khona amalaphu, ngakumjelo otsala amanzi kwiqula elingentla.