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    Sennacherib

    סַנְחֵרִיב

    Sennacherib and Sargon were Assyrian kings who led military campaigns against Judah during the reigns of King Hezekiah and King Ahaz, respectively.

    verses
    14
    first named
    2 Kings 18:13
    last named
    Isaiah 37:38
    period
    Divided Monarchy
    tribe
    Mesopotamia

    Description

    Who was Sennacherib?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Sennacherib and Sargon were powerful Assyrian kings who significantly impacted the kingdom of Judah. Sargon II, mentioned in Isa.20.1, was the king of Assyria who conquered Ashdod, a Philistine city. This event occurred during the reign of King Ahaz of Judah and served as a warning of the impending Assyrian threat. Sennacherib, Sargon's son and successor, is more prominently featured in the biblical narrative (2Kings 18-19; 2Chronicles 32; Isaiah 36-37). He invaded Judah during the reign of King Hezekiah and besieged Jerusalem. Sennacherib demanded tribute from Hezekiah and threatened to destroy the city. Hezekiah prayed to God for deliverance, and the prophet Isaiah prophesied that God would defend Jerusalem. As a result, the Assyrian army was miraculously defeated, and Sennacherib returned to Nineveh, where he was later assassinated by his own sons. These accounts demonstrate God's power to protect His people and the fulfillment of prophetic words.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Sennacherib10 of 16 entities the graph connects to Sennacherib, in 2 groups: kinship 1, events 9. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.EsarhaddonFather of · 2 events · 3 versesKinshipJudah1 event · 1,023 versesLORD9 events · 1,004 versesEgypt2 events · 649 versesHezekiah5 events · 116 versesDeliverance2 events · 82 versesLebanon3 events · 56 versesStream2 events · 31 versesWell2 events · 26 versesNineveh4 events · 19 versesEventsSennacherib

    The 10 best-attested of 16 are drawn. All 16 are listed below.

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    Stands in the same events as

    and 9 more, ordered by how many events they share.

    Places

    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Sennacherib happensAll 5 places the claims about Sennacherib reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Assyria, Nineveh, Egypt, Lachish, Lebanon. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Sennacherib there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.AssyriaNinevehEgyptLachishLebanon
    Divided MonarchyAll 5 places the claims about Sennacherib reach

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 14, across 3 books.

    1. 2 Kings4 verses

      18:1319:1619:2019:36

    2. 2 Chronicles5 verses

      32:132:232:932:1032:22

    3. Isaiah5 verses

      20:136:137:1737:2137:37

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Sennacherib Sending and Sennacherib’s sending of WordsHezekiahA righteous king of Judah.via Sennacherib Sending and Sennacherib’s sending of WordsSendingSending is a concept gathering 488 labelled instances in the text.via Sennacherib’s invasion of JudahInvasionInvasion is a concept gathering 15 labelled instances in the text.via Sennacherib’s invasion of JudahJudahIsraelite tribe, kingdom, and provincevia Sennacherib and Sennacheribs Forces’ siege of Fortified CitiesLachishA fortified city in Judahvia Sennacherib and Sennacheribs Forces’ siege of Fortified CitiesSiegeSiege is a concept gathering 29 labelled instances in the text.via Sennacherib’s sending of WordsLORDNames or title used to refer to Godvia Sennacherib’s sending of WordsWordsWords is a concept gathering 87 labelled instances in the text.

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