 The Destruction of Sennacherib By Lord Byron (George Gordon) 1788–1824 Lord Byron (George Gordon) The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen: Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed; And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still! And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there rolled not the breath of his pride; And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as the spray of the rock-beating surf. And there lay the rider distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow, and the rust on his mail: And the tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown. And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal; And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord! .... Taken from: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/173083 |
Showing posts with label Revised History of the Era of King Hezekiah of Judah. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Revised History of the Era of King Hezekiah of Judah. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Angel Defeats Sennacherib's Army
Monday, August 30, 2010
Rectifying Chronology of Sargon II/Sennacherib
The Assyrian War
Prelude to war
In the sixth year of his reign, Hezekiah witnessed the Fall of Samaria.[1][8] At some point in the next eight years, Hezekiah rebelled against Assyria, determined to end the annual tribute that Tiglath-Pileser III had imposed upon Ahaz in return for fighting a campaign that Tiglath-Pileser had his own reasons to fight anyway.[24][3] James Ussher[1] states that Shalmaneser V, the conqueror of the Northern Kingdom, died in 717 BC, four years after his successful conquest. Secular scholars, however, insist that between Shalmaneser and Sennacherib, another king ruled, named Sargon II, and he had completed the conquest of Samaria. However, Mackey[25] presents an excellent analysis providing independent support of Ussher's claim[1] that Sargon was the same man as Sennacherib, the immediate successor to Shalmaneser. Mackey's basis is the appearance of identical sequences of six different wars in both men's inscriptions. Although Mackey still assumes that Shalmaneser died before completing the capture of Samaria, Mackey's most important and relevant contribution in this context is showing that Sargon and Sennacherib are one and the same man.
Prelude to war
In the sixth year of his reign, Hezekiah witnessed the Fall of Samaria.[1][8] At some point in the next eight years, Hezekiah rebelled against Assyria, determined to end the annual tribute that Tiglath-Pileser III had imposed upon Ahaz in return for fighting a campaign that Tiglath-Pileser had his own reasons to fight anyway.[24][3] James Ussher[1] states that Shalmaneser V, the conqueror of the Northern Kingdom, died in 717 BC, four years after his successful conquest. Secular scholars, however, insist that between Shalmaneser and Sennacherib, another king ruled, named Sargon II, and he had completed the conquest of Samaria. However, Mackey[25] presents an excellent analysis providing independent support of Ussher's claim[1] that Sargon was the same man as Sennacherib, the immediate successor to Shalmaneser. Mackey's basis is the appearance of identical sequences of six different wars in both men's inscriptions. Although Mackey still assumes that Shalmaneser died before completing the capture of Samaria, Mackey's most important and relevant contribution in this context is showing that Sargon and Sennacherib are one and the same man.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)