# 2 Kings 19:4

> Perhaps the LORD your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”

— 2 Kings 19:4, 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 Samuel 16:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-samuel/16/12
- Joshua 14:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joshua/14/12
- Ezekiel 36:37 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/36/37
- Romans 9:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/romans/9/27
- James 5:16-17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/5/16

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/19/4
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/19
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).