KJV King James Version
Now 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.
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Isaiah 36:1
Now 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.
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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 it happened in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all of the fortified cities of Judah, and captured them.
ASV American Standard Version
Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, come up hath Sennacherib king of Asshur against all the fenced cities of Judah, and seizeth them.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 36
1 Now 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.
2 And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field.
3 Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah’s son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph’s son, the recorder.
4 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence [is] this wherein thou trustest?
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וַיְהִ֡יH1961 · ha.yahto beבְּאַרְבַּע֩H702 · ar.bafourעֶשְׂרֵ֨הH6240 · a.sartenשָׁנָ֜הH8141 · sha.nehyearלַמֶּ֣לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingחִזְקִיָּ֗הוּH2396 · 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
2 Chronicles 32:1After 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.2 Kings 18:13Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.2 Kings 18:17And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which [is] in the highway of the fuller’s field.Isaiah 10:28-32He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages:Isaiah 1:7-8Your country [is] desolate, your cities [are] burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and [it is] desolate, as overthrown by strangers.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 33:7-8Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.Isaiah 7:17The 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.
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