Sennacherib

(the source explains the name as “Sin, the moon-god, has multiplied brothers”) (2 Kings 18–19; Isa. 36–37)—king of Assyria. The source calls him the son and successor of Shalmaneser, though historically he was the son and successor of Sargon II. He built a palace at Kuyunjik, opposite Mosul, on the site of ancient Nineveh. Reliefs and inscriptions on its walls, gates, and colossal bulls recounted his wars, or at least his successful campaigns; portions were already in the British Museum when the source was written.

Second Kings 18 and Isaiah 36 begin the biblical narratives of his war against Hezekiah, which continue through the following chapters. After a generally prosperous reign, Sennacherib was killed by two of his sons in the temple of Nisroch and was succeeded by his third son, Esarhaddon.