(1') [...] ... [...] ... [... In the high mountains, difficult terrain, I rode on horseback and had my personal chariot carried on (men’s) necks. In very rugged terrain] I roamed about on foot li[ke a wild bull]. I surrounded (and) conquered [the cities Bīt-Kilamzaḫ, Ḫardišpu, (and) Bīt-Kubatti, their for]tified [walled cities]. I brought out from them peop[le, horses, mules, donkeys, oxen, and sh]eep and goats, and I counted (them) as booty. [Moreover, I destroyed, devastated, (and) turn]ed into ruins [their small(er) settlements, which were without number. I bur]ned [with fire] pavilions (and) te[nts, their abodes], and reduced (them) to ashes.

(5') [I made that city Bīt-Kilamzaḫ a fortress again] (and) I strengthened its walls [more than be]fore, [and] (then) I settled [th]erein [the people of the lands that I had conquered]. I brou[ght down] from the mountains [the people of the land of the Kassites and the land of the Yasubigallians who had fled from my weapons and] I made (them) dwell [in the cities Ḫardišp]u (and) Bīt-Kubatti. [I placed th]em [under the authority of a eunuch of mine, the governor of the city Arrapḫa]. I had a stele made, had all the victorious conq[uests that] I ac[hieved] over them written [on] it, and I erected (it) in (that) city.

(8') [I turned around (lit. “I turned the front of my yoke”) and took the road to the land Ellipi. Be]fore my arrival, Ispabāra, their king, aban[doned] his forti[fied] cities (and) his [tre]asury [and] fled far away. [I overwhelmed all of his wide land like a fog]. I surrounded, conqu[ered, destroyed], devastated, (and) burned with fire [the cities Marubištu (and) Ak]kuddu, cities of his royal house, together with thirty-four small(er) settlements [in] their [en]virons.

(10') I carried off [people, young (and) old, male and female, horses, mules, donkeys, cam]els, oxen, and sheep and goats without number, and (then) I [brought him (Ispabāra)] to nought and made his land smaller. I detached [fr]om his land [the cities Ṣi(ṣ)ṣirtu (and) Kummaḫlum, fortified cities, together with] the smal­l(er) settlements in their environs (and) [the dis]trict of the land Bīt-Barrû in [its] ent[irety], and I added (this area) to the territory of Assyria.

(12') I took [the city Elenzaš as a royal city and a fortress for t]hat [district], and (then) I changed its former name and [cal]led it Kār-Sennach[erib. I settled therein the people of the lands that I had conquered]. I placed (it) [under] the authority of a eunuch of mine, the governor of the city Ḫar[ḫar], and (thus) en[larged] my land.

(14') [On my return march], I re[ceived a] substantial [payme]nt [from the distant Medes, of] whose land none of the kings, my ancestors, had heard mention. (Thus) I made them bow down [to the yoke of] my [lor]dship.

(15') [On my third campaign, I marched to the land Ḫatti]. Fear of [my] lordly brilliance overwhelmed [Lulî], the king of the city Sidon, and he fled a[far] into the midst of the sea. The awesome terror of the weapon of the god Aššur, my lord, overwhelmed [the cities Great Sidon, Lesser Sidon, Bīt-Zi]tti, Ṣarepta, Maḫalliba, Ušû, Ak[zi]bu, (and) Acco, [his fortified cities (and) fortresses, an area of pasture(s) and water-place(s)], resources upon which he relied, and they [bow]ed down at my feet.

(18') [I placed Tu-Baʾlu on his royal throne over them] and [imposed] upon him tribute (and) payment (in recognition) of my overlordship (to be delivered) yearly (and) without interruption.

(19') [As for Minuḫimmu of the city Samsimuruna, Tu-Baʾlu of the city Si]don, Abdi-Liʾ[ti of the city Arwa]d, [Ūru-Milki] of the city Byblos, [Mitinti of the city Ashdod, Būdi-il of the city Bīt-Ammon, Kammū]su-nadbi of [the land] Moab, Aya-rāmu of the land Edom, [all of the kings of the land Amurru], they brought [extensive gifts], four times (the normal amount), [as] their substantial [audience gi]ft before me and kissed [my] feet.

