# 2 Kings 19:12

> Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?

— 2 Kings 19:12, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Rezeph** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/rezeph
- **Haran** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/haran
- **Telassar** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/telassar
- **Eden 2** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/eden-2
- **Gozan** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/gozan

## 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 17:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/17/6
- Genesis 11:31 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/11/31
- Ezekiel 27:23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/27/23
- Isaiah 37:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/37/12

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/19/12
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/19
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).