en_tn_condensed/2ch/32/09.md

now he was ... with him

The word "now" is used here to mark a stop in the main story. Here the narrator tells background information about the location of Sennacherib and his army. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background)

Lachish

This was a city in Judah. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names)