BD Sennacherib King of Assyria, 705-681 B.C. Upon his accession, Hezekiah, king of Jud ah, tried to throw off the Assyrian yoke. Sennacherib accordingly invade d Judah and took some of the fenced cities (2 Kgs. 18: 13; 2 Chr. 32: 1; Isa.36: 1); sent mem