Old Testament
Tirhakah
A king of Cush who marched out to fight against Sennacherib of Assyria during the siege of Jerusalem.
Tirhakah, identified as a king of Cush, is mentioned in the historical accounts of 2 Kings and Isaiah as a military threat to the Assyrian king Sennacherib. His mobilization against the Assyrian forces serves to highlight the geopolitical tensions surrounding the defense of Judah during the reign of Hezekiah. The text records his intervention as a significant factor in the broader conflict between the regional powers of the ancient Near East.
In the text
- Verses
- 2
- Books
- 2
- First appears
- 2 Kings 19:9
- Last appears
- Isaiah 37:9
Where Tirhakah appears
2 verses · 2 chaptersIn the same books
- Sennacherib14 versesThe Neo-Assyrian king who besieged Jerusalem during the reign of King Hezekiah.
- Amoz13 versesAmoz is identified in Scripture solely as the father of the prophet Isaiah.
- Remaliah13 versesThe father of Pekah, the usurper king of Israel who conspired against Pekahiah.
- Pekah11 versesThe son of Remaliah who assassinated Pekahiah to become the eighteenth king of Israel.
- Rabshakeh16 versesA high-ranking Assyrian official who taunted Jerusalem and King Hezekiah during Sennacherib's invasion.
- Gehazi12 versesThe servant of Elisha the prophet who was struck with leprosy due to his greed and deceit.
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