Assyrian siege of Jerusalem (701 BCE)

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The Assyrian siege of Jerusalem (701 BCE) was a major Near Eastern military campaign in which King Sennacherib of Assyria besieged the Judean capital during Hezekiah’s reign, an event remembered both in Assyrian records and the Hebrew Bible for Jerusalem’s unexpected survival.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event in the Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
event in the history of ancient Israel and Judah ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
siege ⓘ
commander Hezekiah ⓘ
Sennacherib ⓘ
conflictType imperial punitive campaign ⓘ
country Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
describedIn Book of Chronicles ⓘ
linked to: Books of Chronicles

Book of Isaiah ⓘ
Book of Kings ⓘ
linked to: Books of Kings

Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Lachish reliefs ⓘ
Sennacherib’s annals ⓘ
Taylor Prism ⓘ
followedBy continued Assyrian dominance in the region ⓘ
hasCause Hezekiah’s revolt against Assyrian rule ⓘ
refusal of Judah to pay tribute to Assyria ⓘ
hasEffect devastation of the Judean countryside ⓘ
population displacement in Judah ⓘ
hasPart Assyrian invasion of Judah ⓘ
siege of Jerusalem ⓘ
hasSourceType archaeological evidence ⓘ
biblical narrative ⓘ
royal inscriptions ⓘ
historicalInterpretation example of differing Assyrian and biblical perspectives on the same event ⓘ
location Jerusalem ⓘ
Kingdom of Judah ⓘ
Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region
opponent Kingdom of Judah ⓘ
Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
partOf Assyrian–Judean conflicts ⓘ
Sennacherib’s campaign against Judah ⓘ
Sennacherib’s campaign in the Levant ⓘ
pointInTime 701 BCE ⓘ
reign of Hezekiah ⓘ
reign of Sennacherib ⓘ
relatedTo Hezekiah’s tunnel ⓘ
linked to: Hezekiah’s Tunnel

broad wall of Jerusalem ⓘ
late 8th century BCE fortification works in Jerusalem ⓘ
religiousSignificance important event in Jewish theological history ⓘ
interpreted in the Hebrew Bible as divine deliverance of Jerusalem ⓘ
result Jerusalem not captured ⓘ
Judah remained a vassal state ⓘ
payment of heavy tribute by Hezekiah ⓘ
significantEvent Jerusalem’s survival ⓘ
destruction of many Judean fortified cities ⓘ
siege of Lachish ⓘ

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Kingdom of Judah → militaryEvent → Assyrian siege of Jerusalem (701 BCE) ⓘ
Book of 2 Kings → containsAccountOf → Assyrian siege of Jerusalem ⓘ
linked to: Assyrian siege of Jerusalem (701 BCE)
Hezekiah → conflict → Assyrian siege of Jerusalem ⓘ
linked to: Assyrian siege of Jerusalem (701 BCE)
Sennacherib → notableEvent → siege of Jerusalem (701 BCE) ⓘ
linked to: Assyrian siege of Jerusalem (701 BCE)