The monuments and the Old Testament : evidence from ancient records . ss booty, and levied tribute on the conqueredcities and provinces, there is no hint in his recordsduring the remaining twenty years of his reign thathe ever again visited this territory. It seems thatsome spectre haunted his memory and blighted hisambition regarding the final conquest of Egypt. 180. Now we are enabled to see wherein the tworecords agree, and in what respects they may be dove-tailed. Both agree (1) if we count in the picturesin the Ninevite palace, that Sennacherib laid siegeto Lachish; (2) that Hezekiah, as
The monuments and the Old Testament : evidence from ancient records . ss booty, and levied tribute on the conqueredcities and provinces, there is no hint in his recordsduring the remaining twenty years of his reign thathe ever again visited this territory. It seems thatsome spectre haunted his memory and blighted hisambition regarding the final conquest of Egypt. 180. Now we are enabled to see wherein the tworecords agree, and in what respects they may be dove-tailed. Both agree (1) if we count in the picturesin the Ninevite palace, that Sennacherib laid siegeto Lachish; (2) that Hezekiah, as a rebel, sent ahandsome gift (or tribute) to purchase the favor ofthe king of Assyria, though differing as to the time;(3) that Egypt was an ally of Judah, upon whom sheleaned for support at this time; (4) by implicationonly, that some disaster suddenly cut short Senna-cheribs campaign and conquests. The remainingstatements of the two records vividly paint their ownpictures. The remarkable thing is the fact that therecords so fully corroborate each other—that the. SUPPOSED JEWISH CAPTIVES AT WORK AS SLAVESIN NINEVEH SENNACHERIBS DEATH 193 Assyrian king and the compiler of Kings agree inso many particulars, and introduce so few new diffi-culties. 181. Sennacheribs reign was marked by many cruel,inhuman, and almost fiendish acts, such as the awfuldestruction of Babylon, which returned in vengeanceupon his own head. His death was a characteristicoriental court tragedy. While worshiping at theshrine of his god Nisroch (Nusku, in Assyrian),he is brutally assassinated by his two sons (2 Kingsxix. 37). The Babylonian chronicle speaks of onlyone as the assassin. This was the concluding act ofan insurrection in Nineveh. Neither of these twoguilty sons succeeded to the throne of their aspiring assassins were younger sons of the greatmonarch, but, nevertheless, hopeful that their deedwould command general approval and win for oneof them the throne of the empire. But, cruel as
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