The narrative, chronicled across two chapters in 2 Kings, details the march of the Assyrians on Israel and Judah during the reign of Judah's King Hezekiah. The Assyrian host, headed by King ...

including into the Kingdom of Judah and Egypt. In ancient times, the Assyrian civilization was often centered at the city of Assur (also called Ashur), named after the supreme god of Assyria and ...

As part of unifying the empire under its new ruler King Sennacherib, the Assyrians moved to quash rebellions by states in the region, including the Kingdom of Judah then ruled by King Hezekiah.

The site reveals significant changes in the Judahite administration during King Hezekiah’s reign, specifically in the aftermath of the Assyrian campaign that followed Judah’s rebellion.

Am I right in thinking that those Israelites exiled to Assyria are lost to history and that it is only the people of Judah who survive to become the Jews of today? Judah and its capital Jerusalem ...

We know that both kingdoms sinned, both ignored multiple warnings by the prophets and both were ultimately exiled — Israel by Sennacarib, king of Assyria and Judah subsequently by Nebuchadnezzar ...

“In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, King Sennacherib of Assyria marched against all the fortified towns of Judah and seized them,” reads a verse in the 18th chapter of the book of Kings I ...

As the Assyrian Empire grew, it came into contact with both Israel and Judah. The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III claims that an Israeli king named Jehu was forced to pay tribute to the Assyrian ...