Siege of Lachish

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Judean captives being led away into slavery by the Assyrians after the siege of Lachish in 701 B.C. This relief is important for the knowledge of Judean dress.

The Siege of Lachish is documented in great detail in biblical sources, in Assyrian documents and in its outstanding representation in a series of reliefs which decorated Sennacherib's palace at Nineveh. ^[1] The city was captured by the Assyrians, its inhabitants led into captivity and the leaders of Lachish tortured to death. Lachish was abandoned, but resettled after the return from Babylonia.

Babylonian reliefs portraying the siege of Lachish clearly show battering rams attacking the vulnerable parts of the city. ^[2]

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The siege and capture of the Judaean town of Lachish, one of the fortress towns protecting the approaches to Jerusalem, is unique in that it is mentioned in the Old Testament (II Kings 18; II Chronicles 32) and in the Annals of the Assyrian king, Sennacherib. Not only that but the event is depicted on the walls of Sennacherib’s palace at Nineveh.^[3]

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^ The Illustrated Dictionary and Concordance of the Bible - Page 566 by Geoffrey Wigoder
^ Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible - Page 157 by David Noel Freedman
^ The Siege of Lachish