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| Lachish siege by Assyria |
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| Lachish siege by Assyria, Lachish map of Judah |
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| Assyrian King Sargon and son Sennacherib crown prince from gypsum wall relief in palace in Dur Sharrukin modern Khorsabad Iraq 710-705C- |
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| Assyrian Siege of Lachish details from Sennacherib’s palace walls in Nineveh |
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| Details of city of Lachish from Assyrian Siege on Lachish |
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| NW wall of Lachish from Assyrian Siege |
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| Gypsum relief of Lachish battle from Sennacherib’s palace in Nineveh |
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| The Taylor Prism, The Sennacherib Prism recording Hezekiah and Jerusalem from 701 BC |
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| Lachish siege by Assyria, spearmen scale walls of Lachish, Gypsum relief of Lachish battle from Sennacherib’s palace in Nineveh |
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| Assyrian stone slingers and archers attack Lachish |
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| Assyrian sling stones used at Lachish and collected for display in the British Museum |
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| Assyrian stone slingers and archers at Lachish |
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Detail of an Assyrian siege tower engaged in battle against Lachish.
Notice the flaming torches being thrown down by the people of Judah at Lachish in an attempt to start the siege engines on fire..
Also, see the captives leaving the city with their possessions in bags being carried over their shoulders. |
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Assyrian siege engines and the top of the city wall of Lachish.
See the siege ladders of the Assyrians placed on the walls of Lachish.
Captives are seen being deported on the bottom right of the image. |
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| Plunder and deportation at Lachish by Assyria. |
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Decapitation of Jews (people of Juday) at Lachish by Assyrian soldiers during the siege by Assyria |
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Decapitated heads of Jews (people of Juday) at Lachish piled up by Assyrian soldiers during the siege by Assyria.
The rebel leaders of the Hebrews have been captured and are being taken to Sennacherib. |
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Sennacherib on his throne outside of Lachish judging the rebellious leaders of the Hebrews
The Assyrian soldiers have on pointed cone-shaped helmets.
A Hebrew leader from Lachish stands before Sennacherib escorted by three Assyrian soldiers while Sennacherib is fanned by servants behind his throne.
Other Hebrews can be seen begging for mercy while they wait they turn at Sennacherib's judgment seat. |
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| Lachish remains |
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| Assyrian siege ramp remains at Lachish |
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| Sennacherib attacking in his chariot |
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| Sennacherib's prism describing his reign including account of King of Judah Hezekiah |
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Sennacherib's prism describing his reign including account of King of Judah Hezekiah.
Cuneiform translation into English concerning the inscription about Judah, Jerusalem and King Hezekiah. |
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