Assyrian siege of Jerusalem
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title:
Assyrian siege of Jerusalem
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The Assyrian siege of Jerusalem was an aborted siege of Jerusalem, then capital of the Kingdom of Judah, carried out by Sennacherib, king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. The siege concluded Sennacharib's campaign in the Levant, in which he attacked the fortified cities and devastated the countryside of Judah in a campaign of subjugation. Sennacherib besieged Jerusalem, but did not capture it. Sennacherib's Annals describe how the king trapped Hezekiah of Judah in Jerusalem "like a caged bird" and la
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Conflict between the Neo-Assyrian Empire and the Kingdom of Judah, c. 701 BC
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyrian_siege_of_Jerusalem
date created:
2004-10-17T02:47:25Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T01:40:19Z
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