# 2 Kings 18:7

> And the LORD was with Hezekiah, and he prospered wherever he went. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to serve him.

— 2 Kings 18:7, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Assyria** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/assyria

## 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

- Genesis 39:2-3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/39/2
- 2 Kings 16:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/16/7
- Psalms 60:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/60/12
- Romans 8:31 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/romans/8/31
- 1 Samuel 18:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-samuel/18/14
- 2 Chronicles 31:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/31/21
- 2 Chronicles 32:30 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/32/30
- Psalms 1:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/1/3

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/18/7
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/18
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).