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• AdrammelechPeople

  Adrammelech was a son of the Assyrian king Sennacherib. Together with his brother Sharezer, he killed his father with the sword while the king was worshiping in a temple, and then fled to the land of Ararat.

• SharezerPeople

  Sharezer is a son of the Assyrian king Sennacherib mentioned in the Old Testament. With his brother Adrammelech, he killed his father with the sword in a temple and then fled to the land of Ararat.

• SennacheribPeople

  Sennacherib was a king of Assyria in the late eighth and early seventh centuries BC. During the reign of Hezekiah king of Judah, he invaded Judah and besieged and threatened Jerusalem, but he withdrew without taking the city.

• Sennacherib's Invasion of JudahBible

  Sennacherib's invasion of Judah is the event, recounted in Scripture, in which Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked the cities of Judah and threatened Jerusalem in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah. According to the biblical account, Jerusalem did not fall because God intervened.

• RabshakehPeople

  Rabshakeh was a high-ranking official whom Sennacherib, king of Assyria, sent to Hezekiah, king of Judah. He is known for a speech before the walls of Jerusalem in which he demanded that the people of Judah surrender and mocked the LORD.

• EsarhaddonPeople

  Esarhaddon was a king of Assyria who succeeded Sennacherib after Sennacherib was murdered by his sons. He is mentioned briefly by name in 2 Kings, Isaiah, and Ezra.

• 2 Chronicles 32Bible

  2 Chronicles 32 records the Assyrian king Sennacherib's invasion of Judah and the deliverance of Jerusalem; Hezekiah's illness, pride, and repentance; and his achievements and death.

• Isaiah 36Bible

  Isaiah 36 records the invasion of Judah by Sennacherib king of Assyria and the scene in which his official, the Rabshakeh, stands before Jerusalem, demands the surrender of Hezekiah and the people, and insults the LORD.

• Isaiah 37Bible

  Isaiah 37 recounts how Hezekiah prays in the face of threats from Sennacherib, king of Assyria; how Isaiah prophesies deliverance; and how the angel of the LORD strikes the Assyrian army, so that Jerusalem is saved.

• NisrochBible

  In the Old Testament, Nisroch is the name of the god worshiped by the Assyrian king Sennacherib. According to the biblical account, Sennacherib was killed by two of his sons while worshiping in the temple of Nisroch.

• 2 Kings 19Bible

  In this chapter, Hezekiah, facing the threats of Sennacherib king of Assyria, sends messengers to Isaiah and prays in the temple. God answers: the angel of the LORD strikes down 185,000 Assyrian soldiers, and Sennacherib is later killed in his own land.

• LachishBible

  Lachish was a city in the lowland of Judah, southwest of Jerusalem. It appears in the accounts of Joshua's conquest of Canaan, the Assyrian king Sennacherib's invasion of Judah, and the final Babylonian assault.

• TirhakahPeople

  Tirhakah was a king of Cush (the Nubian region of the upper Nile) mentioned in 2 Kings 19 and Isaiah 37. He appears only in a report that he had come out to fight against Assyria when the Assyrian king Sennacherib attacked Judah.

• 2 Kings 18Bible

  Second Kings 18 records the accession and religious reforms of Hezekiah, king of Judah; the fall of Samaria, capital of the northern kingdom of Israel; the invasion of Judah by Sennacherib, king of Assyria; and the threats the Rabshakeh delivered before the walls of Jerusalem.

• 2 Kings 20Bible

  This chapter records how Hezekiah, king of Judah, fell ill and through prayer received fifteen more years of life; how he saw the sign of the sun's shadow going backward; how he showed his treasures to envoys from Babylon and then heard the prediction of captivity; and how he died.

• NinevehBible

  Nineveh was an Assyrian city on the east bank of the Tigris River and for a time the capital of the empire. It is the setting of the books of Jonah and Nahum, and in the New Testament it is cited as an example of repentance.

• Hezekiah's TunnelBible

  Hezekiah's Tunnel is a rock-cut tunnel that Hezekiah, king of Judah, is believed to have dug to bring the waters of the Gihon Spring into Jerusalem in preparation for an Assyrian invasion. Today it is also called the Siloam Tunnel.

• ArpadBible

  Arpad was an Aramean city in ancient northern Syria, north of Hamath. The Old Testament frequently mentions it alongside Hamath as an example of a city conquered by Assyria.

• EliakimPeople

  Eliakim was the official in charge of the royal household under Hezekiah, king of Judah. The son of Hilkiah, he met and negotiated with the Assyrian envoy Rabshakeh and was sent by the king to the prophet Isaiah.

• Isaiah 30:15Bible Verses

  Isaiah 30:15 is addressed to Judah, which was seeking an alliance with Egypt in the face of the Assyrian threat. It declares that salvation and strength lie not in military calculation but in returning to God and trusting Him in quietness. The verse is frequently cited in discussions of trust and waiting amid anxiety.