New International Version In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. New Living Translation In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, King Sennacherib of Assyria came to attack the fortified towns of Judah and conquered them. English Standard Version In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them. Berean Standard Bible In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah. Berean Literal Bible And in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and he seized them. King James Bible Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them. New King James Version And in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them. New American Standard Bible Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria marched against all the fortified cities of Judah and seized them. NASB 1995 Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and seized them. NASB 1977 Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and seized them. Legacy Standard Bible Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and seized them. Amplified Bible In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria went up against all the fortified cities of Judah [except Jerusalem] and captured them. Berean Annotated Bible In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s (YHWH is my strength) reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria (a step) attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah (praised). Christian Standard Bible In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Assyria’s King Sennacherib attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. Holman Christian Standard Bible In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. American Standard Version Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them. Contemporary English Version In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah's rule in Judah, King Sennacherib of Assyria invaded the country and captured every walled city, except Jerusalem. English Revised Version Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them. GOD'S WORD® Translation In Hezekiah's fourteenth year as king, King Sennacherib of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. Good News Translation In the fourteenth year of the reign of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib, the emperor of Assyria, attacked the fortified cities of Judah and conquered them. International Standard Version During the fourteenth year of the reign of King Hezekiah, King Sennacherib of Assyria approached all of the walled cities of Judah and seized them. NET Bible In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah's reign, King Sennacherib of Assyria marched up against all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. New Heart English Bible Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them. Webster's Bible Translation Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleIn the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah. World English Bible Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Asshur has come up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and seizes them, Berean Literal Bible And in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and he seized them. Young's Literal Translation And in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah hath Sennacherib king of Asshur come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and seizeth them, Smith's Literal Translation And in the fourteenth year to Hezekiah, Senherib, king of Assur, came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and he will seize them. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleIn the fourteenth year of king Ezechias, Sennacherib king of the Assyrians came up against the fenced cities of Juda: and took them. Catholic Public Domain Version In the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, Sennacherib, the king of the Assyrians, went up to all the fortified cities of Judah, and he captured them. New American Bible In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. New Revised Standard Version In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, King Sennacherib of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleNow in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And in year fourteen of King Hezekiah, Sennakherib, King of Assyria, went up against all the fortress cities of Yehuda and he seized them. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them. Brenton Septuagint Translation And in the fourteenth year of king Ezekias came up Sennacherim king of the Assyrians against the strong cities of Juda, and took them. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible (Voice ▾ Musical ▾) Context Sennacherib Invades Judah13In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah. 14So Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand from me.” And the king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.… Cross References In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Isaiah 36:1 In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah. 2 Chronicles 32:1 After all these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, intending to conquer them for himself. Sennacherib king of Assyria 2 Kings 19:35-37 And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies! / So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there. / One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place. Isaiah 37:36-38 Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies! / So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there. / One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place. 2 Chronicles 32:21-22 and the LORD sent an angel who annihilated every mighty man of valor and every leader and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword. / So the LORD saved Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the hands of King Sennacherib of Assyria and all others, and He gave them rest on every side. attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah. 2 Chronicles 32:9-10 Later, as Sennacherib king of Assyria and all his forces besieged Lachish, he sent his servants to Jerusalem with a message for King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of Judah who were in Jerusalem: / “This is what Sennacherib king of Assyria says: What is the basis of your confidence, that you remain in Jerusalem under siege? Micah 1:10-15 Do not tell it in Gath; do not weep at all. Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah. / Depart in shameful nakedness, O dwellers of Shaphir. The dwellers of Zaanan will not come out. Beth-ezel is in mourning; its support is taken from you. / For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good, but calamity came down from the LORD, even to the gate of Jerusalem. … Isaiah 10:28-32 Assyria has entered Aiath and passed through Migron, storing their supplies at Michmash. / They have crossed at the ford: “We will spend the night at Geba.” Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul flees. / Cry aloud, O Daughter of Gallim! Listen, O Laishah! O wretched Anathoth! … Isaiah 37:9-10 Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “He has set out to fight against you.” On hearing this, Sennacherib sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, / “Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. 2 Kings 19:9-10 Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “Look, he has set out to fight against you.” So Sennacherib again sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, / “Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. 2 Kings 17:5-6 Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years. / In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes. 2 Kings 19:36-37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there. / One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place. Isaiah 10:5-6 Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath. / I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets. 2 Kings 17:24 Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns. Isaiah 8:7-8 the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks. / It will pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel! 2 Kings 19:32-34 So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it. / He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city, declares the LORD. / I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’” Treasury of Scripture Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them. A. 2 Chronicles 32:1 After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself. Isaiah 36:1 Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them. Sennacherib [heb] Sanherib Isaiah 7:17 The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria. Isaiah 8:7,8 Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks: … Isaiah 10:5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation. Jump to Previous Asshur Assyria Attacked Captured Cities Fenced Fortified Fourteenth Hezekiah Hezeki'ah Hezekiah's Judah Reign Seized Seizeth Sennacherib Sennach'erib Towns WalledJump to Next Asshur Assyria Attacked Captured Cities Fenced Fortified Fourteenth Hezekiah Hezeki'ah Hezekiah's Judah Reign Seized Seizeth Sennacherib Sennach'erib Towns Walled2 Kings 18 1. Hezekiah's good reign4. He destroys idolatry, and prospers 9. The inhabitants of Samaria are carried captive for their sins 13. Sennacherib invading Judah, is pacified by a tribute 17. Rabshakeh, by blasphemous persuasions, solicits the people to revolt In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Around 701 BC, in the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Judah faced the full force of Assyrian expansion. Although Hezekiah had restored the worship of Yahweh, his faithfulness did not spare Judah from a severe national crisis. Isa 36:1 In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign… Sennacherib king of Assyria Sennacherib ruled the dominant empire of his day and marched west to crush rebellious vassal states. His own inscriptions record his campaign in Judah and his confinement of Hezekiah in Jerusalem. 2Ki 19:35-37 And that very night the angel of the LORD went out… attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah. Assyrian forces overran Judah’s principal defensive towns, including Lachish, leaving Jerusalem exposed and under threat. The loss of these cities revealed Judah’s military weakness and brought Hezekiah to depend wholly on the Lord for deliverance. 2Ch 32:9-10 Later, as Sennacherib king of Assyria and all his forces… Persons / Places / Events 1. HezekiahThe king of Judah, known for his faithfulness to God and efforts to reform the religious practices of his people by removing idolatry. 2. Sennacherib The king of Assyria, a powerful empire known for its military conquests and expansion during this period. He is depicted as an antagonist in this account. 3. Judah The southern kingdom of the Israelites, consisting of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, with Jerusalem as its capital. 4. Fortified Cities of Judah These were strategically important cities with defensive structures meant to protect against invasions. Their capture signified a significant threat to the kingdom. 5. Assyrian Attack This event marks a critical moment in Judah's history, testing the faith and leadership of Hezekiah amidst external threats. Teaching Points Faith in CrisisHezekiah's situation teaches us the importance of maintaining faith in God during times of crisis. Despite overwhelming odds, he sought God's guidance and intervention. Leadership under Pressure Hezekiah's leadership is a model for how to lead with integrity and reliance on God, even when facing formidable challenges. God's Sovereignty The account underscores God's control over nations and history, reminding believers that no earthly power can thwart His plans. Prayer and Dependence Hezekiah's response to the Assyrian threat involved earnest prayer, demonstrating the power and necessity of seeking God in difficult times. Spiritual Reformation Hezekiah's earlier reforms set the stage for God's deliverance, illustrating the importance of aligning our lives with God's will. Bible Study Questions and Answers 1. What is the meaning of 2 Kings 18:13?2. How does Hezekiah's response to Assyria in 2 Kings 18:13 demonstrate faithfulness? 3. What lessons can we learn from Hezekiah's leadership during Assyria's invasion? 4. How does 2 Kings 18:13 connect with God's promises in Deuteronomy 28:1-2? 5. How can we apply Hezekiah's trust in God to our current challenges? 6. What role does prayer play in facing overwhelming circumstances like Hezekiah's? 7. How does 2 Kings 18:13 align with historical records of Sennacherib's invasion of Judah? 8. What archaeological evidence supports the events described in 2 Kings 18:13? 9. Why did God allow Sennacherib to invade Judah in 2 Kings 18:13? 