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2 Kings 18:13

2 Kings 18:13
Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king's house. To make up the three hundred talents of silver, for which purpose he exhausted…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

In the fourteenth year - This note of time, which places the invasion of Sennacherib eight years only after the capture of Samaria, is hopelessly at variance with the Assyrian dates for the two…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

2 Kings 18:9-16

The kingdom of Assyria had now grown considerable, though we never read of it till the last reign. Such changes there are in the affairs of nations and families: those that have been despicable become…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Sennacherib, king of Assyria, invades Judah. Hezekiah submits, and pays a large tribute (2Ch 32:1; Isa 36:1)

13. Sennacherib king of Assyria Sennacherib was the son of Sargon, but as it seems not the…

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