5. So King Hezekiah’s men went to Isaiah.
6. Isaiah answered them, “Say this to your master, ‘This is what the Lord says: Don’t be afraid of the message that you heard when the Assyrian king’s assistants slandered me.
7. I’m going to put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own country. I’ll have him assassinated in his own country.’ ”
8. The field commander returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah. He had heard that the king left Lachish.