the commander of 50 and the dignitary,
the counselor, cunning magician, and necromancer.

I have commanded My chosen ones;
I have also called My warriors,
who exult in My triumph,
to execute My wrath.

In the year that the chief commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it—

He stretched out His hand over the sea;
He made kingdoms tremble.
The Lord has commanded
that the Canaanite fortresses be destroyed.

I made the earth,
and created man on it.
It was My hands that stretched out the heavens,
and I commanded all their host.

Since I have made him a witness to the peoples,
a leader and commander for the peoples,