The immediate occasion was the threatened invasion by the Assyrians. SEE SENNACHERIB. Hezekiah's son, Manasseh (q.v.), was punished by a capture of the city in consequence of his idolatrous desecration of the Temple (2Ch 33:11), B.C. cir. 690; but in his later and best years he ...
In his reign the power of the first Assyrian empire seems to have culminated. He carried his victorious army over all the neighboring countries, imposing tribute upon all Babylonia, Mesopotamia, Syria, Media, Armenia, and the scriptural kingdoms of Hamath and Damascus. The latter under Benhadad...
the Neo Hittite states of Hamath and Yaudi as well as Israel (briefly) and Babylonia. According to Wikipedia: “The Middle Assyrian Empire (1365–1050 BC), which had dominated the Near East and Asia Minor since the first half
Jonah was a Jewish prophet and is identified as the son of Amittai. Given the historical information conveyed in the 2 Kings passage, he may have lived about 785bce. At that time theAssyrian empirewas one of the cruelest and most aggressive inMesopotamia. The Assyrians had destroyed scores ...