Sennacherib’s Defeat

Overview

• Testament: Old
• Book: 2 Kings
• Chapters: 2 Kings 18-19
• Summary: Sennacherib threatens Jerusalem, but the LORD delivers Judah in response to Hezekiah’s prayer and Isaiah’s prophecy.

Details

The crisis becomes a theological showdown between imperial arrogance and the living God. Jerusalem survives not through military strength but through divine intervention.

Key People Involved

• Hezekiah
• Isaiah
• Sennacherib

Key Places

• Jerusalem
• Nineveh

Important Verses

“That all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God, even thou only.” - 2 Kings 19:19

Cross-References

• Hezekiah’s Reform
• Hezekiah’s Illness
• 2 Kings