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Assyrian siege of Jerusalem

700 BCE · Kingdom of Judah, Asia · War

Assyrian siege of Jerusalem
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The Assyrian siege of Jerusalem was an aborted siege of Jerusalem, then capital of the Kingdom of Judah, carried out by Sennacherib, king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. The siege concluded Sennacharib's campaign in the Levant, in which he attacked the fortified cities and devastated the countryside of Judah in a campaign of subjugation.

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