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sanḥērīv סַנְחֵרִיב ‘Sennacherib’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: of foreign origin

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Sennacherib = "Sin multiplied brothers" (Sin = the moon)
1) son of Sargon, father of Esarhaddon, and king of Assyria from 705-681 BC; attacked Judah during the reign of king Hezekiah and Judah was delivered when in response to the prayer of Hezekiah an angel smote 185,000 Assyrian soldiers

Mentioned in 2 Kings 19:16, 19:20, 18:13, 19:36 Isaiah 37:17, 37:21, 36:1, 37:37 2 Chronicles 32:1, 32:9, 32:10, 32:22, 32:2

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