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2 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.

KJV

Anno quartodecimo regis Ezechiæ, ascendit Sennacherib rex Assyriorum ad universas civitates Juda munitas, et cepit eas.

Vulgate

Καὶ τῷ τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτῳ ἔτει βασιλεῖ Ἑζεκιοὺ ἀνέβη Σενναχηρεὶμ βασιλεὺς Ἀσσυρίων ἐπὶ τὰς πόλεις Ἰούδα τὰς ὀχυρὰς καὶ συνέλαβεν αὐτάς.

LXX

Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.

ASV

וּ/בְ/אַרְבַּע֩ עֶשְׂרֵ֨ה שָׁנָ֜ה לַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ חִזְקִיָּ֗ה עָלָ֞ה סַנְחֵרִ֤יב מֶֽלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר֙ עַ֣ל כָּל עָרֵ֧י יְהוּדָ֛ה הַ/בְּצֻר֖וֹת וַֽ/יִּתְפְּשֵֽׂ/ם

Hebrew

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In this verse

People JudahHezekiahJudahSennacherib
Places Assyria

In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַרְבַּ֥ע
'rb'
adjective · 318×
אַשּׁ֔וּר
'shvr
noun · 151×
בְּצֻר֖וֹת
btsrvt
verb · 37×
חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ
chzqyhv
proper_noun · 130×
יְהוּדָ֔ה
yhvdh
proper_noun · 809×
יַּ֥עַל
y'l
verb · 885×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ם
m
verb · 65×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
סַנְחֵרִ֣יב
snchryb
proper_noun · 13×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עָשָׂ֖ר
'shr
adjective · 335×
שָׁנָ֔ה
shnh
verb · 877×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Covers Hezekiah's reforms and Sennacherib's invasion, the reigns of Manasseh and Josiah, the fall of Jerusalem to Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC, the destruction of Solomon's Temple, the exile to Babylon, and the career of the prophet Daniel. Josephus explicitly cites Isaiah's prophecy of Cyrus and Daniel's prophecies, calling Daniel one of the greatest prophets.

Cross-references

  • 2Chr 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.
  • Isa 10:27 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.
  • Isa 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.
  • Isa 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.
  • Jer 34:7 — When the king of Babylon’s army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of J
  • Nah 1:11 — There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor.