2 Chronicles 32:1
After these things and this truth, come hath Sennacherib king of Asshur, yea, he cometh in to Judah, and encampeth against the cities of the bulwarks, and saith to rend them unto himself.This verse in the real world
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- סַנְחֵרִיבÇanchêrîybSancherib, an Assyrian king
- בָּצַרbâtsarto gather grapes; also to be isolated (i.e. inaccessible by height or fortification)
- בָּקַעbâqaʻto cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open
- אֶמֶתʼemethstability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
- אַשּׁוּרʼAshshûwrAshshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.
- חָנָהchânâhproperly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specif
- אַחַרʼacharproperly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various sen
- יְהוּדָהYᵉhûwdâhJehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the firs
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What's left of it
- Sennacherib's Prism — Hezekiah shut up "like a bird in a cage"Named outside the BibleThe invasion of Judah in 701 BC, Hezekiah by name, the siege of Jerusalem and the tribute are all recorded by the invader himself — and the city's survival is implicit in his own silence about taking it.
Cross-references
2Ki 18:13–37, 2Ki 17:6, Isa 10:5–11, 2Ch 20:1–2, Hos 11:5, 2Ki 18:11, Mic 2:13, Isa 36:1–37:38