Just like Sennacherib and the Assyrians in the poem ... to Byron’s original readers that only a miracle could stop the destruction.

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 ...

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 they ...

Built during the reign of King Sennacherib (705-681 BCE), the wall ... for a halt on any future projects that will lead to the destruction of any historical sites in Nineveh.