2 Raja-raja 18:35

18:35 Who among all the gods of the lands has rescued their lands from my power? So how can the Lord rescue Jerusalem from my power?’” ¹ 

2 Raja-raja 19:24

19:24 I dug wells and drank

water in foreign lands. ² 

With the soles of my feet I dried up

all the rivers of Egypt.’

¹ tn Heb “that the Lord might rescue Jerusalem from my hand?” The logic runs as follows: Since no god has ever been able to withstand the Assyrian onslaught, how can the people of Jerusalem possibly think the Lord will rescue them?

² tn Heb “I dug and drank foreign waters.”