WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -Sennacherib’s Annals describe how the king trapped Hezekiah of Judah in Jerusalem “like a caged bird” and later returned to Assyria when he received tribute from Judah.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hezekiah may have taken part in a rebellion against King Sargon II of Assyria (reigned 721–705 bc), which the Assyrians apparently crushed in the year 710. At the accession of Sennacherib (705–681 bc), further rebellions broke out all over the Assyrian empire.

Detailed explanation-3: -A contemporary record explains how Sennacherib laid siege to city after city throughout Judah, conquering them with ramps and battering rams. He captured King Hezekiah and kept him “like a bird in a cage.”