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 Books of Chronicles
surface form: Book of Chronicles

Book of Isaiah
Books of Kings
surface form: Book of Kings

Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Lachish reliefs
Annals of Sennacherib
surface form: 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 Sennacherib's campaign in the Levant
surface form: 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 region
surface form: Levant
opponent Kingdom of Judah
Neo-Assyrian Empire
partOf Assyrian–Judean conflicts
Sennacherib’s campaign against Judah
Sennacherib's campaign in the Levant
surface form: Sennacherib’s campaign in the Levant
pointInTime 701 BCE
reign of Hezekiah
reign of Sennacherib
relatedTo Hezekiah’s Tunnel
surface form: Hezekiah’s tunnel

Broad Wall (Jerusalem)
surface form: 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 (701 BCE)
this entity surface form: Assyrian siege of Jerusalem
Hezekiah conflict Assyrian siege of Jerusalem (701 BCE)
this entity surface form: Assyrian siege of Jerusalem
Sennacherib notableEvent Assyrian siege of Jerusalem (701 BCE)
this entity surface form: siege of Jerusalem (701 BCE)