Sennacherib, Assyrian King Who Attacked King Hezekiah in Jerusalem
Sennacherib was an Assyrian king who is best known in the Bible for losing 185,000 soldiers in his failed attempt to conquer Jerusalem. He was a contemporary of King Hezekiah of the Kingdom of Judah, the prophet Isaiah and the Egyptian Pharaoh Tirhaqa, also mentioned in the Bible. He ruled for some 24 years, 705 […]
King Jehu, Kingdom of Israel
In 841BC, the Assyrian king, Shalmaneser III (not mentioned in the Bible) wanted to show off the immense size of his kingdom. He did so by documenting a series of tribute payment visits on a black obelisk. These tribute payments include expensive objects, money and exotic animals. The penalty for not bringing the annual tribute was […]