2 Kings 19:3
to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHEN
- 701 BC
WHEN
701 BC
dated by the text itself
Two independent sources, one biblical and one Assyrian, telling of the same siege and disagreeing only about how it ended.
WHO RULED
- Sennacherib king of Assyria 705-681 BC
- Hezekiah king of Judah 715-686 BC
SOURCES
- date — 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.
- Sennacherib — 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 — 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
- Isaiah 66:9 Shall I bring a baby to the point of birth and not deliver it?” says the LORD. “Or will I who deliver close the womb?” says your God.
- Jeremiah 30:5-7 Yes, this is what the LORD says: “A cry of panic is heard— a cry of terror, not of peace. …
- Isaiah 26:17-18 As a woman with child about to give birth writhes and cries out in pain, so were we in Your presence, O LORD. …
- Hosea 13:13 Labor pains come upon him, but he is an unwise son. When the time arrives, he fails to present himself at the opening of the womb.
- Hebrews 3:15-16 As it has been said: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion.” …
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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