Chapter Three: Sennacherib’s Conquest of Lachish in the Reliefs and the Archaeological Evidence

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgments V
3. Contents VII
4. Abbreviations XI
5. Chapter One: Introduction 1
6. Part One: Sennacherib’s Third Campaign within the Context of the Assyrian Inscriptions and Reliefs
7. Chapter Two: Literary Reading of Sennacherib’s Campaigns 16
8. Chapter Three: Sennacherib’s Conquest of Lachish in the Reliefs and the Archaeological Evidence 67
9. Chapter Four: The Blockade of Jerusalem in the Context of Other Blockaded Cities 90
10. Conclusion to part one 115
11. Part Two: Reasons for Sennacherib’s Withdrawal from Jerusalem within the Biblical Narratives
12. Chapter Five: The Paying of Tribute to Sennacherib in 2 Kgs 18:13–16 117
13. Chapter Six: Three Different Reasons for Sennacherib’s Return in the Prophetic Narrative in 2 Kgs 18:17–19:37 149
14. Chapter Seven: Conclusion 191
15. Bibliography 195
16. Appendix
17. Appendix 205
18. Index of Names 221
19. Index of Ancient places 223
20. Index of Ancient people 225