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class="vheadingv">Verse<a href="/bsb/isaiah/36.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><a href="/niv/isaiah/36.htm">New International Version</a> In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah&#8217s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. <a href="/nlt/isaiah/36.htm">New Living Translation</a> In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, King Sennacherib of Assyria came to attack the fortified towns of Judah and conquered them. <a href="/esv/isaiah/36.htm">English Standard Version</a> In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them. <a href="/bsb/isaiah/36.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah. <a href="/kjv/isaiah/36.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/isaiah/36.htm">New King James Version</a> 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. <a href="/nasb_/isaiah/36.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria marched against all the fortified cities of Judah and seized them. <a href="/nasb/isaiah/36.htm">NASB 1995</a> Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and seized them. <a href="/nasb77/isaiah/36.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Now it came about in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and seized them. <a href="/lsb/isaiah/36.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Now it happened in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and seized them. <a href="/amp/isaiah/36.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and conquered them. <a href="/csb/isaiah/36.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, King Sennacherib of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. <a href="/hcsb/isaiah/36.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. <a href="/asv/isaiah/36.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/isaiah/36.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Hezekiah had been king of Judah for 14 years when King Sennacherib of Assyria invaded the country and captured every walled city <a href="/erv/isaiah/36.htm">English Revised Version</a> Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fenced cities of Judah and took them. <a href="/gwt/isaiah/36.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> In Hezekiah's fourteenth year as king, King Sennacherib of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. <a href="/gnt/isaiah/36.htm">Good News Translation</a> In the fourteenth year that Hezekiah was king of Judah, Sennacherib, the emperor of Assyria, attacked the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. <a href="/isv/isaiah/36.htm">International Standard Version</a> In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, King Sennacherib of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. <a href="/msb/isaiah/36.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah?s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah. <a href="/net/isaiah/36.htm">NET Bible</a> In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah's reign, King Sennacherib of Assyria marched up against all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. <a href="/nheb/isaiah/36.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Now it happened in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all of the fortified cities of Judah, and captured them. <a href="/wbt/isaiah/36.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/web/isaiah/36.htm">World English Bible</a> Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all of the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/isaiah/36.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And it comes to pass, in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Asshur has come up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and seizes them. <a href="/ylt/isaiah/36.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And it cometh to pass, in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, come up hath Sennacherib king of Asshur against all the fenced cities of Judah, and seizeth them. <a href="/slt/isaiah/36.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And it will be in the fourteenth year to king Hezekiah, Senherib kind of Assur came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and he will seize them.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/isaiah/36.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> AND it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Ezechias, that Sennacherib king of the Assyrians came up against all the fenced cities of Juda, and took them. <a href="/cpdv/isaiah/36.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And it happened that, in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, Sennacherib, the king of the Assyrians, went up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and he seized them. <a href="/nabre/isaiah/36.htm">New American Bible</a> In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, went up against all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. <a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/36.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, King Sennacherib of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/36.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> 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. <a href="/hpbt/isaiah/36.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And it was in the fourteenth year of Hezekiah, King of Judea, Sennakherib King of Assyria went up against all the fortress cities of Judea and he seized them<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/isaiah/36.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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. <a href="/sep/isaiah/36.