Sennacherib 142

(1') [Būdi-il of] the land Bīt-Ammon, [Kammūsu-nadbi of the land Moab, Aya-rāmu of the land Edom, all of the king]s of the land Amurru, [they brought extensive gifts, four] times (the normal amount), [as their substantial audience gift] before me [and kissed my feet].

(4') [Moreover], (as for) Ṣidqâ, the king of the city Ashkel[on who had not bowed down to my yoke, 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].

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

(8') [I]n the course of my campaign, [I surrounded, conquered, (and) plundered] the cities Bīt-[Daganna, Joppa, Banayabarqa, (and) Azuru, the citi]es of Ṣidqâ that [had not submitted] to m[e quickly].

(10') (As for) [the g]overnors, the nobles, and the people of the city Ekro[n who] had thrown [Padî, their king who was bound by treaty and oaths to Assyria], into iron [fe]tters 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 archers, chariots, (and) horses] of the king of the land Meluḫḫa, forces [without number, and they came to their aid].

(14') 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 th[em and defeated them]. In [the thick of battle, I captured] alive the Egyp[tian] charioteers (and) princes (lit. “the sons of the kings”), [together with the charioteers of the king of the land Meluḫḫa].

(18') I surrounded, [conquered, (and) plundered] the cities Eltekeh (and) Tamnâ. [I approached the city Ekron and I killed] the governor[s] (and) nobles who had com[mitted] crime(s) [and hung their corpses on towers around the city; I counted] the citizens who had com[mitted 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 3) [I brought out] Padî, [their] king, [from the city Jerusalem and placed (him)] on the [lordly] throne [over them, and (then) I imposed upon him payment (in recognition) of my overlordship].

(r 5) (As for) Hezekiah [of the land Judah, I surrounded (and) conquered forty-six of his fortified walled cities and small(er) settlements in their environs, which were without number], by having [ramps] trodden down [and battering rams brought up, the assault of foot soldiers, sapping, breaching, and siege engines. I brought out of them] 200,150 [people, young (and) old, male and female, horses, mules, donkeys, camels, oxen, and sheep and goats], which were without [number, and I counted (them) as booty].