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Le prisme de Sennachérib — Ézéchias enfermé « comme un oiseau en cage »

L'invasion de Juda en 701 av. J.-C., Ézéchias nommément, le siège de Jérusalem et le tribut sont consignés par l'envahisseur lui-même — et la survie de la ville se déduit de son propre silence sur sa prise.

Nommé hors de la BibleInscriptionc. 691 BC

The Taylor Prism, Sennacherib's own account of his third campaign
This image was produced by me, David Castor (user:dcastor). · Public domain

A six-sided clay prism recording Sennacherib's campaigns. The third describes his 701 BC invasion of Judah: forty-six walled towns taken, Hezekiah besieged in Jerusalem, heavy tribute exacted. What the Assyrian account conspicuously does not claim is the capture of Jerusalem — the one city its own annals leave standing.

As for Hezekiah the Judahite, who did not submit to my yoke… him I shut up in Jerusalem his royal city like a bird in a cage.
Sennacherib's Annals, third campaign
Découvert
Nineveh, Iraq, 1830 — Acquired by Col. R. Taylor, British Consul-General at Baghdad
Conservé à
British Museum, London (near-duplicates in Chicago and Jerusalem) (BM 91032 (Taylor Prism))
Langue
Akkadian
Comment il nous est parvenu
Fouillé, ou encore debout là où il fut bâti.

Ce qu'elle montre

Both sides agree on the campaign, the siege and the tribute; they differ on why Sennacherib withdrew. The Assyrian text simply stops short of claiming the city.

Ce qu'en font les historiens

The 701 BC campaign is one of the best-documented events in Iron Age history, reconstructed by secular historians from the Assyrian annals, the Lachish reliefs and the biblical account together.

Dans l'Écriture

2Ki 18:13, 2Ki 19:32, Isa 36:1, 2Ch 32:1

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Sources

Ces textes sont pour l'instant en anglais. Les traductions suivront.