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 And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh, with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And he stopped by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.
3 Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder, went out to him.
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- BSB
- In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all of the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.
- ASV
- Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.
- DARBY
- And it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.
- BLB
- And it came to pass in the fourteenth … year of king Hezekiah [that] Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and he captured them.
- ÅB
- I kong Hiskias fjortende år dro kongen i Assyria Sankerib opp imot alle Judas faste byer og inntok dem.
- OTB
- I det fjortende året av kong Hiskias regjeringstid dro Sankerib, kongen av Assyria, opp mot alle de befestede byene i Juda og tok dem.
- B1930
- I kong Esekias' fjortende år drog kongen i Assyria Sankerib op imot alle Judas faste byer og inntok dem.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
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.
Read in context2 Kings 18:13
In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.
Read in contextIsaiah 10:28–32
Assyria has entered Aiath and passed through Migron, storing their supplies at Michmash.
Read in context2 Kings 18:17
Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh, along with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They advanced up to Jerusalem and stationed themselves by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.
Read in contextIsaiah 1:7–8
Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you— a desolation demolished by strangers.
Read in contextIsaiah 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.”
Read in contextIsaiah 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.
Read in contextIsaiah 33:7–8
Behold, their valiant ones cry aloud in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
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