Sennacherib

Sennacherib· Sargon

Children

Adrammelech· Esarhaddon· Sharezer

• סַנְחֵרִיב·Sennacherib
• סַרְגוֹן·Sargonmeans “who takes away protection”

Includes 22 verses that refer to Sennacherib without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.

1. 2 Kings 18:13סַנְחֵרִיב · Sennacherib
   In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.
2. 2 Kings 19:16סַנְחֵרִיב · Sennacherib
   Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.
3. 2 Kings 19:20סַנְחֵרִיב · Sennacherib
   Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I have heard your prayer concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria.
4. 2 Kings 19:21Referred to, not named
   This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
5. 2 Kings 19:22Referred to, not named
   Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
6. 2 Kings 19:23Referred to, not named
   Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest outposts, the densest of its forests.
7. 2 Kings 19:24Referred to, not named
   I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”
8. 2 Kings 19:25Referred to, not named
   Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.
9. 2 Kings 19:27Referred to, not named
   But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me.
10. 2 Kings 19:28Referred to, not named
    Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
11. 2 Kings 19:36סַנְחֵרִיב · Sennacherib
    So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
12. 2 Kings 19:37Referred to, not named
    One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.
13. 2 Chronicles 32:1סַנְחֵרִיב · Sennacherib
    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.
14. 2 Chronicles 32:2סַנְחֵרִיב · Sennacherib
    When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come to make war against Jerusalem,
15. 2 Chronicles 32:9סַנְחֵרִיב · Sennacherib
    Later, as Sennacherib king of Assyria and all his forces besieged Lachish, he sent his servants to Jerusalem with a message for King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of Judah who were in Jerusalem:
16. 2 Chronicles 32:10סַנְחֵרִיב · Sennacherib
    “This is what Sennacherib king of Assyria says: What is the basis of your confidence, that you remain in Jerusalem under siege?
17. 2 Chronicles 32:13Referred to, not named
    Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Have the gods of these nations ever been able to deliver their land from my hand?
18. 2 Chronicles 32:14Referred to, not named
    Who among all the gods of these nations that my fathers devoted to destruction has been able to deliver his people from my hand? How then can your God deliver you from my hand?
19. 2 Chronicles 32:15Referred to, not named
    So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you, and do not let him mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand!”
20. 2 Chronicles 32:16Referred to, not named
    And the servants of Sennacherib spoke further against the LORD God and against His servant Hezekiah.
21. 2 Chronicles 32:17Referred to, not named
    He also wrote letters mocking the LORD, the God of Israel, and saying against Him: “Just as the gods of the nations did not deliver their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my hand.”
22. 2 Chronicles 32:22סַנְחֵרִיב · Sennacherib
    So the LORD saved Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the hands of King Sennacherib of Assyria and all others, and He gave them rest on every side.
23. Isaiah 20:1סַרְגוֹן · Sargon
    Before the year that the chief commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it,
24. Isaiah 36:1סַנְחֵרִיב · Sennacherib
    In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.
25. Isaiah 37:17סַנְחֵרִיב · Sennacherib
    Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.
26. Isaiah 37:20Referred to, not named
    And now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”
27. Isaiah 37:21סַנְחֵרִיב · Sennacherib
    Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Because you have prayed to Me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria,
28. Isaiah 37:22Referred to, not named
    …this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
29. Isaiah 37:23Referred to, not named
    Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
30. Isaiah 37:24Referred to, not named
    Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests.
31. Isaiah 37:25Referred to, not named
    I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”
32. Isaiah 37:26Referred to, not named
    Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.
33. Isaiah 37:28Referred to, not named
    But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me.
34. Isaiah 37:29Referred to, not named
    Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
35. Isaiah 37:37סַנְחֵרִיב · Sennacherib
    So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
36. Isaiah 37:38Referred to, not named
    One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.