10. What are the top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 18? (13-37) THE INVASION OF SENNACHERIB. (13) In the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah.--The fall of Samaria is dated 722-721 B.C. , both by the Bible and by the Assyrian inscriptions. That year was the sixth of Hezekiah, according to 2Kings 18:10. His fourteenth year, therefore, would be 714-713 B.C. Sennacherib's own monuments, however, fix the date of the expedition against Judah and Egypt at 701 B.C. (See the careful discussion in Schrader's Keilinschriften, pp. 313-317.) This divergence is remarkable, and must not be explained away. It must be borne in mind that the Assyrian documents are strictly contemporary, whereas the Books of Kings were compiled long after the events they record, and have only reached us after innumerable transcriptions; while the former, so far as they are unbroken, are in exactly the same state now as when they first left the hands of the Assyrian scribes. Sennacherib.--Called in his own annals Sin-ahi-erib, or Sin-ahi-erba, i.e., "Sin (the moon-god) multiplied brothers." He was son and successor of Sargon, and reigned from 705-681 B.C. He invaded Judah in his third campaign. All the fenced cities . . . took them.--See Sennacherib's own words, quoted in the Note on 2Chronicles 32:1. Verses 13-16. - FIRST EXPEDITION OF SENNACHERIB AGAINST HEZEKIAH. The writer now, as is his manner, omitting as comparatively unimportant all Hezekiah's dealings with Sargon, which were without positive result, proceeds to give a brief account of Sennacherib's first expedition against him, and of its unfortunate, if not disgraceful, issue:(1) the capture of all the important cities except Jerusalem; (2) the submission of Hezekiah to any terms which Sennacherib chose to impose; and (3) the purchase of peace by the payment of three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold out of the treasures of the temple and of the royal palace. The narrative obtains copious illustration from the inscriptions of Sennacherib. Verse 13. - Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah did Sennacherib King of Assyria come up. It is impossible to accept this note of time as genuine without rejecting altogether the authority of the Assyrian inscriptions. Sargon took Samaria in his first year, B.C. 722, and then had a reign of between seventeen and eighteen years, for fifteen of which we have his annals. He certainly did not associate Sennacherib with him on the throne, nor did the latter exercise any authority at all until B.C. 705, when, "on the 12th of Ab (July), he the throne ascended" ('Eponym Canon,' p. 67). Sennacherib places his first expedition against Hezekiah in his fourth year, B.C. 701. Thus, according to the Assyrian records, which are very ample, and of which we have the actual originals, twenty years intervened between the capture of Samaria and the attack of Sennacherib on Hezekiah; according to the present passage, compared with vers. 9, 10, eight years only intervened. No contradiction can be more absolute. It has been proposed to alter the date from "the fourteenth year" to "the twenty-sixth year; ' but it seems most probable that the original writer inserted no date, but simply said, "And Sennacherib, King of Assyria, came up," etc., just as he had said, without a date, "Pul the King of Assyria came up against the land" (2 Kings 15:19); and "against him (Hoshea) came up Shalmaneser" (2 Kings 17:3); and, with a very vague date, if it may be called a date, "In the days of Pekah King of Israel came Tiglath-pileser King of Assyria" (2 Kings 15:29. Comp. also 2 Kings 24:1, 11). Later on, a redactor - perhaps the same who inserted the whole series of synchronisms - introduced the words, "In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah," having obtained the number from 2 Kings 20:6, which he assumed to belong to the time of Sennacherib's attack. Against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them. Sennacherib himself says, "And of Hezekiah of Judah, who did not submit to my yoke, forty-six strong cities, fortresses, and smaller cities round about them without number, by the march of my troops... by the force of battering-rams, mining, and missiles, I besieged, I captured" ('Eponym Canon,' p. 134, lines 6-12. Comp. also 2 Chronicles 32:1 and Isaiah 36:1). 2 Kings 18:13 records a real moment when Assyria’s might seemed unstoppable: “In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.” The verse reminds us that:• Precise history underscores Scripture’s trustworthiness. • A godly life does not guarantee a trouble-free path, but it does invite God’s faithful presence. • Human power boasts, but divine sovereignty decides the outcome. • When every fortress fails, the LORD Himself becomes His people’s refuge and deliverer. Hebrew In the fourteenthוּבְאַרְבַּע֩ (ū·ḇə·’ar·ba‘) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Number - feminine singular Strong's 702: Four year שָׁנָ֜ה (šā·nāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8141: A year of the reign לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (lam·me·leḵ) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4428: A king of Hezekiah, חִזְקִיָּ֗ה (ḥiz·qî·yāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 2396: Hezekiah -- 'Yah has strengthened', a king of Judah, also several other Israelites Sennacherib סַנְחֵרִ֤יב (san·ḥê·rîḇ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 5576: Sennacherib -- a king of Assyr king מֶֽלֶךְ־ (me·leḵ-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4428: A king of Assyria אַשּׁוּר֙ (’aš·šūr) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 804: Ashshur attacked עָלָ֞ה (‘ā·lāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively and captured וַֽיִּתְפְּשֵֽׂם׃ (way·yiṯ·pə·śêm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural Strong's 8610: To manipulate, seize, chiefly to capture, wield, to overlay, to use unwarrantably all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the fortified הַבְּצֻר֖וֹת (hab·bə·ṣu·rō·wṯ) Article | Adjective - feminine plural Strong's 1219: To cut off, make inaccessible, enclose cities עָרֵ֧י (‘ā·rê) Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's 5892: Excitement of Judah. יְהוּדָ֛ה (yə·hū·ḏāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites Additonal Resources 2 Kings 18:13 Blue Letter Bible2 Kings 18:13 Bible Gateway 2 Kings 18:13 Bible.com 2 Kings 18:13 NIV |
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