Sennacherib
King of Assyria (2KI 18:13)
Personmale55 verses
Names
- Sennacherib — סַנְחֵרִיב sanəcheriyv “Sin has increased the brothers; Sin replace the [lost] brothers!” (H5576) · Σενναχηριμ Sennaxērim — 2 Kings 18:13
Titles
- King of Assyria — מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר melek asur “king of Assyria” (H804) · βασιλεὺς Ἀσσυρίων basileùs Assyríōn “king of Assyria” — 2 Kings 18:13
Family
- father of Esarhaddon (inferred)
- father of Adrammelech (inferred)
- father of Sharezer (killed King Sennacherib of Assyria) (inferred)
Associations
- killed by Adrammelech (inferred)
- killed by Sharezer (killed King Sennacherib of Assyria) (inferred)
Dated events
- Assyria besieges Jerusalem* — 3,259 AH · 713 BC (Ussher) · aged 38 — 2 Kings 18:13
Years are anno hominis, counted from Creation. The two chronologies are given as the source gives them, unreconciled.
Recorded at
- Jerusalem — Assyria besieges Jerusalem* (2 Kings 18:13)
Named together
Named in the same verse. A co-occurrence recorded by the text, not a claim that this person was there.
- Assyria — 42 shared verses
- Lachish — 6 shared verses
- Libnah 1 — 2 shared verses
- Nineveh — 2 shared verses
- Upper Pool — 2 shared verses
- Washer’s Field — 2 shared verses
Appearances
Topical references
- Invades Judah; lays siege to Jerusalem, but abandons the country and returns to Assyria — 2 Kings 18:17; 2 Kings 19:8; 2 Chronicles 32:1; Isaiah 36; Isaiah 37
- Death of — 2 Kings 19:35; Isaiah 37:36
Outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897); the sub-headings are Nave's own.