2 Chronicles 32:1

After these things, and the establishmentthereof] R.V. After these things, and this faithfulness. The phrase is a Hendiadysand stands for, "After these faithful dealings."

Sennacherib This king (Sanḥeribin Hebrew, Sin-aḥi-irib[-irba in Assyrian, the Σαναχάριβος of Herod. ii. 141) reigned 705 681 b.c. He was the son of Sargon (Isaiah 20:1), father of Esar-haddon (2 Kings 19:37; Ezra 4:2), and grandfather of Asnapper [Osnappar, R.V.] (Ezra 4:10), the well-known Σαρδανάπαλλος of Herod. ii. 150, the Asshur-bani-palof the Assyrian inscriptions. Under this dynasty Assyria reached the height of its power. The empire included Babylonia (which however was frequently in revolt), Assyria proper, Syria as far north as Cilicia (inclusive), and (under Esar-haddon and Osnappar) Egypt. After Osnappar's death (about 626 b.c.) the Assyrian power was speedily destroyed.

to win them Lit. to make breaches in them. According to 2 Kings 18:13 Sennacherib took these cities; according to the Assyrian account (Prism Inscr. of Sennacherib) in Schrader's Keilinschriftliche Bibliothek) they were forty-two in number.