The assassination of Sennacherib, king of Assyria, is presented in the Bible as God’s divine justice against an evil king. Outside of the Bible, however, this was one of the most significant events in the history of the ancient Near East. Collecting records and references from contemporary and later sources, historian Christopher Jones has provided a renewed look at this event and its aftermath in the Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History, allowing for the most complete recreation of events to date.You can read the abstract of the underlying article at the link, but the article itself is behind the subscription wall. The BHD essay summarizes it.[...]
Visit PaleoJudaica daily for the latest news on ancient Judaism and the biblical world.