King".In 722 BC, Sargon II becomes King in Nineveh as new "King of the World". A couple of problems threaten the strongest and most effective Army the world has seen so far. In the West, an Assyrian Army is inflicting a hunger siege on Samaria in Israel. Will the Egyptian Pharaoh ...
That palace belonged to King Sennacherib, and the relief shows the siege of the Israelite city of Lachish; it was conquered by Sennacherib, who then boasted about it on his palace walls. The British stripped the relief from the Nineveh palace and brought to the British Museum. DATING SYSTEM ...
9 In King Hezekiah’s fourth year, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and laid siege to it. 10 At the end of three years the Assyrians took it. So Samaria was captured in Hezekiah’s sixth year, which...
33 “So this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or even shoot an arrow here.He will not fight against it with shields or build a ramp to ·attack the city walls [lay siege to it].34 He will ·return to his country [retreat] the same...
33 “So this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or even shoot an arrow here.He will not fight against it with shields or build a ramp to ·attack the city walls [lay siege to it].34 He will ·return to his country [retreat] the same...
33 “So this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or even shoot an arrow here.He will not fight against it with shields or build a ramp to ·attack the city walls [lay siege to it].34 He will ·return to his country [retreat] the same...
19Where are they now, the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Did anyone save Samaria?20When did any of the gods of all these countries ever save their country from our emperor? Then what makes you think theLordcan save Jerusalem?”...
In 332 bce Tyre resisted Alexander the Great in a siege of eight months. Alexander finally captured the city by driving a mole into the sea from the mainland to the island. As a result, Tyre, the inhabitants of which were largely sold into slavery, lost all importance, soon being replaced...