Footnote 2 – Jerusalem Under Siege

On Lachish, see the following BAR articles by David Ussishkin: “Answers at Lachish,” BAR 05:06; “Defensive Judean Counter-Ramp Found at Lachish in 1983 Season,” BAR 10:02; “Lachish—Key to the Israelite Conquest of Canaan?” BAR 13:01. See also Hershel Shanks, “Destruction of Judean Fortress Portrayed in Dramatic Eighth-Century B.C. Pictures,” BAR 10:02.