The monuments and the Old Testament : evidence from ancient records . according to his account,was the defeat of the Egyptian army, and the captureof some of its chief officers. But the Assyrian seemsnot to have taken advantage of this victory, or at leastnot to have made record of any which he may havetaken. 174. After his defeat of the Egyptians, Senna-cherib renewed his siege of rebellious Ekron. Thecity soon succumbed to his assaults, and was mostseverely and cruelly punished. The rebels were im-paled on stakes all around the city, and the innocentwere set free. The old king, whom Hezekiah
The monuments and the Old Testament : evidence from ancient records . according to his account,was the defeat of the Egyptian army, and the captureof some of its chief officers. But the Assyrian seemsnot to have taken advantage of this victory, or at leastnot to have made record of any which he may havetaken. 174. After his defeat of the Egyptians, Senna-cherib renewed his siege of rebellious Ekron. Thecity soon succumbed to his assaults, and was mostseverely and cruelly punished. The rebels were im-paled on stakes all around the city, and the innocentwere set free. The old king, whom Hezekiah hadimprisoned in Jerusalem, was restored to his throneand laid under tribute to Assyria. It is strange, andyet instructive, to find that some of Sennacheribsmovements in this plain are not mentioned in hisannals thus far discovered. On the walls of his ownpalace in Nineveh we find, recorded in pictures only,.some of the most important actions of this these are the beautiful representations of thesiege of Lachich, the reception of its submissive pop-. THE ASSYRIAN ARMY IN JUDAH 187 ulation, and a long line of valuable booty being trans-ferred to Nineveh. The first of these, shown in theaccompanying cut, explains how the Assyrian armystormed and captured a strong fortress. Havingthrown up an embankment of earth, they placed uponit several layers of stone-flagging, upon which theycould operate their heavy battering-rams. Theenemy on the walls rained torches upon the besiegers,but these were harmless because an attendant on theram continually poured over it a stream of water. Atthe foot of the mound, we see expert slingers, whoare taking their part in the assault, while others areundermining the walls of the city. 175. Sennacheribs records are not clear as to theexact time of his ravaging of Judah. His summarypresents an appalling result of that raid. Forty-sixwalled cities and fortresses, with countless villages,fell before his assaults, and battering-rams. Twohund
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