Sennacherib

Sennacherib was king of Assyria from 705 to 681 B.C. He fought many wars against his neighbors, including Hezekiah, king of Judah.

Quotes

 * (Hezekiah) himself, like a caged bird, I shut up in Jerusalem, his royal city.
 * From the Taylor prism, Column 3. Adapted from Luckenbill (1924), pp. 27-31

Bible

 * Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
 * Isaiah, 66:8 (KJV)


 * With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.
 * 2 Kings, 19:23 (KJV)

About

 * The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold
 * Lord Byron, The Destruction of Sennacherib