Hezekiah Broad Wall, Jerusalem History, Old City, Sennacherib Defeat Miracle, Walls of Jerusalem
Experience one of the greatest miracles in the Bible about how God saved Hezekiah and the city of Jerusalem. Sennacherib, King of Assyria was defeated supernaturally by God because an angel of the Lord killed 185,000 soldiers. Click the link below to support our work in producing more videos about the Holy Land:
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Location
1. Hezekiah’s Broad Wall connected the lower part of the City of David with the west side of the Temple Mount.
2. The part that is visible today is located just north of the Hurva Synagogue to the left of Bonei ha-Khoma St.
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Historical Background
1. After the dividing of the nation of Israel into two kingdoms (Israel and Judah) after King Solomon, God sent prophet after prophet to warn them to turn from their sinful ways and follow Him. However, all these warnings fell on deaf ears.
2. All the 19 kings who reigned in the northern kingdom of Israel did not follow the Lord and acted wickedly.
3. As a result, the northern kingdom of Israel was conquered and taken into captivity by 722 BC by the Assyrians because of Israel’s continual disobedience. 2 Kings 18:11–12: Then the king of Assyria carried Israel away into exile to Assyria, and put them in Halah and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes, 12 because they did not obey the voice of the Lord their God, but transgressed His covenant, even all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded; they would neither listen nor do it.
4. The Assyrian army was brutal and known for its torturous tactics. They intentionally instilled fear in the hearts of those they conquered to cause other countries to surrender instead of fighting.
5. By 701 BC, the Assyrians, headed by Sennacherib invaded Judah, the Southern Kingdom of Israel, because of their disobedience to God.
6. According to an Assyrian stele found in the ruins of the royal palace of Nineveh, Sennacherib conquered 46 cities in Judea prior to attempting to conquer
