In 701 BCE, Judah experienced the full force of #Assyrian might with the invasion of #Sennacherib.
Every major city of Judah, save Jerusalem, was besieged and destroyed, with their inhabitants killed or enslaved.
Jerusalem escaped because of the pleading of Hezekiah and the people.
Judah should have learned the need for repentance from this experience, as it was the fulfillment of much of what Isaiah had prophesied. But would they?
Assyrian military camp found, potentially supporting biblical account of angels killing 185,000 soldiers
Recent archaeological discoveries may lend credence to a Biblical story recounting a divine intervention that saved Jerusalem from an Assyrian invasion approximately 2,700 years ago...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2024/06/assyrian-camp-biblical-account-of-angels-killing-soldiers/
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Recent discoveries may lend credence to a Biblical story recounting a divine intervention that saved Jerusalem from an Assyrian invasion approximately 2,700 years ago
Long-lost Assyrian military camp devastated by ‘the angel of the Lord’ finally found, scientist claims
“At the British Museum in London, there is a relief depicting the siege of Lachish, and it shows the Assyrian camp. Stephen Compton, an independent scholar who specializes in Near Eastern Archaeology, compared this relief to photos from the early to mid-20th century which show Lachish. He identified a site north of Lachish with an oval shaped structure with walls that he thinks may have been the Assyrians’ camp.”
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