Sennacherib

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• During his reign, Sennacherib undertook extensive rebuilding projects in Nineveh.

• Although efforts were made at partial reconstruction, it was only in 835 BC when Jehoash, King of Judah, in the second year of his reign, invested considerable sums in reconstruction, only to have it stripped again for Sennacherib, King of Assyria, in c. 700 BC.

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• Lord Byron caught the flavor of this geography in his famous lines from "The Destruction of Sennacherib":

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• For Sennacherib's campaign, see any translation of any of the prisms that relate to the campaign.

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• Sennacherib was just one of a sizable number of Assyrian conqueror-kings.

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• Back in 705 BC, Assyrian King Sennacherib posted signs on his highway to ensure it was cleared of parked chariots.

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• On Sennacherib's construction projects, see Grayson 113-17. See Oates 183-84.

  Academic text (2018)

• I'd have to say Sennacherib's campaign, the Ashdod campaign under Sargon II, and the campaign of Nebuchadnezzar to Judah in 597 BC are the best examples of something independently verified in the Bible.

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• As capital of the Assyrian Empire at its zenith in the eighth and seventh centuries BC, Nineveh was the site of energetic construction by one of its last kings, Sennacherib, who built gated walls, a lavish complex known as the "Palace Without a Rival," and luxurious gardens and parks.

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• The Assyrian king Sennacherib is known for his aggressive expansionist policies in the ancient Near East.

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