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Sennacherib's Prism. Sennacherib's Prism, which details the events of Sennacherib's campaign against Judah, was discovered in the ruins of Nineveh in 1830, and is now stored at the Oriental Institute in Chicago, Illinois. [2] The Prism dates from about 690 BC, and its account is taken from an earlier cuneiform inscription dating to 700 BC. [6]
So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there. One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer cut him down with the sword, and they escaped to the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son succeeded him as king." (2 Kings 19:35-37)
Sennacherib's Levantine campaign is a significant event in the Bible, being brought up and discussed in many places, notably 2 Kings 18:13–19:37, 20:6 and 2 Chronicles 32:1–23. [116] A vast majority of the Biblical accounts of King Hezekiah's reign in 2 Kings is dedicated to Sennacherib's campaign, cementing it as the most important event ...
The Lachish reliefs are a set of Assyrian palace reliefs narrating the story of the Assyrian victory over the kingdom of Judah during the siege of Lachish in 701 BCE. Carved between 700 and 681 BCE, as a decoration of the South-West Palace of Sennacherib in Nineveh (in modern Iraq), the relief is today in the British Museum in London, [3] and was included as item 21 in the BBC Radio 4 series A ...
[2] [4] [5] [6] The name is unknown in Mesopotamian sources, but it has been tentatively identified as the god of agriculture. [7] If "Nisroch" is Ninurta, this would make Ninurta's temple at Kalhu the most likely location of Sennacherib's murder. [6] Other scholars have attempted to identify Nisroch as Nusku, the Assyrian god of fire. [1] Hans ...
The first wire says "2,2" place the wire where the 2ND column and the 2ND row connects. If the second one says "4,1", place the wire where the 4Th column (on top) and the 1st row connect. Please ...
ball puzzle Once you're done with the items under the bed, click on the door that is on the right side and a puzzle will appear. Your goal in this game is to make the ball fall in the hole that is ...
The aqueduct is part of the larger Atrush Canal built by the Assyrian king Sennacherib between 703 and 690 BC to water Ninevah's extensive gardens, [3] with water diverted from Khenis gorge, 50 km to the north. An inscription on the aqueduct reads: Jerwan Aqueducts Jerwan Aqueducts "Sennacherib king of the world king of Assyria. Over a great ...