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2 Chronicles 32:1

SennacheribAssyria
Fear
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.

2 And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem,

3 He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him.

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
After these things and this faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, entered into Judah, encamped against the fortified cities, and intended to win them for himself.
ASV
After these things, and this faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fortified cities, and thought to win them for himself.
DARBY
After these things and this faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fortified cities, and thought to break into them.
BLB
After these deeds and faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria and entered came into Judah, and he encamped against the fortified cities and said to rend them to himself.
ÅB
En tid etter at Hiskia hadde utført dette og vist slik troskap, kom kongen i Assyria Sankerib og dro inn i Juda; han kringsatte de faste byer og tenkte han skulle få dem i sin makt.
OTB
Etter disse trofaste handlingene kom Sankerib, kongen av Assyria, og invaderte Juda, og slo leir mot de befestede byene og hadde til hensikt å bryte inn i dem for seg selv.
B1930
Nogen tid efterat Esekias hadde utført dette og vist sådan troskap, kom kongen i Assyria Sankerib og drog inn i Juda; han kringsatte de faste byer og tenkte han skulde få dem i sin makt.

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  • 2 Kings 18:13–37

    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.

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  • 2 Kings 18:11

    And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:

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  • Micah 2:13

    The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the LORD on the head of them.

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  • 2 Kings 17:6

    In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

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  • Isaiah 7:17–18

    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.

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  • Isaiah 10:5–11

    O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.

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  • Isaiah 36:1–37:38

    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.

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  • Isaiah 8:6–8

    Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;

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