# 2 Kings 18:4

> He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had burned incense to it.

— 2 Kings 18:4, Berean Standard Bible

## 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 Chronicles 31:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/31/1
- Numbers 21:8-9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/numbers/21/8
- 2 Kings 18:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/18/22
- Exodus 23:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/exodus/23/24
- Leviticus 26:30 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/26/30
- Deuteronomy 7:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/deuteronomy/7/5
- Deuteronomy 12:2-3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/deuteronomy/12/2
- Judges 6:25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/judges/6/25

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/18/4
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/18
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).