# 2 Kings 19:20

> Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I have heard your prayer concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria.

— 2 Kings 19:20, 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

- 2 Kings 20:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/20/5
- 2 Chronicles 32:20-21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/32/20
- Isaiah 65:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/65/24
- Jeremiah 33:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/33/3
- Acts 10:31 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/10/31
- 1 John 5:14-15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-john/5/14
- 2 Samuel 15:31 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-samuel/15/31
- John 11:42 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/11/42

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/19/20
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/19
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).