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.
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Justice and mercyHolinessJudgmentRemnant
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Glossary
- Assyria Place
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Biblical region. Modern identification: Nineveh.
- Hezekiah Person
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Whom Jehovah has strengthened. (1. ) Son of Ahaz ( 2 Kings 18:1 ; 2 Chr. 29:1 ), whom he succeeded on the throne of the kingdom of Judah. He reigned twenty-nine years (B. C. 726-697).
- Sennacherib Person
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Sin (the god) sends many brothers, son of Sargon, whom he succeeded on the throne of Assyria (B. C. 705), in the 23rd year of Hezekiah.