# 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.

— 2 Kings 19:3, 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

- Isaiah 66:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/66/9
- Jeremiah 30:5-7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/30/5
- Isaiah 26:17-18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/26/17
- Hosea 13:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hosea/13/13
- Hebrews 3:15-16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hebrews/3/15

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/19/3
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/19
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).