🔄 Assyrian king Sennacherib shown at the finale of the battle of Lachish which took place in 701 BC when Sennacherib invaded Judah during the reign of Hezekiah. Lachish was Judah’s second-most important fortified city, guarding the main routes into the Judean highlands. Archaeology shows the intensity of the siege: a massive Assyrian ramp, weapons, and widespread destruction. The event is also depicted in the famous Lachish Reliefs from Nineveh, which show Assyrian soldiers storming the city an