Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-02-19

OF Scripture, reads "In nv ninth ex-
petition to the land beside the great sea
lMediterranean), l went 10 Philistia and
Ashdod. A2uri, King OF Ashdod. hard
ened bis heart not 10 bring tribute. |
broke his dominion overthe people round
about him and carried of. etc. The
people OF Philistia, Judah. Edom. and
Moab, dwelling beside the sea, whose
duty it Was to bring tribute and presents
10 Assur. my Lord (ihe great Assyrian
deity, we're speaking treason"
Verse three oil this same twentieth
chapter Of Isaiah mentions that in this
campaign the aid of Egypt aud Ethiopia
was sought. II reads "And they shall
be afraid and ashamed OF Ethiopia. their
expectation, and of Egypt, their glory"
Now whot testimony has Sargon TO offer
concerning this dependence His in
scription reads: "The people and their
evil chiefs carried their presents unto
Pharaoh, King of Egypt. and besought
his alliance TO fight against me-" The
full record of Sargon is too lengthy to
be given here. Suffice il to say that the
other portion thoroughly corroborate
the Old-Testament account
sESNAoHgaJB.
The next famous Assyrian King 10
Sennacherib. and around bis person
eastern discovery has thrown peculiar
interest. His palace with its sculptures
and inscriptions has been found by NJ.
Botta at the site Of ancient Nineveh.
1t was at this spot that NJ. Botta was
excavating when he WAS called 10 the
mound, under which was found the i'm
mense palace of Sargon. This King
Sennacherib. about whom SO much is
said in H. Kings and III. Chronicles, has
left upon the walls OF his palace full
account of his dealings with the He
brews Not only does he repeat, and
therefore confirm much that the Old
Testament tells US, but he offers also
new testimony, which throws important
light upon Bible passages previously OBJ
scure and apparently inaccurate.
Let the reader turn to Ii. Kings xviii.
10, and he will find these words Now
in the fourteenth year OF King Hezekiah
did Sennacherib, King Of Ass ria, come
up against all the fenced cities OF Judah
ana TOOK tueln. linen lOliON5 lOh6
account OF this campaign.
The cause for the invasion was as fol-
lows: Hezekiah, King OF Judah, was
at this time linked with Sennacherib.
King Of Assyria. by treaty of alliance.
From freakish impulse Hezeksh de-
cided to break with the Assyrian mon
arch and try the friendship of the royal
ruler of Egypt. In this revolt Heze-
liah was joined by many other cities
who also we're bound by treaty to AS
syria. There was one subject King,
however, who valued loyalty higher
than freedom. His name was Padi and
his city was Enron. Such a conscien-
tious disturber of the revolt was placed
in chains by his own people and sent to
Hezekiah at Jerusalem. When Sen
nacherib heard Of this widespread re-
bellion his eyes cleaned with warlke
fire he prepared for a campaign of re-
venge, and Quickly made a successful
attack upon the reckless rebels. And
now, wonderful to relate, the explorer
can stand within the palace Of this AS
syrian King and read upon its walls and
tablets an account of this same invasion
written by the King himself. The re-
cord is clearly inscribed in stone, is quite
full and detailed, and reads with some
irrelevant matter here omittedD as fol-
lOuo