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Explain the contribution of Assyrian royal inscriptions for knowledge of Israelite and Judean histor
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Explain the contribution of Assyrian royal inscriptions for knowledge of Israelite and Judean histor Introduction. By working through the Assyrian royal inscriptions chronologically I will try to view the Israelite and Judean history. Where it is possible, I will include the aspects of the Aramean and Philistine history, which are of interest for the history of Israel and Judah, and are given in the Assyrian inscriptions. If the Biblical text gives extra light or a sort of interpretation of the events mentioned in the Assyrian text I will refer to it, not as evidential but to give a more satisfactory picture of the events. Shalmaneser III (c. 858 - 824 BC) Shalmaneser III refers on the Kurkh Stele (dated after the eponym calender to the sixth regnal year of his reign, which is 853 BC) to a campaign held the knee of the Orontes river. There he is attacked by an alliance of...
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