2 Kings 18:13Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.
The setting
701 BC, Judah. Sennacherib's massive army has already conquered 46 fortified cities. Jerusalem stands alone, surrounded. Hezekiah faces his greatest test.
The emotion here: tense anticipation knowing deliverance is coming
The original word
lakad (לכד) — to capture, seize; implies violent conquest
Why it matters
Sennacherib's own records boast of taking 200,150 captives from these cities
Read with care
What most readers miss in 2 Kings 18:13
This is setting up one of the Bible's greatest miraculous deliverances in chapter 19
Common misconceptionPeople read this as defeat, but it's actually the setup for one of God's greatest miraculous interventions when 185,000 Assyrians die overnight.
The thread continues
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Bible Genome reading
2 Kings 18:13 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
2 Kings 18:13 comes from the book of 2 Kings, written during the Divided Kingdom period. These words are attributed to Narrator. The dominant emotion in this verse is anxious, with a comfort power of 20% and a tone that is urgent. It belongs to the narrative genre of biblical literature. Key themes include invasion, crisis, threat. Notable phrases: Sennacherib king of Assyria; took them.
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