The Assyrian official cleverly twists Hezekiah's righteous act into an accusation. Hezekiah's removal of the 'high places' was an act of obedience to God's command to have a single, central place of worship. The enemy's propaganda here is to frame this obedience as an act that has angered and weakened Hezekiah's God, a classic tactic of using half-truths to create doubt and fear among God's people.