# 2 Kings 18:17

> 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.

— 2 Kings 18:17, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Jerusalem** (Judea · today Jerusalem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/jerusalem
- **Assyria** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/assyria
- **Lachish** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/lachish
- **Washer’s Field** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/washers-field
- **Upper Pool** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/upper-pool

## 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

- **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
- **Hezekiah**, king of Judah, 715-686 BC · 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

## See also

- 2 Kings 20:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/20/20
- Isaiah 7:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/7/3
- Isaiah 20:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/20/1
- Isaiah 36:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/36/2

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/18/17
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/18
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).