Sennacherib
[sə'nækərib]
Definition
(noun.) king of Assyria who invaded Judea twice and defeated Babylon and rebuilt Nineveh after it had been destroyed by Babylonians (died in 681 BC).
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Examples
- We have already noted the name of Sennacherib, the son of Sargon II, among the monarchs of the Assyrian Empire. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There Sennacherib's army was smitten by a pestilence, a disaster described in the nineteenth chapter of the Second Book of Kings. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The fate of Sennacherib's army in the reign of King Hezekiah (701 B.C.), and how he was murdered by his sons (II Kings xix. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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