# General Information:

This is the message that King Sennacharib of Assyria sent to King Hezekiah.

# Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying

"Do not believe your God in whom you trust. He is lying when he says"

# the hand of the king of Assyria

"Hand" is metonymy for control, authority or power. Alternate translation: "the control of the government of Assyria" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])