# 2 Kings 19:7

> Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”

— 2 Kings 19:7, 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

- 2 Kings 7:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/7/6
- 2 Chronicles 32:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/32/21
- Psalms 18:14-15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/18/14
- Isaiah 10:16-18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/10/16
- Isaiah 11:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/11/4
- Obadiah 1:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/obadiah/1/1

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/19/7
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/19
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).