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sennacherib was a fine man who deserved every opportunity that was granted to him, cheers!
- Sennacherib's first act was to break up the powerful combination of princes who were in league against him, among whom was Hezekiah, who had entered into an alliance with Egypt. Sennacherib accordingly led a very powerful army (reportedly 200,000 men in size) into Judah, and devastated the land on every side, taking and destroying many cities (2 Kings 18:13-16; compare Isaiah 22, 24, 29, and 2 Chronicles 32:1-8).
- (See Isa. 22:1-13 for a description of the feelings of the inhabitants of Jerusalem at such a crisis.)
- Hezekiah was not disposed to become an Assyrian vassal. He accordingly at once sought help from Egypt (2 Kings 18:20-24). Sennacherib, hearing of this, marched a second time into Judah (2 Kings 18:17, 37; 19; 2 Chr. 32:9-23; Isa. 36:2-22. Isa. 37:25 should be rendered "dried up all the Nile-arms of Matsor", i.e., of Egypt, so called from the "Matsor" or great fortification across the isthmus of Suez, that protected it from invasions from the east). Sennacherib sent envoys to try to persuade Hezekiah to surrender, but in vain. He next sent a threatening letter (2 Kings 19:10-14), which Hezekiah carried into the temple and spread before the Lord. Isaiah again brought an encouraging message to the pious king (2 Kings 19:20-34). "In that night" the angel of the Lord went forth and smote the camp of the Assyrians. In the morning, "behold, they were all dead corpses". The Assyrian army was annihilated.
- Sennacherib did not campaign again against Jerusalem. He was murdered by two of his own sons (Adrammelech and Sharezer), and was succeeded by another son, Esarhaddon (681 BC), after a reign of twenty-four years.
- The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the debate was don't move. —Nightstallion (?) 07:59, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Requested move
Sennacherib → Sin-ahhe-eriba – Sennacherib is what the bible calls him, but his real name, as recorded by himself, and other Akkadian records, including stone carvings from his time, and preserved in the British Museum, is Sin-ahhe-eriba.
[edit] Voting
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- Oppose: the current name is far more familiar to most readers, because of the Bible. Jonathunder 09:01, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
- Oppose: Wikipedia policy is clear about using the English spelling of the name for the article title, not the native name, if it is different. That's why we don't have articles titled Nabu-kudurri-utsur, Sharru-kin, Deutschland, et al, unless they are redirects. ፈቃደ (ውይይት) 14:23, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
- Oppose per Wikipedia naming convention. I've made Sin-ahhe-eriba a redirect. Rd232 talk 16:25, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
- The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.
[edit] Table of successors
The story begins by saying that Sargon II was the predecessor and father of Senacherib but the table at the bottom makes that Adad-nirari III (wrongly I think)
[edit] Failure to look into 2 attempted invasions of Judah
I believe you have failed to look into the fact that there were 2 different times Sennacherib invaded Judah. The first being in the 14th year of Hezekiah (i.e. 701 B.C.) where he had to return to Babylon in order to again defeat Merodach-Bladan (who reigned for 9 months (702 - 701) not as you have stated else where in an incoclusive article on Merodach-Baladan (Isaiah 37:36-38).
Sennacherib then attempted to invade Jerusalem again on his way to take over Egypt (and King Tirhakah) in 689 -688 B.C. [if this attempt at invasion would have been 701 Tirhakah would have only been 9 years old] reference Daniel David Luckenbill, The Annals of Sennacherib (Chicago; Universityof Chicago Press 1924), 35 It would seem strange if Sennacherib --so rentless in returning again and again to Babylon, even after a disastrous defeat in 691 B.C. - would leave Hezekiah shut up "like a caged bird" in Jerusalem and never come back reference Stanley Horton, Isaiah (Springield; GPH 2000) 280-281
So in order to make this article more biased as you say look into all avenues not just one persons idea or thought. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 172.145.219.70 (talk) 00:07, 4 May 2007 (UTC).
