Lachish was a fortified town in Israel (it was actually not originally an Israelite settlement, but one they captured by force; the Bible claims there were no survivors left) that was taken by siege by the Assyrians. It is described in the Bible and was considered such a momentous victory by the Assyrians that they engraved a fresco in Sennacherib's palace at Nineveh depicting what they did to the inhabitants. It may have been a much more important city than the Bible gave credit...the Bible only mentions that the Assyrian incursions were based at this town, possibly because of it's strategic locating on the path towards Jerusalem.
Compared to the other nations of the world, Israel was just some back-water power and David only ruled a relatively small sliver of land deemed so unimportant at the time that the nation was left to its own accord until changing political ambitions three centuries later....this was the same time as the Egyptian Dark Ages.
Compared to the other nations of the world, Israel was just some back-water power and David only ruled a relatively small sliver of land deemed so unimportant at the time that the nation was left to its own accord until changing political ambitions three centuries later....this was the same time as the Egyptian Dark Ages.
But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin.
