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Bookmark or Share- Sennacherib’s Siege of Lachish - Biblical Archaeology SocietyThe siege of Lachish is documented in multiple Assyrian texts and reliefs and is also clearly visible in the site’s archaeology. These various sources agree that Lachish eventually fell to the Assyrians, who built a massive siege ramp to reach the top of the city’s walls.
- The Lachish Letters - Biblical Archaeology SocietyThe Lachish Letters are a collection of texts excavated at biblical Lachish in southern Israel that date to the years immediately preceding the site’s destruction by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II in the early sixth century BCE, as described in the Book of Jeremiah.
- Siege of Lachish - WikipediaThe siege of Lachish was the Neo-Assyrian Empire 's siege [1] and conquest of the town of Lachish in 701 BCE. The siege is documented in several sources including the Hebrew Bible, Assyrian documents and in the Lachish relief, a well-preserved series of reliefs which once decorated the Assyrian king Sennacherib 's palace at Nineveh. [2] [3] [4]
- Lachish - Jewish Virtual LibraryTel Lachish, the mound of the ancient city of Lachish, is located in the lowlands of the Judean Hills, some 40 km. southwest of Jerusalem. The abundance of water sources and the fertile valleys of the area favored the existence of a prosperous city over a considerable period of time. The mound of the city was first excavated during the 1930s.
- Tel Lachish - WikipediaLachish ( Hebrew: לכיש; Ancient Greek: Λαχίς; Latin: Lachis) was an ancient Canaanite and Israelite city in the Shephelah ("lowlands of Judea") region of Israel, on the south bank of the Lakhish River, mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible.
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