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Sennacherib
Information on the Assyrian king Sennacherib, son of Sargon, who marched against Jerusalem and other Judaean cities, and possibly into Egypt and Ethiopia.
Sennacherib
Sennacherib, king of Assyria, tried to obliterate Babylon in 689 B.C.
Pelusium
How the invincible army of Sennacherib met defeat at the teeth of rodents.
Accounts of the Campaign of Sennacherib, 701 BCE
Ancient History Sourcebook passages from the Bible (2 Kings 18-19 and 2 Chronicles 32) and "The Sennacherib Prism," providing different takes on the campaign against King Hezekiah.
Clay Prism of Sennacherib
A clay prism on which Sennacherib recorded the events of his eight campaigns against those who refused to yield to the Assyrian yoke.
The Last Campaign of Sennacherib
Sennacherib waged two campaigns against Hezekiah. The first in about 701 B.C. and the second about fifteen years later.