סַנְחֵרִיבÇanchêrîyb
Sancherib, an Assyrian king
Pronunciation: san-khay-reeb' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5576
Meanings
proper name, masculine: Sennacherib, son of Sargon and father of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria (2 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings 19:16; 2 Kings 19:20; 2 Kings 19:36; Isaiah 36:1)
Where it appears
Appears 13 times in the Bible.
- 2 Kings 18:13 In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, King Sennacherib of Assyria came to attack the fortified towns of Judah and conquered them.
- 2 Kings 19:16 Bend down, O Lord, and listen! Open your eyes, O Lord, and see! Listen to Sennacherib’s words of defiance against the living God.
- 2 Kings 19:20 Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent this message to Hezekiah: “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I have heard your prayer about King Sennacherib of Assyria.
- 2 Kings 19:36 Then King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and returned to his own land. He went home to his capital of Nineveh and stayed there.
- 2 Chronicles 32:1 After Hezekiah had faithfully carried out this work, King Sennacherib of Assyria invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified towns, giving orders for his army to break through their walls.
- 2 Chronicles 32:2 When Hezekiah realized that Sennacherib also intended to attack Jerusalem,
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).