Himself I made a prisoner in Jerusalem, his royal residence, like a bird in a cage. I drove out of them 200,150 people, young and old, male and female, horses, mules, donkeys, camels, big and small cattle beyond counting, and considered them booty. I made Padi, their king, come from Jerusalem and set him as their lord on the throne, imposing upon him the tribute due to me as overlord.Īs to Hezekiah, the Jew, he did not submit to my yoke, I laid siege to 46 of his strong cities, walled forts and to the countless small villages in their vicinity, and conquered them by means of well-stamped earth-ramps, and battering-rams brought thus near to the walls combined with the attack by foot soldiers, using mines, breeches as well as sapper work. The rest of them, those who were not accused of crimes and misbehavior, I released. The common citizens who were guilty of minor crimes, I considered prisoners of war. I assaulted Ekron and killed the officials and patricians who had committed the crime and hung their bodies on poles surrounding the city. I besieged Eltekeh and Timnah, conquered them and carried their spoils away. In the mêlée of the battle, I personally captured alive the Egyptian charioteers with their princes and also the charioteers of the king of Ethiopia. Upon a trust-inspiring oracle given by Ashur, my lord, I fought with them and inflicted a defeat upon them. In the plain of Eltekeh, their battle lines were drawn up against me and they sharpened their weapons. The officials, the patricians and the common people of Ekron-who had thrown Padi, their king, into fetters because he was loyal to his solemn oath sworn by the god Ashur, and had handed him over to Hezekiah, the Jew-and he (Hezekiah) held him in prison, unlawfully, as if he (Padi) be an enemy-had become afraid and had called for help upon the kings of Egypt and the bowmen, the chariot-corps and the cavalry of the king of Ethiopia, an army beyond counting-and they had come to their assistance. In the continuation of my campaign I besieged Beth-Dagon, Joppa, Banai-Barqa, Azuru, cities belonging to Sidqia who did not bow to my feet quickly enough I conquered them and carried their spoils away. What does this passage from an official record of Sennacherib’s conquests tell you about Assyria’s military power? an Assyrian king, Sennacherib, launched a bloody campaign against several princes of Phoenicia and Palestine and captured the city of Jerusalem. Text #9304 Sennacherib, "Assyrian Capture of Jerusalem", in Ancient Near Eastern Texts, edited by Pritchard, James B.
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