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Conquest of Lachish Depicted on Relief of Sennacherib
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This relief, from Sennacherib’s palace in Nineveh, shows Sennacherib’s army attacking Lachish (an event alluded to in 2 Kings 18:14 and 17). Sennacherib is sitting on his throne outside the city…

Places:

Nineveh, Assyria (Mosul, Iraq)

Date:

700–681 BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, War, Monarchy, Violence, Exile, Gravestones & tombs, Sculpture

Categories:

Sculpture, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs
Relief of rows of archers and soldiers with shields and spears.
The Last Kings of Judah
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The people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king instead of his father in Jerusalem. Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king and he reigned three months in…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Persian Period, Late 6th–4th Century BCE

Subjects:

Monarchy, Exile, Punishment, Temple, War