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Sennacherib
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Sennacherib (d. 681 bc), king of Assyria 705–681, son of Sargon II. He devoted much of his reign to suppressing revolts in various parts of his empire, including Babylon (689). In 701 he put down a Jewish rebellion, laying siege to Jerusalem but sparing it from destruction (according to 2 Kings 19:35). He also rebuilt the city of
Nineveh and made it his capital.
Sennacherib is the Assyrian described in Byron's poem ‘The Destruction of Sennacherib’ (1815); he was forced to break off his campaign when his army was devastated by divine intervention (2 Kings 35). On his return to Nineveh he was assassinated by his sons.
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Sennacherib's Campaign to Judah: New Studies.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 7/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; Sennacherib's Campaign to Judah: New Studies. By WILLIAM R. GALLAGHER...most recent full-length study devoted specifically to Sennacherib's third campaign. Since Sennacherib's annals contain the most detailed description of an...
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'Palace without a rival'.(Nineveh, Assyria)(King Sennacherib)
Magazine article from: Calliope; 9/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...height of power and prestige until King Sennacherib came to the throne. It was he who transformed...had 18 major gates. Within the city, Sennacherib enlarged the main square and built impressive...ancient settlement. On that site, Sennacherib ordered the construction of an enormous...
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The Babylonian Correspondence of Sargon and Sennacherib.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 4/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Babylonian Correspondence of Sargon and Sennacherib. By MANFRIED DIETRICH. Translated...assigned to the reigns of Sargon II and Sennacherib. Originally compiled in the 1960s...assigning letters to either Sargon or Sennacherib, an undertaking both complex and exacting...
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Byron's 'The Destruction of Sennacherib.' (Lord Byron's poem)
Magazine article from: The Explicator; 1/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Lord Byron's "The Destruction of Sennacherib" is often anthologized, it has received...use of rhythm in "The Destruction of Sennacherib" as a point to access meaning. Although...withered and strown." The host represents Sennacherib's virility. His "might" and its...
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Sennacherib's Campaign to Judah: New Studies
Magazine article from: Journal of Biblical Literature; 10/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; Sennacherib's Campaign to Judah: New Studies, by William R. Gallagher...the book he examines Assyrian and biblical sources for Sennacherib's third campaign, primarily Sennacherib's inscriptions and 2 Kgs 18:13-19:37 // Isa 36...
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'Like a Bird in a Cage': The Invasion of Sennacherib in 701 B.C.E.
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 4/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...a Bird in a Cage': The Invasion of Sennacherib in 701 B.C.E. (European Seminar...Press, 2003). Pp. xiv + 354. $75. Sennacherib's third campaign represents a classic...Chronology: A Skeleton without Flesh? Sennacherib's Campaign as a Case-Study" (pp...
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"Like a Bird in a Cage": The Invasion of Sennacherib in 701 BCE.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Currents in Theology and Mission; 2/1/2005; 616 words
; ...a Bird in a Cage": The Invasion of Sennacherib in 701 BCE. Edited by Lester L. Grabbe...understand the divergent accounts of Sennacherib's invasion of Judah in 701: 2 Kgs...the depictions of this campaign in Sennacherib's palace at Nineveh, the excavations...
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The final sack of Nineveh: the discovery, documentation, and destruction of King Sennacherib's throne room at Nineveh, Iraq.(Review) (book review)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 12/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...documentation, and destruction of King Sennacherib's throne room at Nineveh, Iraq...prominent of which was the palace of Sennacherib. As a symbol of the empire and as the...and most recent sack of the palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh, which itself has two parts...
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Sennacherib's Palace without Rival at Nineveh.
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 1/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...dissertation, Russell first builds a convincing reconstruction of Sennacherib's Southwest Palace at Nineveh and then analyzes the results...remains partly unexcavated, he also draws on the evidence of Sennacherib's inscriptions and on comparison with the plans of more...
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The invasion of Sennacherib in the book of Kings; a source-critical and rhetorical study of 2 Kings 18-19.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 11/1/2009; 508 words
; 9789004175969 The invasion of Sennacherib in the book of Kings; a source-critical and rhetorical...arranging it as he did. Then he looks again at the Hezekiah-Sennacherib narrative in that light, and considers the possibility of...
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Sennacherib
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Sennacherib Sennacherib (reigned 705-681 B.C.), a king of Assyria, was one of the...late Assyrian Empire. He rebuilt Nineveh and destroyed Babylon. Sennacherib is the biblical form of the name Sin-akheeriba. Though a younger...
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Isaiah
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...the coalition that revolted against Sennacherib, the Assyrian monarch (705-687 B...Indeed, the efforts of Egypt to stop Sennacherib proved futile; he conquered the rebellious...king of Ethiopia, went to war against Sennacherib, forcing him to move his army from...
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Hezekiah
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...king of Judah, son and successor of Ahaz. During his reign Sennacherib of Assyria routed (701 BC) the rebellious Jews and exacted...Assyrian army saved (690 BC) Judah from a second invasion by Sennacherib. Hezekiah's reign was marked by the prophecies of Isaiah...
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Nineveh
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Khorsabad) as his capital. Nineveh reached its full glory under Sennacherib and Assurbanipal . It continued to be the leader of the ancient...with a perimeter of c.7.5 mi (12 km). The palaces of Sennacherib and Assurbanipal, containing magnificent sculptures, have...
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Assyria
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...indisputably one of the greatest of ancient empires. Sargon's son Sennacherib devoted himself to retaining the gains his father had made...warfare against his rebellious vassal, Hezekiah of Judah. Sennacherib's successor, Esar-Haddon , defeated the Chaldaeans...
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