What happened during Sennacherib’s siege of Jerusalem?
In approximately 701 BCE, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, attacked the fortified cities of the Kingdom of Judah in a campaign of subjugation. Sennacherib besieged Jerusalem, but failed to capture it — it is the only city mentioned as being besieged on Sennacherib’s Stele, of which the capture is not mentioned. Who is Sennacherib and what…
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