The thrones and palaces of Babylon and Ninevah from sea to sea; a thousand miles on horseback .. . By hismilitary prowess, he excited a sense of dread in theminds of his most formidable enemies; he enlarged the limits of his dominions, andcreated for himself an imperish-able name. Egypt and Ethio-pia, Susiana and Babylon, Syriaand Palestine, felt the power ofhis arms. He is best known tothe general reader by his expe-dition against Hezekiah, Kingof Judah. Crossing the Tigrisand the Euphrates with an im-mense army, he descended fromthe Lebanons to the Mediterra-nean, and seized Phoenicia. Bythe
The thrones and palaces of Babylon and Ninevah from sea to sea; a thousand miles on horseback .. . By hismilitary prowess, he excited a sense of dread in theminds of his most formidable enemies; he enlarged the limits of his dominions, andcreated for himself an imperish-able name. Egypt and Ethio-pia, Susiana and Babylon, Syriaand Palestine, felt the power ofhis arms. He is best known tothe general reader by his expe-dition against Hezekiah, Kingof Judah. Crossing the Tigrisand the Euphrates with an im-mense army, he descended fromthe Lebanons to the Mediterra-nean, and seized Phoenicia. Bythe dread his arms inspired, allthe petty monarchs of the coasthastened to pay the tributeswhich they had dared to with-hold. Tyre and Sidon, Sareptaand Joj^pa, Ashdod and Asca-lon, Hazor and Beth-dagon, weretaken by the conqueror. Butthe King of Ekron had presumed to defy the coming ofthe Assyrians. He had for his allies the Egyptians andEthiopians, whose combined forces were posted at thecity of Eltekeh, mentioned by Joshua as a city of theLevites.^- The battle was long and bloody, and resulted. SENNACHERIB ON HIS THRONE. Joshua xix., 44.
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