{"id":4261,"date":"2016-11-10T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themuseumguy.weblorenz.com\/?p=4261"},"modified":"2026-05-29T12:23:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T09:23:19","slug":"taharqa-sennacherib-and-hezekiah-the-untold-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themuseumguy.co.il\/he\/post\/taharqa-sennacherib-and-hezekiah-the-untold-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Taharqa, Sennacherib and Hezekiah \u2013 The Untold Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Cover image: King Taharqa leads his queens through a crowd during a festival (Art by Gregory Manchess) Source: Draper 2008<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes the Bible can be misleading. Sometimes<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I would like to discuss an example which demonstrates how a well-documented story, with rich archaeological remains, overshadows a major story. A story which seems to be trivial, almost meaningless, when one reads through the Biblical account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hope that this article inspires the reader, especially if she\/he is a Biblical Studies teacher, to give more weight to the broader context and archaeological remains, which illuminate a very important story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many people know the famous story of Hezekiah and Sennacherib, described in II Kings 18:13<\/a> – 20:37<\/a>, as well as in Isaiah 36-37, and II Chronicles 32. In short, Sennacherib attacks Jerusalem, devastates the kingdom of Judah, challenges Hezekiah in Jerusalem, but does not succeed. He ends up returning to Assyria and is later murdered by his sons, who escape to neighboring Urartu (“Ararat”), and his son Esarhaddon<\/a> succeeds him. That’s just about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Original Linkedin post<\/a> on November 10, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of my favorite educational resources for the classroom is the Megalim Educational Institute<\/a> of the City of David<\/a>, Jerusalem. They have great videos<\/a> in both English and Hebrew (with and without subtitles). Here is a sample video about the famous Sennacherib Prism:<\/p>\n\n\n

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