Bible Strands
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Chronicler addresses the post-exilic community while narrating the conclusion of Hezekiah’s reign, marking the moment Assyrian forces approach Jerusalem following the king’s documented spiritual reforms.
The words — אַחֲרֵ֨י ('a.cha.Rei) = after and הָ/אֱמֶת (ha./'e.Met) = the faithfulness anchor the opening clause, establishing the temporal and moral sequence of the narrative.
The thread — The text’s account of Sennacherib’s advance directly parallels the campaign recorded in 2 Kings 18:13, while the broader Assyrian threat to the northern kingdom appears in 2 Kings 17:6.
Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to observe how the historical narrative frames military invasion as occurring immediately after Hezekiah’s faithful deeds, leaving the theological evaluation of that timing to the surrounding context.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 2 Kings 18:13 In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.
- 2 Kings 15:19 Then Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver in order to gain his support and strengthen his own grip on the kingdom.
- 2 Kings 17:6 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 18:11 The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
- 2 Chronicles 20:1 After this, the Moabites and Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.
- Isaiah 7:17 The LORD will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since the day Ephraim separated from Judah—He will bring the king of Assyria.”
- Isaiah 8:6 “Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced in Rezin and the son of Remaliah,
- Isaiah 10:5 Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.
- Isaiah 36:1 In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.
- Hosea 11:5 Will they not return to the land of Egypt and be ruled by Assyria because they refused to repent?