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King Sennacherib of Assyria (2 Kings)1

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Pedigree
Father*King Sargon of Assyria (Isa 20)

Names and Titles

Titled: King of Assyria (Sennacherib).
Variation: King Sennacherib.
King Sennacherib of Assyria (2 Kings) was the son of King Sargon of Assyria (Isa 20). King Sennacherib of Assyria (2 Kings) was killed by Adrammelech and Sharezer.2
Israel Under Foreign Rule

Assyrian Empire 722 BC

* Tiglath-Pileser III
* King Shalmaneser V of Assyria (2 Kings 17-18) (727 BC - 722 BC)
Captures Samaria in 722 BC
* King Sargon of Assyria (Isa 20) (722 BC - 705 BC)
* King Sennacherib of Assyria (2 Kings) (705 BC - 681 BC)
Move Capital to Nineveh

Babylonia
* King Nabopolassar of Babylon (626 BC - 605 BC)
Overthrows Assyrians
* King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon (605 BC - 562 BC)
605 BC: Defeats Egyptian Control, Starts Deportations
597 BC: More Deportations
586 BC: Destruction of Jerusalem, Final Deportation
* Amel-Marduk
* Nebonidus
* King Belshazzar of Babylon

Persia, Middle East
* Darius the Mede (Danial)
* King Cyrus II "the Great" of Persia
* King Darius I (?) (522 BC - 486 BC)
* King Xerxes I (of Persia) (486 BC - 465 BC)
* Artazexex I (465 BC - 424 BC)

Greece, Europe Empore
* Alexander the Great (336-323)
336 BC: Rises to Power
332 BC: Captures Palinstine
323 BC: Empire Divides on Death

Egyptian (Ptolemaic) (320 BC - 200 BC)

Syrian (Seleucid)
200 BC: Artichus III Defeats Egyptians
175 BC: Antichus IV Epiphanes

Maccabaeus
166 BC: Judas Maccabaeus Revolts
160 BC: Jonathan

Hasmonean
142 BC: Become Semi-independent of Syrian control

Roman Control
63 BC.
King Sennacherib of Assyria (2 Kings) became King of Assyria.1
King Sennacherib of Assyria (2 Kings) was replaced as King of Assyria by King Esarhaddon of Assyria (2 King 19).2

3 Children of King Sennacherib of Assyria (2 Kings)
Children

Scriptures (References)

Book VerseTitle
Book of Isaiah in the BibleIsaiah 36:1-22Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem.
Book of Isaiah in the BibleIsaiah 37:1-13Jerusalem’s Deliverance Foretold.
Book of Isaiah in the BibleIsaiah 37:14-20Hezekiah’s Prayer.
Book of Isaiah in the BibleIsaiah 37:21-38Sennacherib’s Fall.
Last Edited13 Oct 2018

Citations

  1. [S3] International Bible Society, editor, The Holy Bible, New International Version (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1984), 2 Kings 18:13. Hereinafter cited as NIV.
  2. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 King 19:37.
  3. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 19:37.