KJV King James Version
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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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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.
WEB World English Bible
Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.
ASV American Standard Version
Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah hath Sennacherib king of Asshur come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and seizeth them,
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 18
10 And at the end of three years they took it: [even] in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that [is] the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.
11 And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor [by] the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:
12 Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, [and] all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear [them], nor do [them].
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.
14 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
15 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.
16 At that time did Hezekiah cut off [the gold from] the doors of the temple of the LORD, and [from] the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
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וּבְאַרְבַּע֩H702 · ar.bafourעֶשְׂרֵ֨הH6240 · a.sartenשָׁנָ֜הH8141 · sha.nehyearלַמֶּ֣לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingחִזְקִיָּ֗הH2396 · chiz.qiy.yahHezekiahעָלָ֞הH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseסַנְחֵרִ֤יבH5576 · san.che.rivSennacheribמֶֽלֶךְ־H4428 · me.lekhkingאַשּׁוּר֙H804 · ash.shurAssyriaעַ֣לH5921 · aluponכָּל־H3605 · kolallעָרֵ֧יH5892 · irexcitementיְהוּדָ֛הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahהַבְּצֻר֖וֹתH1219 · ba.tsarto gather/restrain/fortifyוַֽיִּתְפְּשֵֽׂם׃H8610 · ta.pha.sto capture
Cross-references
Isaiah 36:1-22Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, [that] Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them.Isaiah 8:7-8Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, [even] the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:Isaiah 10:5O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.Isaiah 7:17-25The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father’s house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; [even] the king of Assyria.Hosea 12:1-2Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.2 Chronicles 32:1-23After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.
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