Siege of Lachish
| Siege of Lachish | |||||||
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| Part of Sennacherib's campaign in the Levant | |||||||
Assyrian siege-engine attacking the city wall of Lachish, part of the ascending assaulting wave. Detail of a wall relief dating back to the reign of Sennacherib, 700-692 BCE. From Nineveh, Iraq, currently housed in the British Museum. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Neo-Assyrian Empire | Kingdom of Judah | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Sennacherib | Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Heavy | ||||||
The siege of Lachish was the Neo-Assyrian Empire's siege and conquest of the town of Lachish in 701 BCE. The siege is documented in several sources including the Hebrew Bible, Assyrian documents and in the Lachish relief, a well-preserved series of reliefs which once decorated the Assyrian king Sennacherib's palace at Nineveh.