Lachish Siege - the approach of the Assyrians with archers and stone slingers providing cover for the Assyrian foot soldiers in front.
Lachish Siege - Assyrian foot soldiers approaching the city wall of Lachish
Siege of Lachish - Assyrian soldiers scaling the city walls while Israelites fight back from the wall throwing stones and fire logs at the siege engines.
Notice the captives being led out the bottom of the city walls and the leaders of the rebellion being executed by being impaled on posts outside the city walls for the Israelites inside the city to see.
Captives leave the city of Lachish, Israelite rebels suffer public execution by impalement, while Assyrians continue the siege of the city.
Israelite captives are leaving the city prepared for diportation to other Assyrian territory
Lachish Siege - the Assyrians taking Israelites captive
Israelite captives leave the city packed for deportation by the Assyrians
Captured Israelite rebels beg for mercy when they appear before Sennacherib for judgment and execution.
The hands of the Israelite captives are tied.
Some are shown being beheaded.
Decapitation of the Israelite rebels
Sennacherib's Assyrian base camp outside Lachish
Israelite muscians being taken captive. There are three Israelite muscians being followed by an Assyrian soldier with the pointed cone shaped helmet.
Assyrian stone slingers at the siege of Lachish.
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