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of the reign of Ezekias, that Sennacherim, king of the Assyrians, came up against the strong cities of Judea, and took them. <a href="/parallel/isaiah/36-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=7411" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/isaiah/36.htm">Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem</a> …10So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee. 1<a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: way·hî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/702.htm" title="702: bə·’ar·ba‘ (Prep-b:: Number-fs) -- Four. Masculine oarbaah; from raba'; four.">In the fourteenth</a> <a href="/hebrew/6240.htm" title="6240: ‘eś·rêh (Number-fs) -- Ten. For eser; ten, i.e. -teen; also -teenth."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nāh (N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">year</a> <a href="/hebrew/2396.htm" title="2396: ḥiz·qî·yā·hū (N-proper-ms) -- Yah has strengthened, a king of Judah, also several other Isr. ">of Hezekiah’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: lam·me·leḵ (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- King. From malak; a king.">reign,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5576.htm" title="5576: san·ḥê·rîḇ (N-proper-ms) -- A king of Assyr. Of foreign origin; Sancherib, an Assyrian king.">Sennacherib</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: me·leḵ- (N-msc) -- King. From malak; a king.">king</a> <a href="/hebrew/804.htm" title="804: ’aš·šūr (N-proper-fs) -- Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them, its region and its empire.">of Assyria</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: ‘ā·lāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">attacked</a> <a href="/hebrew/8610.htm" title="8610: way·yiṯ·pə·śêm (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms:: 3mp) -- A primitive root; to manipulate, i.e. Seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably.">and captured</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/1219.htm" title="1219: hab·bə·ṣu·rō·wṯ (Art:: Adj-fp) -- To cut off, make inaccessible, enclose. A primitive root; to clip off; specifically to gather grapes; also to be isolated.">the fortified</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: ‘ā·rê (N-fpc) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">cities</a> <a href="/hebrew/3063.htm" title="3063: yə·hū·ḏāh (N-proper-ms) -- From yadah; celebrated; Jehudah, the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.">of Judah.</a> 2And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh, with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And he stopped by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_kings/18-13.htm">2 Kings 18:13-16</a> In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah. / So Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand from me.” And the king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. / Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace. ... <a href="/2_chronicles/32-1.htm">2 Chronicles 32:1-8</a> 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. / When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come to make war against Jerusalem, / he consulted with his leaders and mighty men about stopping up the waters of the springs outside the city, and they helped him carry it out. ... <a href="/isaiah/37-9.htm">Isaiah 37:9-13</a> Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “He has set out to fight against you.” On hearing this, Sennacherib sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, / “Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. / Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction. Will you then be spared? ... <a href="/2_kings/19-9.htm">2 Kings 19:9-13</a> Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “Look, he has set out to fight against you.” So Sennacherib again sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, / “Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. / Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction. Will you then be spared? ... <a href="/2_chronicles/32-9.htm">2 Chronicles 32:9-19</a> 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: / “This is what Sennacherib king of Assyria says: What is the basis of your confidence, that you remain in Jerusalem under siege? / Is not Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to death by famine and thirst when he says, ‘The LORD our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria?’ ... <a href="/isaiah/10-5.htm">Isaiah 10:5-6</a> Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath. / I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets. <a href="/2_kings/18-17.htm">2 Kings 18:17-25</a> Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh, along with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They advanced up to Jerusalem and stationed themselves by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field. / Then they called for the king. And Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebnah the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder, went out to them. / The Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah that this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is the basis of this confidence of yours? ... <a href="/2_chronicles/32-20.htm">2 Chronicles 32:20-23</a> In response, King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out to heaven in prayer, / and the LORD sent an angel who annihilated every mighty man of valor and every leader and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword. / 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. ... <a href="/isaiah/7-17.htm">Isaiah 7:17-20</a> The LORD will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since the day Ephraim separated from Judah—He will bring the king of Assyria.” / On that day the LORD will whistle to the flies at the farthest streams of the Nile and to the bees in the land of Assyria. / And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines and clefts of the rocks, in all the thornbushes and watering holes. ... <a href="/2_kings/19-14.htm">2 Kings 19:14-19</a> So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD. / And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD: “O LORD, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth. / 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. ... <a href="/2_chronicles/32-24.htm">2 Chronicles 