Sennacherib

[ suh-nak-er-ib ]

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noun

Sennacherib

/ sɛˈnækərɪb /

Sennacherib681 bcMAssyrianPOLITICS: hereditary ruler died 681 bc , king of Assyria (705–681); son of Sargon II. He invaded Judah twice, defeated Babylon, and rebuilt Nineveh

And Sennacherib the king of the Assyrians went out and departed, and returned, and dwelt in Ninive.

And to this kingdom of Assyria it was that Sennacherib belonged.

Here Sennacherib sailed in the great galleys the brown Sidonian shipwrights had made for him.

When Sennacherib had received this sum, he demanded more—unconditional surrender.

In it he predicted that Sennacherib would return to his country in abject defeat, for God was not willing to give up the city.

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