# Isaiah 6:8

> Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying:
“Whom shall I send?
Who will go for Us?” And I said:
“Here am I. Send me!”

— Isaiah 6:8, 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

- Exodus 4:10-13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/exodus/4/10
- Acts 26:16-17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/26/16
- Ephesians 3:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ephesians/3/8
- Acts 22:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/22/21
- Isaiah 65:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/65/1
- Matthew 4:20-22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/4/20
- Acts 20:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/20/24
- Deuteronomy 4:33-36 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/deuteronomy/4/33

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/6/8
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/6
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).