Under the conquering king Sennacherib it looked as if history would repeat itself, and Jerusalem and Judah would go the way of the northern kingdom. (religion-online.org)
The Syrians would be punished for a ruthless massacre; the Philistines for playing jackal to Edom; the Phœnicians for a breach of treaty; the Edomites for attacking a kindred and friendly people; the Ammonites for slaughtering women and children in a wanton war of aggression; the Moabites for a brutal outrage upon the corpse of the conquered King of Edom. (religion-online.org)
He sets up a drama familiar to any Jew, drawn from Zechariah's prophecy of a conquering king arriving in Jerusalem on a donkey (Zech. (firstthings.com)