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History
Sennacherib
was the King of Assyria and the son of Sargon
II. Austin Henry Layard discovered his palace
in 1847 in the city of Nineveh the
Assyrian capital. Inscribed in cuneiform on the
colossal sculptures in the doorway of his throne
room was Sennacherib's own account of his siege
of Jerusalem. The Iraq department of antiquities
has worked to preserve the site and named it
as the Sennacherib Palace Site Museum. Wall reliefs
from Sennacherib’s palace can be viewed
online at the British Museum’s official
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Sennacherib's
Prism also known as Taylor’s
prism is a hexagonal baked clay prism, containing
six paragraphs of cuneiform written in the
Akkadian language. The text was translated
by Daniel David Luckenbill of the University
of Chicago Press in 1924. The prism was discovered
in 1830 by Colonel Taylor in the ruins of
Sennacherib’s palace and was purchased
by the British Museum.
Sennacherib’s Prism
Contains the Following Text:
“I had completed the palace in the midst of the city of Nineveh for my
royal residence.”
"I shut King
Hezekiah up like a bird inside Jerusalem."
"Hezekiah, the Judahite”
This siege of Jerusalem by Sennacherib is
documented in three books of the Bible. 2nd
Kings, 2nd Chronicles and Isaiah. “Now
it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king
Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria
came up against all the defenced cities of
Judah, and took them.” – Isaiah
36
Sennacherib’s prism also contains the
name of Merodach
Baladan found in the book of Isaiah.
“In my first campaign I accomplished
the defeat of Merodach-Baladan”
“At that time Merodach Baladan, the
son of Baladan, king of Babylon.” - Isaiah
39
The prism gives a detailed account of Sennacherib’s
war campaigns and he consistently brags about
the many people he has killed and what nations
he destroyed and forced to pay tribute to him.
He describes hanging people on stakes as well
as amputating hands and genitalia of his enemies.
The Bible states that God sent angels to destroy
his entire army for his arrogant threats against
Hezekiah and Israel. Full
translation of Sennacherib's Prism
“Hear all the words of Sennacherib,
which he sent to reproach the living God” – Isaiah
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Sennacherib
Killed by His Sons - Confirmed
“Sennacherib was killed by his sons.” -
Isaiah 37
The Chronicle on the Reigns from Nabu-Nasir
to Samas-suma-ukin (ABC 1) is one of the historiographical
texts about ancient Assyria and Babylonia.
Line 35 reads: "On the twentieth day of the month Tebetu, Sennacherib,
King of Assyria, was killed by his son in a rebellion.”
The historical evidence proves King Sennacherib’s
existence and his palace at Nineveh.
Sennacherib’s own writings and Assyrian
documents testify that he did in fact lay siege
to Jerusalem and was killed by his sons just
as described in the book of Isaiah. |
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Scriptures
2
Kings 19:36 So Sennacherib
king of Assyria departed,
and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
Isaiah 37:21 Then Isaiah the son of
Amoz sent unto Hezekiah,
saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel,
Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib
king of Assyria
2 Chronicles 32:10 Thus saith Sennacherib
king of Assyria,
Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege
in Jerusalem?
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