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6 - Source BII

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 September 2020

Dan'el Kahn
Affiliation:
University of Haifa, Israel
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The narrative Source BII includes a meeting of three Assyrian commanders accompanied by a large army with a Judean delegation at the conduit of the upper pool on the highway at the Fuller’s Field. Rāb-šaqê conveys to Hezekiah’s emissaries a message. He warns them not to rebel against Assyria, not to confront the Assyrian army with the aid of the Egyptians in a pitched battle, and not to trust YHWH for deliverance, since YHWH has allegedly sent Sennacherib to devastate the land of Judah. When Hezekiah sends a delegation to Isaiah to ask for YHWH’s aid, Isaiah delivers an oracle assuring the king of Judah not to fear, for a spirit will be given to the king of Assyria. He will hear a rumor, retreat to Assyria, and die by the sword. Source BII focuses on the murder of Sennacherib, on the Egyptian aid in a pitched battle, and mentions Taharqa, king of Kush, who would cause Sennacherib to retreat. The motifs of divine intervention, causing Assyria’s defeat and Sennacherib’s retreat and eventual murder, are the backbone of Source BII.

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Sennacherib's Campaign against Judah
A Source Analysis of Isaiah 36-37
, pp. 125 - 149
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • Source BII
  • Dan'el Kahn, University of Haifa, Israel
  • Book: Sennacherib's Campaign against Judah
  • Online publication: 29 September 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108856416.008
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  • Source BII
  • Dan'el Kahn, University of Haifa, Israel
  • Book: Sennacherib's Campaign against Judah
  • Online publication: 29 September 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108856416.008
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  • Source BII
  • Dan'el Kahn, University of Haifa, Israel
  • Book: Sennacherib's Campaign against Judah
  • Online publication: 29 September 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108856416.008
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