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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
Found via— where the connection was identified, e.g. the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or an Anchor-Text Network

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Intertextuality Pair

Isaiah 36 → 2 Kings 18

Quotation

Later text

Isaiah 36BSB

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Earlier text

2 Kings 18BSB

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Significance

Isaiah 36 and 2 Kings 18 are parallel historiographical accounts of Sennacherib's siege of Jerusalem and the Rabshakeh's speech. The two versions share nearly identical Hebrew wording, indicating either common authorship or one drawing directly from the other. The key difference lies in each book's editorial framework: 2 Kings sets the event within the broader narrative of the monarchy's decline, while Isaiah places it within the prophetic collection to demonstrate that trust in the LORD (not in Egypt or human strategy) is what preserves Jerusalem. The Chronicler's much briefer treatment (2 Chr 32) further shapes the tradition by emphasizing Hezekiah's prayer and the angel's intervention.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): Redemptive-Historical Progression — parallel historiographies of Sennacherib's assault on Jerusalem: the nearly identical accounts give one redemptive-historical event two canonical placements — Kings within the narrative of the monarchy's decline toward exile, Isaiah within the prophetic collection as the demonstration that trust in the LORD, not Egypt, preserves Zion — together carrying forward the storyline of God's kept promise to David's city.

Linked Mentions 1

Trajectory Tables 1

Hezekiah (Faithful Reformer King) Trajectory Table