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Owen Jarus

Evidence of Assyrians' conquest of Holy Land discovered in Jerusalem

A large excavation site in the desert near a city.

Archaeologists have found evidence of an Assyrian military campaign against Judaea that resulted in the siege of Jerusalem.

The campaign was launched in 701 B.C., when Sennacherib was king of Assyria and Hezekiah was king of Judaea. Sennacherib launched the campaign because he considered Hezekiah a vassal king who should obey the Assyrians, but Hezekiah refused and rebelled against him.

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