Siege of Gezer (c.733 BC)

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The Siege of Gezer (c.733 BC) referes to a succesful siege of the city known as Gezer, depicted on a stone relief at the Assyrian royal palace in Nimrud, where the city is called 'Gazru'. The siege was conducted by the great Assyrian king Tiglath-Pileser III, who was one of the greatest generals and warriors in history, between 734-732 BCE,[1]. The city was probably captured by the Assyrians at the end of the campaign of Tiglath-Pileser III to Canaan. Recent archaeological excavation at the site reveal that not long after the city fell into Assyrian hands it become an Assyrian administrative center.

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  1. ^ Ehrlich, Carl S (November 1996). The Philistines in Transition: A History from Ca. 1000-730 B.C.E.. Brill Academic Publishers, 192-193. ISBN 978-9004104266. 


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