Talk:Sennacherib

Why does this article rely on the BIBLE for historic evidence???
The bible is not historic and should not be quoted as some kind of history book. Get real sources for heavens sake, NOT myths and supernatural accounts! 87.59.77.180 (talk) 00:04, 18 November 2008 (UTC)


 * On the contrary, thousands of archaeological finds have confirmed the Bible as a true history book. For example, the Cylinder of Cyrus and the Moabite Stone among hundreds others. Why are you so quick to reject Biblical historical accounts for another account?


 * I concur, as the Bible has been proven to be an accurate, historical work. Although you may not think so, it is a perfectly fine and often useful reference. Regards, Laurinavicius (talk) 00:23, 11 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I disagree, the bible as a source of history must be taken if a large grain of salt. For one thing, it is an anthology, and each book must be analyzed separately. Secondly, it was written with a political bias, as most written works are. Thirdly, its been rewritten/re-translated many times over, if you must use the bible for a historic source, find the drafts closest to the time period you're researching. At any rate, its probably best to avoid using the bible as your sole source for historic information; and while mentioning it on Wikipedia is welcome, it is not a complete record nor is it infallible. I'm going to clean up some inconsistent wording in the article, cheers. 71.65.93.189 (talk) 03:59, 10 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Yes, the Bible is grossly wrong in much of its history, and very much wrong regarding this episode. However, the article only reports what the Bible says: it does not state that the Bib;es incorrect version is correct, let alone that the Bible's wrong version should be relied upon.--Desertphile (talk) 01:29, 7 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Since the Bible refers to these events then it must recorded in this article. Whether it is historically accurate or not is irrelevant, since there is so little remaining material from these times. Whether an Angel or other messenger from God killed the seigeing army or a disease went through the camp and wiped them out or they were eventually victorious and invaded, the possibilities need to be noted so that the reader can test them along with their own knowledge and make their own conclusions. Lets face it no argument starts and ends with what is recorded in Wikipedia. 121.98.30.31 (talk) 02:35, 15 November 2015 (UTC)inastew

Yahweh or Jehovah
Gabby Merger keeps changing the name of the Hebrew god referenced in the article from Yahweh to Jehovah. Can other editors please explain to the user that Yahweh is the form preferred by scholars, and that the article Yahweh is about the deity in keeping with the context of the link, whereas the article Jehovah is about the alternative name. Thanks.-- Jeffro 77 (talk) 05:52, 26 April 2015 (UTC)


 * The god's name was YHWH. How that was pronounced is anyone's guess, but we can be sure it wasn't Jehovah. Yahweh is the convention among scholars. PiCo (talk) 11:52, 29 April 2015 (UTC)


 * The section was heavily skewed towards a discussion of the bible instead of Sennacherib. It's now more focused, and the problem of the divine name has gone away (there's no reason to mention it at all).PiCo (talk) 12:35, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

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Missing references
There are references in this section (numbered like this [9], [10], [11] etc.) that are plain text. I don't see the books or articles they refer to. Ideally, we resource them and enter them properly but in the meantime should they be removed? Seleucus123 (talk) 09:09, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

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 * There are also examples of a more naturalistic approach in the art; where colossal statues of bulls from Sargon's palace depicts them with five legs so that four legs could be seen from either side and two from the front, Sennacherib's bulls all have four legs.
 * The second king of the Sargonid dynasty, Sennacherib is one of the most famous Assyrian kings for the role he played in the Old Testament of the Bible, which describes his campaign in the Levant.
 * Some suggest the famous Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, were actually these gardens in Nineveh, but the impressive royal gardens in Babylon itself makes this idea somewhat unlikely.
 * Thankful, Sinharib then converts to Christianity and founds an important monastery near Mosul, called Deir Mar Mattai.
 * Throughout the millennia following Sennacherib's death, the popular image of the king has been mainly negative. There are two primary reasons for this. The first is Sennacherib's negative portrayal in the Bible as the evil conqueror who attempted to take Jerusalem; the second is his destruction of Babylon, one of the most prominent cities in the ancient world.
 * In 705 BC, Hezekiah, the king of Judah, had stopped paying his annual tribute to the Assyrians and began pursuing a markedly aggressive foreign policy, probably inspired by the recent wave of anti-Assyrian rebellions across the empire.
 * After Behnam converts to Christianity, Sinharib orders his execution, but is later struck by a dangerous disease that is cured through being baptized by Saint Matthew in Assur.
 * To transform Nineveh into a capital worthy of his empire, he launched one of the most ambitious building projects in ancient history.
 * The discovery of Sennacherib's own inscriptions in the 19th century, in which brutal and cruel acts such as ordering the throats of his Elamite enemies to be slit, and their hands and lips cut off, amplified his already ferocious reputation.
 * I don't see how any of these passages have POV issues. Ichthyovenator (talk) 15:03, 16 December 2020 (UTC)

Removed note on name in Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform
As part of the FAC review, it was suggested that the note that explains Sennacherib's name in Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform (rather than the later Neo-Assyrian version) was to be removed on account of the source of the information being somewhat cryptic. I'm saving the note here on the talk page in case of future discussion:

Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform: {d}SIN-PAP-MESH-SU in
 * Without special fonts installed, those show up as numbered boxes, anyway - a jpg or some other graphics format would be preferable.50.111.51.247 (talk) 02:36, 27 March 2021 (UTC)