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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[1] and conquest of the town of Lachish in 701 BCE.[2] 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.[3][4][5]
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