# 2 Kings 18:1

> In the third year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz became king of Judah.

— 2 Kings 18:1, Berean Standard Bible

## Who appears

- **Ahaz** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/people/ahaz
- **Hezekiah** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/people/hezekiah

## When

- 701 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: 2 Kings 18:13 dates itself by the fourteenth year of Hezekiah; the Sennacherib Prism dates the same campaign to 701 BC and names Hezekiah.

## Who ruled

- **Hezekiah**, king of Judah, 715-686 BC, named in the text · Source: 2 Kings 18-20; the Sennacherib Prism, which names him; the Siloam tunnel and the inscription found in it, which record the work of 2 Kings 20:20
- **Sennacherib**, king of Assyria, 705-681 BC · Source: Taylor Prism (British Museum), in which he tells of besieging Jerusalem and names "Hezekiah, the Jew," but does not say he took the city

## See also

- 2 Chronicles 28:27–29:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/28/27
- 1 Chronicles 3:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-chronicles/3/13
- Matthew 1:9-10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/1/9

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/18/1
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/18
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).