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An 1813 poem by Lord Byron, The Destruction of Sennacherib, commemorates Sennacherib's campaign in Judea from the Hebrew point of view. Written in anapestic tetrameter , the poem was popular [ citation needed ] in school recitations.
"The Destruction of Sennacherib" [2] is a poem by Lord Byron first published in 1815 in his Hebrew Melodies (in which it was titled The Destruction of Semnacherib). [3] The poem is based on the biblical account of the historical Assyrian siege of Jerusalem in 701 BC by Assyrian king Sennacherib , as described in 2 Kings 18–19, Isaiah 36–37.
His most famous work in the city is the Southwest Palace, which Sennacherib named his "Palace without Rival". After the death of his eldest son and crown prince Aššur-nādin-šumi, Sennacherib originally designated his second son Arda-Mulissu heir. He later replaced him with a younger son, Esarhaddon, in 684 BC, for unknown reasons.
Aššur-nādin-šumi (Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒁹𒀸𒋩𒈬𒈬, romanized: Aššur-nādin-šumi, [1] [2] meaning "Ashur gives a name") [3] was a son of the Neo-Assyrian king Sennacherib and was appointed by him as the king of Babylon, ruling southern Mesopotamia from 700 BC to his capture and execution by the Elamites in 694 BC.
Arda-Mulissu, feeling that a decisive act would grant him the kingship, made "a treaty of rebellion" with co-conspirators, including another son of Sennacherib, Nabu-shar-usur, and moved to kill his father. [b] Sennacherib was then murdered, either stabbed directly by his son or killed while he was praying by being crushed underneath a statue ...
The prophecy of Isaiah, the number of the Assyrians killed and the names of Sennacherib's sons were not recorded in the Chronicles. [13] The text simply states that the whole Assyrian army was annihilated, so Sennacherib had to return with 'shame of face' (cf. Ezra 9:7; Psalm 44:16) to his land, where his sons slew him in the temple. [21]
The Destruction of Sennacherib (Russian: Поражение Сеннахериба), is a choral work composed by Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881), based on text Lord Byron's poem "The Destruction of Sennacherib". It was written between 1866 and 1867, and is dedicated for Mily Balakirev.
Arda-Mulissu was the son of Sennacherib, who reigned as king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 705 BC to 681 BC. [6] Sennacherib had more than one wife, and Arda-Mulissu's mother is not known but it is certain that she was not Naqi'a, the mother of Arda-Mulissu's younger half-brother Esarhaddon. [7]