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" The Destruction of Sennacherib " [2] is a poem by Lord Byron first published in 1815 in his Hebrew Melodies (in which it was titled The Destruction of Semnacherib ). [3] . The poem is based on the biblical account of the historical Assyrian siege of Jerusalem in 701 BC by Assyrian king Sennacherib, as described in 2 Kings 18–19, Isaiah 36–37.
The Destruction of Sennacherib is a short narrative poem retelling a Biblical story from the Old Testament (2 Kings, chapter 19) in which God destroys King Sennacherib’s Assyrian army as...
Often, this theme surfaced in retellings of battles or biblical revelation. In the case of “The Destruction of Sennacherib,” which describes the fall of the King of Assyria in 681 B.C., Lord Byron recounts the battle between me Christians and Assyrians that resulted in the overthrow of Paganism.
The Destruction of Sennacherib. By Lord Byron (George Gordon) The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green,
In 1815 George Gordon, Lord Byron wrote a poem about the biblical story of Sennacherib, whose destruction is related in the nineteenth chapter of the Second Book of Kings. Sennacherib...
Poetry. The Destruction of Sennacherib. Lord George Gordon Byron. A leading figure in 19th-century English Romanticism, Lord Byron published “The Destruction of Sennacherib” in 1815. The poem is based on the biblical account of Assyrian emperor Sennacherib’s attack on Jerusalem in 701 BCE.
Lord Byron Brief Summary ‘The Destruction of Sennacherib’ tells the biblical story of the failed Assyrian siege of Jerusalem. Byron explores the idea of religion and its relevance to conflict. He focuses more on the victory of the Jewish people than the suffering and despair that conflict can cause.
