In this lesson, David Capoccia discusses biblical archaeology related to the time of Israel’s being taken into captivity. Specifically, David Capoccia discusses Assyria’s and Babylon’s invasions of Judah. These historical events written about in the Bible are confirmed and further described through findings at Tel Lachish, Sennacherib’s palace relief sculptures, Hezekiah’s Broad Wall and Water Tunnel, the Prism of Sennacherib, the Babylonian Chronicles, the Jehoiachin Ration Tablet, the Lachish Letters, and the Nebo-Sarsekim Tablet.