32:24-26</a> In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. So he prayed to the LORD, who spoke to him and gave him a sign. / But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem. / Then Hezekiah humbled the pride of his heart—he and the people of Jerusalem—so that the wrath of the LORD did not come upon them during the days of Hezekiah. <a href="/isaiah/8-7.htm">Isaiah 8:7-8</a> the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks. / It will pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel! <a href="/2_kings/19-32.htm">2 Kings 19:32-37</a> So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it. / He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city, declares the LORD. / I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’” ... <a href="/2_chronicles/32-27.htm">2 Chronicles 32:27-31</a> Hezekiah had very great riches and honor, and he made treasuries for his silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and all kinds of valuable articles. / He also made storehouses for the harvest of grain and new wine and oil, stalls for all kinds of livestock, and pens for the flocks. / He made cities for himself, and he acquired herds of sheep and cattle in abundance, for God gave him very great wealth. ... <a href="/isaiah/30-31.htm">Isaiah 30:31-33</a> For Assyria will be shattered at the voice of the LORD; He will strike them with His scepter. / And with every stroke of the rod of punishment that the LORD brings down on them, the tambourines and lyres will sound as He battles with weapons brandished. / For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defended cities of Judah, and took them.it came<a href="/2_kings/18-13.htm">2 Kings 18:13,17</a> 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… <a href="/2_chronicles/32-1.htm">2 Chronicles 32:1</a> 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.that Sennacherib<a href="/isaiah/1-7.htm">Isaiah 1:7,8</a> 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… <a href="/isaiah/7-17.htm">Isaiah 7:17</a> 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.<a href="/isaiah/8-7.htm">Isaiah 8:7,8</a> 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: … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/31-8.htm">Asshur</a> <a href="/isaiah/31-8.htm">Assyria</a> <a href="/isaiah/20-1.htm">Attacked</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-13.htm">Captured</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-13.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-10.htm">Defenced</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-10.htm">Fenced</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-13.htm">Fortified</a> <a href="/esther/9-21.htm">Fourteenth</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-1.htm">Hezekiah</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-1.htm">Hezeki'ah</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-32.htm">Hezekiah's</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-1.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-1.htm">Reign</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-14.htm">Seized</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-29.htm">Seizeth</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-22.htm">Sennacherib</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-22.htm">Sennach'erib</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-8.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/psalms/18-2.htm">Walled</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/36-2.htm">Asshur</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-2.htm">Assyria</a> <a href="/jeremiah/47-1.htm">Attacked</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-18.htm">Captured</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-26.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-26.htm">Defenced</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-17.htm">Fenced</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-26.htm">Fortified</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-1.htm">Fourteenth</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-2.htm">Hezekiah</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-2.htm">Hezeki'ah</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-1.htm">Hezekiah's</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-7.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/1-2.htm">Reign</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-24.htm">Seized</a> <a href="/2_kings/16-9.htm">Seizeth</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-9.htm">Sennacherib</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-17.htm">Sennach'erib</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-26.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-17.htm">Walled</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 36</div>1. <a href="/isaiah/36-1.htm">Sennacherib invades Judah</a> 2. <a href="/isaiah/36-2.htm">Rabshakeh, sent by Sennacherib, solicits the people to revolt</a> 22. <a href="/isaiah/36-22.htm">His words are told to Hezekiah</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Hezekiah was a king known for his religious reforms and efforts to centralize worship in Jerusalem, as seen in <a href="/2_kings/18-3.htm">2 Kings 18:3-6</a>. His reign is marked by a return to the worship of Yahweh and the removal of idolatrous practices. The fourteenth year of his reign is significant as it marks a period of political and military tension with the Assyrian Empire.Sennacherib king of Assyria Sennacherib was one of the most powerful rulers of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, reigning from 705 to 681 BC. Known for his military campaigns and extensive building projects, Sennacherib's invasion of Judah is well-documented both in the Bible and in Assyrian records, such as the Taylor Prism. His campaign against Judah was part of a larger strategy to consolidate Assyrian control over the Levant and suppress any rebellion against Assyrian dominance.attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah This phrase highlights the military prowess of the Assyrian army and the dire situation faced by Judah. The fortified cities were strategically important for defense and trade, and their capture would have been a significant blow to Judah's security and economy. Archaeological evidence, such as the Lachish Reliefs found in Sennacherib's palace in Nineveh, depicts the siege and capture of Lachish, one of Judah's key fortified cities. This event underscores the threat posed by Assyria and sets the stage for the subsequent siege of Jerusalem, as described in <a href="/isaiah/37.htm">Isaiah 37</a>. Theologically, this moment of crisis serves as a backdrop for demonstrating God's power and faithfulness in delivering Jerusalem, as prophesied in <a href="/isaiah/37-33.htm">Isaiah 37:33-35</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/k/king_hezekiah.htm">King Hezekiah</a> The king of Judah during this period, known for his faithfulness to God and his efforts to reform the religious practices of his people. 