The siege of Lachish is the name given to the Assyrian siege and conquest of the Judean town of Lachish in 701 B.C.[1] The siege is documented in several sources including the Hebrew Bible as well as in Assyrian documents and in a well-preserved series of reliefs which once decorated the Assyrian king Sennacherib's palace at Nineveh.[2]
The siege
The city was captured by the Assyrians, its inhabitants led into captivity and the leaders of Lachish tortured to death. The town was abandoned, but resettled after the return from Babylonia.
Babylonian reliefs portraying the siege of Lachish clearly show battering rams attacking the vulnerable parts of the city.[3]
| “ | The siege and capture of the Judaean town of Lachish, one of the fortress towns protecting the approaches to Jerusalem, is unique in that it is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible (II Kings 18; II Chronicles 32) and in the Annals of the Assyrian king, Sennacherib. Not only that but the event is depicted on the walls of Sennacherib’s palace at Nineveh.[4] | ” |
See also
References
- ^ http://www.bible-lands.info/Lachish.htm
- ^ The Illustrated Dictionary and Concordance of the Bible - Page 566 by Geoffrey Wigoder
- ^ Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible - Page 157 by David Noel Freedman
- ^ The Siege of Lachish
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