CIVILIZATION
ASSYRIAN
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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he submitted to Sennacherib
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he continued to rebel
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he fled to Egypt
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he joined Sennacherib
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Detailed explanation-1: -And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD: “O LORD, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, you alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. Give ear, O LORD, and hear; open your eyes, O LORD, and see; listen to the words Sennacherib has sent to insult the living God.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sennacherib’s attention was diverted when a message came from King Hezekiah. The missive was one of total surrender; indeed, the Judaean king was almost groveling in his submission. Sennacherib had apparently sent troops to Jerusalem while he himself was investing Lachish.
Detailed explanation-3: -At that time Hezekiah cut down the doors and the doorposts of the Temple of the Lord, which King Hezekiah had overlaid [with gold], and gave them to the king of Assyria (2 Kings 18:14–16). It is not known why Hezekiah’s tribute did not succeed in preventing further attacks.
Detailed explanation-4: -The prisms contain six paragraphs of cuneiform written in Akkadian. They are hexagonal in shape, made of red baked clay, and stand 38.0 cm high by 14.0 cm wide. They were created during the reign of Sennacherib in 689 BC (Chicago) or 691 BC (London, Jerusalem).