AN N EA 10W Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Sennacherib, Hephaestus
Ancient Near East 10W
October 11, 2016
“eahei’s Capaig agaist Jeusale
Destruction of Sennacherib
- Poem describing campaign by Assyrian king Sennacherib to capture Jerusalem
- 2 Kings 18-19
- While Assyrians coming to Jerusalem, Hezekiah prayed
o Lord eplied y tellig the He ill sae the fo Daid’s ad His sake
▪ Angel of Yahweh killed Assyrians in their camps
• By morning army dead in their sleep
• Sennacherib went back to Nineveh
Campaign against Jerusalem
- 3rd campaign
- expanded territory to many nations
o those nations brought gifts to him
▪ Sidqia, king of Ashkelon did not bow to him and was deported to
Assryia
• “o he oueed “idia’s ities
▪ Hezekiah the Jew also did not submit
• Narrator laid siege and conquered them
o Reduced his country
o Hezekiah sent him to Nineveh
▪ But with gifts (gold, silver, stones, ivory,
Hezekiah’s daughtes ad ouies,
musicians)
Herodotus, Histories
- Sennacherib = King of Assyria 705-681 BCE
o Conquered Babylon, Syria, and Palestine
- priest of Hephaistos = Sethon
o took yokes of cornland from them
▪ Assyrians marched against Egypt
o Priest entered into sanctuary of the temple and slept
▪ Had vision of the divine that told him he would not suffer against the
army
• Shopkeepers, artisans, marketmen came with him to attack
the enemies in their own fields, took their weapons
o The great numbers without arms fell
▪ Kig said: Let hi ho looks upo e lea to
fea the gods.
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Document Summary
Poem describing campaign by assyrian king sennacherib to capture jerusalem. Expanded territory to many nations: those nations brought gifts to him, sidqia, king of ashkelon did not bow to him and was deported to. Assryia: o he (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:395)ue(cid:396)ed id(cid:395)ia"s (cid:272)ities, hezekiah the jew also did not submit, narrator laid siege and conquered them, reduced his country, hezekiah sent him to nineveh, but with gifts (gold, silver, stones, ivory, Sennacherib = king of assyria 705-681 bce: conquered babylon, syria, and palestine.
