Mu Ninebe, abashula ifintu mu mushili basangile apalembelwe ifyebo fya kwa Sankeribu. Pali ici cintu ice bumba, pali amashiwi ya mfumu ya bena Asiria iyaleitakisha aya kuti: “Hisekia, umuYuda, uwakeene ukunakila kwi koli lyandi, nashingile imisumba 46 iyo acetekelemo, na malinga balefisamamo e lyo ne mishi iingi iyo nshingakumamo ukupenda, kabili nalipokele (yonse) . . . Nomba [Hisekia] ena namulengele ukuba umufungwa mu Yerusalemu, umwali isano lyakwe, kwati koni ako baisalila.” Lyena Sankeribu aletila no kuti Hisekia amutumiine “matalanti ya golde 30 na amatalanti ya silfere 800, amabwe ayauma umutengo, . . . (e lyo) ne fintu fyalekanalekana ifya mutengo sana,” kabili mukulanda kwakwe alilundileko ne mpendwa ya matalanti ya silfere ayo apokelele.

Nomba, moneni ukuti Sankeribu talandile ukuti alicimfishe Yerusalemu. Na kuba talandile icili conse pali filya Lesa aipeye abashilika bakwe bonse. Baibolo itila, malaika wa kwa Lesa aipeye abashilika abena Asiria 185,000 mu bushiku fye bumo. (2 Ishamfumu 19:35, 36) Umuntu umo uwasambilila sana, Jack Finegan atile: “Pa mulandu wa kuti ishamfumu sha bena Asiria shaleitakisha sana no kulemba ifyo shalecita, te kuti twenekele Sankeribu ukulemba ifyo abashilika bakwe bacimfiwe icabipisha.”

[Icikope pe bula 29]

Apa e palembwa amashiwi Sankeribu aleitakisha pa fyo asanshile icalo ca baYuda