Isaiah 36:1

Isaiah 36:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them.
• New International Version (NIV)In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now it 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.

Context of Isaiah 36:1

Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and seized them. 2And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to King Hezekiah with a large army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool on the highway of the fuller’s field. 3Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came out to him.

Isaiah 36:1 word by word

וַיְהִ֡י בְּאַרְבַּע֩ עֶשְׂרֵ֨ה שָׁנָ֜ה לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ חִזְקִיָּ֗הוּ עָלָ֞ה סַנְחֵרִ֤יב מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר֙ עַ֣ל כָּל־עָרֵ֧י יְהוּדָ֛ה הַבְּצֻר֖וֹת וַֽיִּתְפְּשֵֽׂם׃Read the interlinear

• Now in the fourteenthאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• Now in the fourteenthעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• of Kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּהוּchizqîyâh chizqîyâhû yechizqîyâh yechizqîyâhû · HezekiahH2396
• Sennacheribסַנְחֵרִיבsanchêrîyb · SennacheribH5576
• of Assyriaאַשּׁוּר'ashshûr 'ashshûr · AssyriaH804
• cameעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• up againstעַל‛al · uponH5921
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• the fortifiedבָּצַרbâtsar · to gather/restrain/fortifyH1219
• citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• of Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• and seizedתָּפַשׂtâphaώ · to captureH8610

Cross-references for Isaiah 36:1

• 2 Kings 18:13Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and seized them.
• 2 Chronicles 32:1After these acts of faithfulness Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah and besieged the fortified cities, and thought to break into them for himself.
• Isaiah 1:7Your land is desolate, Your cities are burned with fire, Your fields--strangers are devouring them in your presence; It is desolation, as overthrown by strangers.
• Isaiah 7:17The Lord will bring on you, on your people, and on your father’s house such days as have never come since the day that Ephraim separated from Judah, the king of Assyria.”
• Isaiah 8:7Now therefore, behold, the Lord is about to bring on them the strong and abundant waters of the Euphrates, Even the king of Assyria and all his glory; And it will rise up over all its channels and go over all its banks.
• Isaiah 10:28He has come against Aiath, He has passed through Migron; At Michmash he deposited his baggage.
• Isaiah 33:7Behold, their brave men cry in the streets, The ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.

Commentaries on Isaiah 36:1

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah - Of his reign, 709 b.c. That Sennacherib - Sennacherib was son and successor of Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, and began to reign A.M. 3290, or 714 b.c., and reigned, according to Calmet, but four years, according to Prideaux eight years, and according to Gesenius eighteen years. The immediate occasion of this war against Judah was the fact that Hezekiah had shaken off the yoke of Assyria, by which his father Ahaz and…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1See II Kin. 18:17-37, and the commentary thereon.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1King Sennacherib of Assyria ruled from 705 to 681 BC. Hezekiah, like many other kings under Assyrian control, declared his independence when Sennacherib became king during a difficult time. By 701 BC, Sennacherib was ready to punish Hezekiah. Sennacherib claimed he conquered 46 fortified cities and many villages, taking 200,146 captives. Hezekiah tried to appease Sennacherib (see 2 Kings 18:14–16), but it was too late.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-22This and the thirty-seventh through thirty-ninth chapters form the historical appendix closing the first division of Isaiah's prophecies, and were added to make the parts of these referring to Assyria more intelligible. So Jr 52:1-34; compare 2Ki 25:1-30. The section occurs almost word for word (2Ki 18:13, 17-20; 19:1-37); 2Ki 18:14-16, however, is additional matter. Hezekiah's "writing" also is in Isaiah, not in Kings (Is 38:9-20). We know from 2Ch 32:32…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 36:1

• Isaiah

In the dictionaries

• Assyria
• Hezekiah
• Judah
• Sennacherib
• Destroy
• Bible, the
• Chronicles, Books of
• Chronology of the Old Testament
• Fence
• Hezekiah (2)

Commentaries on Isaiah 36

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings