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Assyrian Soldiers Impale Captives

Assyrian Soldiers Impale



‎In Bible times, victorious armies sometimes impaled defeated enemies on stakes to punish them painfully and to make stark examples of them. The victors exposed these victims at highly visible places to deter others from resisting the conqueror. This detail of a relief from Sennacherib’s Palace in Nineveh shows Assyrian soldiers impaling three Jewish captives outside the gate of Lachish in 701 B.C. The relief is now in the British Museum in London.
‎Deut 21:22–23, 1 Sam 31:10, 2 Chr 32:9, Ezra 6:11, Isa 36:1–2
‎Image by user Attilios, from Wikimedia Commons. License: Public Domain


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