Footnote 2 – Scholars’ Corner: Yadin Presents New Interpretation of the Famous Lachish Letters

This should be distinguished from the attack of the Assyrian king Sennacherib a little more than 100 years earlier, in 701 B.C., described in “Destruction of Judean Fortress Portrayed in Dramatic Eighth-Century B.C. Pictures” and “News from the Field: Defensive Judean Counter-Ramp Found at Lachish in 1983 Season.”