2. <a href="/topical/s/sennacherib.htm">Sennacherib</a> The king of Assyria, a powerful empire known for its military might and expansionist policies. He is the antagonist in this account, leading the attack against Judah. 3. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of the Israelites, consisting of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin. It is the focal point of Sennacherib's military campaign. 4. <a href="/topical/f/fortified_cities_of_judah.htm">Fortified Cities of Judah</a> These were strategically important cities with defensive structures meant to protect against invasions. Their capture signifies a significant threat to the kingdom of Judah. 5. <a href="/topical/a/assyrian_attack.htm">Assyrian Attack</a> This event marks a critical moment of crisis for Judah, testing the faith and leadership of King Hezekiah.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_crisis.htm">Faith in Crisis</a> Hezekiah's reign was marked by faithfulness, yet he faced severe trials. This teaches us that faith does not exempt us from challenges but equips us to face them. <a href="/topical/d/divine_sovereignty.htm">Divine Sovereignty</a> Despite the Assyrian threat, God's sovereignty is evident. Believers can trust that God is in control, even when circumstances seem dire. <a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_prayer.htm">The Power of Prayer</a> Hezekiah's response to the crisis was to seek God in prayer. This underscores the importance of turning to God in times of trouble. <a href="/topical/l/leadership_under_pressure.htm">Leadership Under Pressure</a> Hezekiah's leadership during the invasion is a model for how to lead with integrity and reliance on God during difficult times. <a href="/topical/g/god's_deliverance.htm">God's Deliverance</a> The eventual deliverance of Judah highlights God's faithfulness to His promises and His power to save His people.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_36.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 36</a> <a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_sennacherib's_invasion_dates.htm">Isaiah 36:1: How do we reconcile the biblical account of Sennacherib’s invasion in Hezekiah’s fourteenth year with Assyrian records that date this campaign differently? </a> <a href="/q/how_reconcile_rabshakeh's_claim_with_judah's_deliverance.htm">Isaiah 36:18–20: How do we reconcile the Rabshakeh’s claim that no god has saved any nation from Assyria with the biblical assertion that the Lord ultimately delivered Judah?</a> <a href="/q/who_was_dathan_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Sennacherib in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_isaiah_9's_hope_fit_later_woes.htm">How can the described prosperity and deliverance in Isaiah 9 be reconciled with the ongoing hardships that plagued the region for centuries afterward?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/36.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>XXXVI.(1) It came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah . . .--In the judgment of nearly all Assyriologists (Sir Henry Rawlinson, Sayce, Hinckes, Lenormant, Schrader, Cheyne), we have to rectify the chronology. The inscriptions of Sennacherib fix the date of his campaign against Hezekiah in the third year of his reign (B.C. 700), and that coincides not with the fourteenth, but with the twenty-seventh year of the king of Judah. The error, on this assumption, arose from the editor of Isaiah's prophecies taking for granted that the illness of Hezekiah followed on the destruction of Sennacherib's army, or, at least, on his attack, and then reckoning back the fifteen years for which his life was prolonged from the date of his death. Most of the scholars named above have come to the conclusion that the illness preceded Sennacherib's campaign by ten or eleven years, and this, of course, involves throwing back the embassy from Babylon (Isaiah 39) to about the same period. Lenormant (Manual of Ancient History, 1:181) keeping to the Biblical sequence, real or apparent, of the events, meets the difficulty by assuming that Hezekiah reigned for forty-one instead of twenty-nine years, and that Manasseh was associated with him in titular sovereignty even from his birth, and the fifty years of his reign reckoned from that epoch.Sennacherib king of Assyria.--According to the Assyrian inscriptions, the king succeeded Sargon, who was assassinated in his palace, B.C. 704, and after subduing the province of Babylon which had rebelled under Merodach-baladan, turned his course southward against Hezekiah with four or five distinct complaints--(1) that the king had refused tribute (<a href="/2_kings/18-14.htm" title="And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which you put on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed to Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.">2Kings 18:14</a>); (2) that he had opened negotiations with Babylon and Egypt (<a href="/2_kings/18-24.htm" title="How then will you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?">2Kings 18:24</a>) with a view to an alliance against Assyria; (3) that he had helped the Philistines of Ekron to rise against their king who supported Assyria. and had kept that king as a prisoner in Jerusalem (Records of the Past, i. 36-39).