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King Sennacherib of Assyria (2 Kings)1

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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

* King Tiglath Pileser III
* King Shalmanser V (727 BC - 722 BC)
Captures Samaria in 722 BC
* King Sargon II (722 BC - 705 BC)
* King Sennacherib of Assyria (2 Kings) (705 BC - 681 BC)
Move Capital to Nineveh
* Esarhaddon (681 BC - 669 BC)
* an unknown person

Babylonia
* King Nabopolassar (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 (Daniel)

Persia
* 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 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 the father of King Esarhaddon of Assyria (2 King 19) 713 BCE.3
King Sennacherib of Assyria (2 Kings) was replaced as King of Assyria by King Esarhaddon of Assyria (2 King 19) 681 BCE.2
King Sennacherib of Assyria (2 Kings) became King of Assyria replacing King Sargon of Assyria (Isa 20).1

References

For more info on King Sennacherib of Assyria (2 Kings) see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sennacherib External Link (Wikipedia.)

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 Edited14 May 2026

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. [S260] Wikipedia, online http://en.wikipedia.org/
  4. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 19:37.