# Isaiah 6:2

> Above Him stood seraphim, each having six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.

— Isaiah 6:2, Berean Standard Bible

## When

- c. 740 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: Isaiah 6:1 dates the vision by the year that King Uzziah died, dated to around 740 BC by the chronology of the kings of Judah.

## Who ruled

- **Tiglath-pileser III**, king of Assyria, 745-727 BC · Source: Assyrian annals from Calah; the Assyrian king lists, which are dated year by year
- **Uzziah**, king of Judah, 792-740 BC · Source: 2 Kings 15:1-7; 2 Chronicles 26; Isaiah 6:1, which dates the vision by the year of his death

## See also

- Revelation 4:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/revelation/4/8
- Ezekiel 1:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/1/11
- Psalms 103:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/103/20
- Psalms 104:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/104/4
- 1 Kings 6:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/6/24
- Psalms 18:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/18/10
- Isaiah 6:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/6/6
- Zechariah 3:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/3/4

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/6/2
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/6
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).