Bible Strands
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The biblical narrator records the historical moment when Assyrian forces invade Judah during the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s rule.
The words — עָלָה ('a.Lah) = he came up/advanced, denoting the military campaign, and סַנְחֵרִיב (san.che.Riv) = Sennacherib, identifying the invading monarch.
The thread — This campaign is cross-referenced in Isaiah 36:1 and 2 Chronicles 32:1, which parallel the Assyrian siege and link it to earlier prophetic warnings.
Why it lands — The text places the military conquest directly after a statement of covenant violation, establishing the invasion as the immediate historical consequence of disobedience.
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The Hebrew words
King James 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.
Cross-references
- 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.
- 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 8:7 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.
- Isaiah 10:5 Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.
- Hosea 12:1 Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.