Isaiah 36:1 - Forerunner Commentary

Isaiah 36:1

Sennacherib Boasts Against the Lord

1 Now ^ait 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.

2 Then the king of Assyria sent the¹ Rabshakeh with a great army from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And he stood by the aqueduct from the upper pool, on the highway to the Fuller’s Field.

3 And ^aEliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, ^bShebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came out to him.

4 ^aThen the Rabshakeh said to them, “Say now to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: “What confidence is this in which you trust?

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Definitions of words in Isaiah 36:1:

Against {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

All {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Assyria {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Assyria {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Assyria {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

In {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Sennacherib {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Sennacherib {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Sennacherib {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Year {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Year {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Hezekiah {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Hezekiah {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

Judah {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Judah {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

King {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Other definition entries containing Isaiah 36:1:

Siege {I.S.B.E.}

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