<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/36.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 1. - It came to pass in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah. There is an irreconcilable difference between this note of time, in the passage as it stands, and the Assyrian inscriptions. The fourteenth year of Hezekiah was B.C. 714 or 713. Sargon was then King of Assyria, and continued king till B.C. 705. Sennacherib did not ascend the throne till that year, and he did not lead an expedition into Palestine till B.C. 701. Thus the date, as it stands, is cloven or twelve years too early. It is now the common opinion of critics that the chronology of the Books of Kings, speaking generally, is "a later addition to the Hebrew narrative" (Cheyne, 'Isaiah,' vol. 1. p. 199, note 1). It is uncertain when the dates were added; but it would not be long from the time when the addition was made before "Isaiah" would be brought into accord with "Kings." Another view is that the date belongs to the original writings, but that it has suffered corruption, "fourteenth" having been substituted for "twenty-sixth," from an overstrict rendering of the expression, "in those days," which introduces the narrative of ch. 38. That narrative undoubtedly belongs to Hezekiah's fourteenth year. A third view is that of Dr. Hincks, who suggests a derangement of the text, which has attached to an expedition of Sennacherib a date originally belonging to an attack by Sargon. He supposes the original text to have run thus: "And it came to pass in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah that the King of Assyria came up (against him). In those days was King Hezekiah sick unto death, etc. (ch. 38, 39.). And Sennacherib, King of Assyria, came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them," etc. (ch. 36, 37.). The subject has been treated at considerable length by Mr. Cheyne ('Prophecies of Isaiah,' vol. 1. pp. 196-204), who has accidentally ascribed to Sir H. Rawlinson the second of the above theories, which really originated with the present writer. Sennacherib, King of Assyria. The Hebrew rendering of the name is Sankherib, the Greek Sanacharibus or Senacheribus. In the Assyrian the literation is Sin-akhi-irib - and the meaning" Sin (the moon-god) multiplies brothers." Sin-akhi-irib was the son and successor of Sargon. His father was murdered, and he ascended the throne in B.C. 705 (G. Smith, 'Epunym Canon,' p. 67). Came up against all the defenced cities; rather, all the fenced cities, as in <a href="/2_kings/18-13.htm">2 Kings 18:13</a>,or "all the fortified cities" (Cheyne). And took them. Sennacberib tells us that, in the campaign of his fourth year ( B.C. 701), he "captured forty-six of the strong cities" belonging to Hezekiah, King of Judah, while of the "fortresses and small cities" he took "a countless number" ('Eponym Canon,' p. 134). (On the causes of the war and its general course, see the Introduction to the book.) <a href="/commentaries/isaiah/36-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>In the fourteenth בְּאַרְבַּע֩ (bə·’ar·ba‘) Preposition-b | Number - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_702.htm">Strong's 702: </a> Four year שָׁנָ֜ה (šā·nāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> A year of the reign לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (lam·me·leḵ) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> A king of Hezekiah, חִזְקִיָּ֗הוּ (ḥiz·qî·yā·hū) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2396.htm">Strong's 2396: </a> Hezekiah -- 'Yah has strengthened', a king of Judah, also several other Israelites Sennacherib סַנְחֵרִ֤יב (san·ḥê·rîḇ) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5576.htm">Strong's 5576: </a> Sennacherib -- a king of Assyr king מֶֽלֶךְ־ (me·leḵ-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> A king of Assyria אַשּׁוּר֙ (’aš·šūr) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_804.htm">Strong's 804: </a> Ashshur attacked עָלָ֞ה (‘ā·lāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> To ascend, in, actively and captured וַֽיִּתְפְּשֵֽׂם׃ (way·yiṯ·pə·śêm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8610.htm">Strong's 8610: </a> To manipulate, seize, chiefly to capture, wield, to overlay, to use unwarrantably all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the fortified הַבְּצֻר֖וֹת (hab·bə·ṣu·rō·wṯ) Article | Adjective - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1219.htm">Strong's 1219: </a> To cut off, make inaccessible, enclose cities עָרֵ֧י (‘ā·rê) Noun - feminine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> Excitement of Judah. יְהוּדָ֛ה (yə·hū·ḏāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3063.htm">Strong's 3063: </a> Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/36-1.htm">Isaiah 36:1 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/isaiah/36-1.htm">Isaiah 36:1 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/isaiah/36-1.htm">Isaiah 36:1 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/isaiah/36-1.htm">Isaiah 36:1 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/isaiah/36-1.htm">Isaiah 36:1 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/36-1.htm">Isaiah 36:1 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/36-1.htm">Isaiah 36:1 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/36-1.htm">Isaiah 36:1 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/36-1.htm">Isaiah 36:1 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/isaiah/36-1.htm">Isaiah 36:1 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-1.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 36:1 Now it happened in the fourteenth year (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/35-10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 35:10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 35:10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/36-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 36:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 36:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>