Isaiah 36:1
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.
2 And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field.
3 Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah’s son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph’s son, the recorder.
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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 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.
Read in context2 Kings 18:13
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.
Read in contextIsaiah 10:28–32
He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages:
Read in context2 Kings 18:17
And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field.
Read in contextIsaiah 1:7–8
Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
Read in contextIsaiah 7:17
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.
Read in contextIsaiah 8:7–8
Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:
Read in contextIsaiah 33:7–8
Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.
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