The Old Testament in the Light of the Historical Records And Legends of Assyria
The book The Old Testament in the Light of the Historical Records And Legends of Assyria was written by author Theophilus G Theophilus Goldridge Pinches Here you can read free online of The Old Testament in the Light of the Historical Records And Legends of Assyria book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Old Testament in the Light of the Historical Records And Legends of Assyria a good or bad book?
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I col- lected the powerful troops of the god Assur, and besieged (and) captured him in Qarqaru, his own city, with his warriors. I burned Qarqaru with fire. As for him, I flayed him. I slew the sinners in the midst of their (own) cities, and brought about peace. I embodied 200 chariots (and) 600 cavalry among the people of the land of Amattu, and added to the force of my kingdom. " The general opinion of Assyriologists is, that Shal- maneser did not succeed in making himself master of Samaria, ...the capture of the city falling to the honour 1 Lit. " I smote their overthrow. " 364 THE OLD TESTAMENT of Sargon, and this, as a matter of fact, is what the latter claims. As will be seen from the above extract, he states that he carried captive no less than 27, 290 of the inhabitants of the city, but whither he transported them he does not say. According to 2 Kings xvii. 6, he placed them in Halah (probably the Halahha of the inscriptions, near Haran), and by the river Habor (the Chaboras) in Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
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