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Relief showing royal garden. From palace of Ashurbanipal, Ninevah. 7th century BC. (British Museum). Cf. Eccles.2:5-6.

Ashurbanipal

Relief showing royal garden. From palace of Ashurbanipal, Ninevah. 7th century BC. (British Museum). Cf. Eccles.2:5-6..

Limestone monolith of Assur-nasir-pal II., in the palace at Nimrud.

Assur-nasir-pal ii

Limestone monolith of Assur-nasir-pal II., in the palace at Nimrud..
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Monument of Assyrian Pharaoh Esarhaddon c. 670 BC with captured kings of Tyre and Egypt. Sculptured portrait of Esarhaddon (Is.19.4)

Esarhaddon

Monument of Assyrian Pharaoh Esarhaddon c. 670 BC with captured kings of Tyre and Egypt. Sculptured portrait of Esarhaddon (Is.19.4).

Sculptured portrait of Esarhaddon (Is. 19.4) with captured kings of Tyre and Taharka of Egypt with rings and rope through their nose and lips (Is.37.29)

Esarhaddon

Sculptured portrait of Esarhaddon (Is. 19.4) with captured kings of Tyre and Taharka of Egypt with rings and rope through their nose and lips (Is.37.29).

Relief from `Black Obelisk` of Shalmaneser III of Assyria showing a deputation sent by Jehu, king of Israel.

Shalmanesser Iii

Relief from `Black Obelisk` of Shalmaneser III of Assyria showing a deputation sent by Jehu, king of Israel.. The bearded Israelites wear long tunics covered by fringed cloaks - their heads are covered by the characteristic Syrian head-dress. Their feet protected by the pointed shoes of the mountain peoples. They are carrying various objects, including stamped bars of metal,vessels, and staves. 9th century BC. (British Museum).

Calah obelisk showing Jehu doing homage to Shalmaneser III. 9th century BC.

Shalmanesser Iii

Calah obelisk showing Jehu doing homage to Shalmaneser III. 9th century BC..

Black obelisk of Shalmaneser II commemorating his thirty-one campaigns and the tributes of various nations, among them that of Jehu, king of Israel.

Shalmaneser ii

Black obelisk of Shalmaneser II commemorating his thirty-one campaigns and the tributes of various nations, among them that of Jehu, king of Israel..

Sargon the king of Assyria is referred to in Isaiah xx,1. His Tartan, or commander-in-chief, who captured Ashdod faces the monarch and another high official.

Tartan

Sargon the king of Assyria is referred to in Isaiah xx,1. His Tartan, or commander-in-chief, who captured Ashdod faces the monarch and another high official..

Assault of a city by Tiglath-Pileser II. The Pul of 2 Kings 15, 19.

Pul

Assault of a city by Tiglath-Pileser II. The Pul of 2 Kings 15, 19..

Tiglath Pileser III (`Pul`) on relief from Calah. (British Museum).

Pul

Tiglath Pileser III (`Pul`) on relief from Calah. (British Museum)..

Nimrod, in Palace of Khorsabad

Nimrod

Nimrod, in Palace of Khorsabad.

Sargon & Sennacherib: Assyrian inscribed cylinders. Top: Annals of king Sargon. Bottom: annals of king Sennacherib, including expedition against Hezekiah.

Sargon

Sargon & Sennacherib: Assyrian inscribed cylinders. Top: Annals of king Sargon. Bottom: annals of king Sennacherib, including expedition against Hezekiah..