2 Kings 19:9
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| Overview - 2 Kings 19 | |
| 1 | Hezekiah mourning, sends to Isaiah to pray for them. |
| 6 | Isaiah comforts them. |
| 8 | Sennacherib, going to encounter Tirhakah, sends a blasphemous letter to Hezekiah. |
| 14 | Hezekiah's prayer. |
| 20 | Isaiah's prophecy of the pride and destruction of Sennacherib, and the good of Zion. |
| 35 | An angel slays the Assyrians. |
| 36 | Sennacherib is slain by his own sons. |
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2 Kings 19:9 (King James Version)
And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,
- when he heard
- When Sennacherib had levied contributions on Hezekiah, he marched his army into Egypt; where, after several successes, he laid siege to Pelusium, and spent much time in it; but hearing that Tirhakah, king of Ethiopia, whom Strabo calls Therchon, was marching against him with a great army, to assist his kinsman Sevechus, or Sethon, the king of Egypt, he durst not abide his coming, but raised the siege; and returning to Judea, he encamped against Lachish, and afterwards against Libnah. But finding that Tirhakah pursued him as a fugitive, he marched back to encounter him; and having totally routed his army, he returned to wreak his vengeance on Hezekiah.
- 1 Samuel 23:27 ; Isaiah 37:9
- sent
- 18:17