Gospel.com Topics Feed - King Of Assyria 2009-10-02T15:56:12-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/king+of+assyria/ Sennacherib in the Bible - a Christian perspective http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Kings%2018:13-16&version=NIV 2009-10-02T15:56:12-05:00 Sennacherib was the king of Assyria and attacked Judah when Hezekiah was king. Hezekiah couldn't defend against Sennacherib and had to pay him off by giving him the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD.