Divided Kingdom
Sennacherib besieges Jerusalem
Sennacherib besieges Jerusalem is dated 701 BC in the Modern reckoning and 713 BC in the Traditional. It is told in 2 Kings 18:13.
In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.
When did it happen?
- Modern reckoning
- 701 BC
- Traditional reckoning
- 713 BC
- How it's dated
- Assyrian records
Hezekiah's fourteenth year: 713 BC on Theographic's reign of Hezekiah, 701 BC in Sennacherib's own annals.
Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.
Sources: Sennacherib's annals (Taylor Prism); Theographic event 226 (Hezekiah).
Where is it in the Bible?
Which verses connect to 2 Kings 18:13?
The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).
- Isaiah 36:1–224 votes
In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah. And 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. …
- 2 Chronicles 32:1–232 votes
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, …
- Isaiah 7:17–252 votes
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. …
- Isaiah 8:7–82 votes
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!
- Isaiah 10:52 votes
Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.
- Hosea 12:1–22 votes
Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt. The LORD has a charge to bring against Judah. He will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.
Events, people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (Robert Rouse), CC BY-SA 4.0, reshaped; dates also from the sources named on each anchor.