The thrones and palaces of Babylon and Ninevah from sea to sea; a thousand miles on horseback .. . SENNACHERIB ON HIS THRONE. Joshua xix., BABYLON AND NINEVEH. 307 in an overwhelming defeat of the confederated spoils of the victors were vast and rich. Thousandsof captives were sold as slaves. The princes ca2:)turedwere slain, and their bodies exposed on stakes aroundthe whole circuit of the walls of the city; and the im-perial city of Ekron opened its gates to the victor. Flushed with success, determined and revengeful, in-tent on the punishment of all who had opposed his au-tho
The thrones and palaces of Babylon and Ninevah from sea to sea; a thousand miles on horseback .. . SENNACHERIB ON HIS THRONE. Joshua xix., BABYLON AND NINEVEH. 307 in an overwhelming defeat of the confederated spoils of the victors were vast and rich. Thousandsof captives were sold as slaves. The princes ca2:)turedwere slain, and their bodies exposed on stakes aroundthe whole circuit of the walls of the city; and the im-perial city of Ekron opened its gates to the victor. Flushed with success, determined and revengeful, in-tent on the punishment of all who had opposed his au-thority, Sennacherib prepared to measure arms withKing Hezekiah. It appears from history that the citi-zens of Ekron had deposed King Padi, who had beenloyal to Assyria, and had sent him in chains to Heze-kiah for safe-keeping. Having accepted the charge ofthe deposed king, Hezekiah had thereby become partyto the rebellion of the Ekronites against their Assyrianmaster. To punish the King of Judah for this com-plicity, and to compel him to surrender the person ofPadi, was the double object of Sennacherib in invadingJudea. From the gates of E
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