(r 3) [Moreover, (as for) Ṣidqâ, the king of the city Ashkelon who had not bowed down to] my [yo]ke, I forcibly removed the gods of his father’s house, himself, his wife, his sons, his daughters, his brothers, (and other) offspring of his father’s house and took him to Assyria.

(r 4) I set [Šarru-lū-dāri, son of Rūkibtu, their former king, over the people of the city] Ashkelon and imposed upon him the payment of tribute (and) gifts (in recognition) of my overlordship so that he (now) pulls my yoke.

(r 5) [In the course of my campaign], I surrounded, conquered, (and) plundered [the cities Bīt-Daganna, Joppa, Ban]ayabarqa, (and) Azuru, the cities of Ṣidqâ that had not submitted to me quickly.

(r 6) [(As for) the governors, the nobles, and the people of the city Ekron who] had thrown [Pad]î, their king who was bound by treaty and oaths to Assyria, into iron fetters and who had handed him over to Hezekiah of the land Judah in a hostile manner, [they became frightened on account of the villainous acts they had committed]. They formed a confederation with [the kings of Egypt (and) the a]rchers, chariots, (and) horses of the king of the land Meluḫḫa, forces without number, and they came to their aid.

(r 8) [In the plain of the city Eltekeh], they sharpened their weapons while drawing up [in battleline before me]. With the support of the god Aššur, my lord, I fought with them and defeated them. In the thick of battle, I captured alive [the Egyptian charioteers (and) princes (lit. “the sons of the kings”), together with the char]ioteers of the king of the land Meluḫḫa.

(r 10) [I surrounded, conquered, (and) plun]­dered [the cities Eltekeh (and) Tamnâ]. I approached the city Ekron and I killed the governors (and) nobles who had committed crime(s) and hung their corpses on towers around the city; [I counted the citizens who had committed the criminal acts as booty]; (and) I commanded that the rest of them, (those) who were not guilty of crimes or wrongdoing, (to) whom no penalty was due, be allowed to go free.

(r 12) [I] brought out [Padî, their king, from the city Jerusalem] and placed (him) on the lordly throne over [th]em, and (then) I imposed upon him payment (in recognition) of my overlordship.

(r 13) [(As for) Hezekiah of the land Judah, who had not submitted to my yoke], I surrounded (and) conquered [forty-six of his] fortified [walled cities] and small(er) settlements in [th]eir environs, which were without number, [by having ramps trodden down and battering rams brought up, the assau]lt of foot soldiers, sapping, [breaching, and] siege engines. I brought out of them [200,150 people, young (and) old, male and female, horses, m]ules, donkeys, camels, ox[en, and sheep and goats, which] were without number, and I counted (them) as booty.

(r 16) [As for him (Hezekiah)], I confined him [inside the city Jerusalem], his royal [city, like a bird in a cage. I set up] blockade[s against him and] made him dread [exiti]ng his city gate. [I detached from his land the cities of his that I had plundered and] I gave (them) [to Mi]tinti, the king of the city Ashdo[d, and Padî, the king of the city Ekron, (and) Ṣilli-Bēl], the king of the land Gaza, and (thereby) made his land smaller. [To the former tribute, their annual giving, I added the payment (of)] gifts (in recognition) of [my] overlordship [and im]posed (it) upon them (text: “him”).

(r 19) [As for him, Hezekiah, fear of my lordly brilliance overwhelmed him] and, [after my (departure), he had] the auxiliary forces and [his elite troops whom] he had brought inside [to strengthen the city Jerusalem], his royal city, thereby gaining reinforcements, [along with 30 talents of gold, 800 talents of silver, choice antimony, large blocks of] ..., [ivory beds, armchairs of ivory, elephant hide(s), elephant ivory, ebony], boxwood, every kind of valuable treasure, [as well as his daughters, his palace women, male singers, (and) female singers brought into Nineveh, my capital city, and] he sent a mounted messenger of his [to me to deliver (this) payment and] to do obeisance.

(r 22) [On my fourth campaign, ... they en­t]rus­ted him [with ...] ... [...]