Bible Location
Meaning: troubling · 3 cross references · Modern-day map available
Hena was a Mesopotamian city later cited by Assyrian kings among the places they had conquered. It is important because it appears in the rhetoric used to intimidate Judah. First appears in 2 Kgs 18:34.1
Place meaning
troubling
Coordinates
34.47, 41.96
First appears
2 Kgs 18:34
AI summary: Hena matters through memory of defeat rather than through a separate narrative. Assyrian spokesmen name it alongside other conquered cities to suggest that Judah can expect the same fate. The cross references present Hena as one more witness to imperial boasting and the pressure placed on Jerusalem.1
Place meaning
troubling
Latitude
34.47
Longitude
41.96
Bible references
3
One of the cities of Mesopotamia destroyed by sennacherib (2 Kings 18:34; 19:13). It is identified with the modern Anah, lying on the right bank of the Euphrates, not far from Sepharvaim. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.