King Sennacherib of Assyria Attacks the City of Lachish
The central battle in Sennacherib’s campaign against Judah was at Lachish in 701 BCE. Lachish was an important fortress city, located 25 miles southwest of Jerusalem.
Amazingly, Sennacherib recreated in great detail scenes from the merciless battle on reliefs that adorned the walls of his “Palace without Rival” in Nineveh.
The Lachish Reliefs are currently on display in the British Museum in London. Part of the inscription from Sennacherib’s Palace at Nineveh reads:
“Sennacherib, king of the universe, king of Assyria, seated upon a sedan chair, the spoils of Lachish passed before him."
2 Chronicles 32:9
Later, as Sennacherib king of Assyria and all his forces besieged Lachish, he sent his servants to Jerusalem with a message for King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of Judah who were in Jerusalem.
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Inscription from Sennacherib’s Palace at Nineveh
“Sennacherib, king of the universe, king of Assyria, seated upon a sedan chair, the spoils of Lachish passed before him.”
In the Bible
Later, as Sennacherib king of Assyria and all his forces besieged Lachish, he sent his servants to Jerusalem with a message for King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of Judah who were in Jerusalem.
"אַ֣חַר זֶ֗ה שָׁ֠לַח סַנְחֵרִ֨יב מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֤וּר עֲבָדָיו֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלַ֔יְמָה וְהוּא֙ עַל־לָכִ֔ישׁ וְכָל־מֶמְשַׁלְתּ֖וֹ עִמּ֑וֹ עַל־יְחִזְקִיָּ֨הוּ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֔ה וְעַל־כָּל־יְהוּדָ֛ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר בִּירֽוּשָׁלִַ֖ם..."
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