siege, ancient

Siege of Azekah

Name: Siege of Azekah
Location: Azekah, Israel

Siege of Azekah was a siege conducted in 701 BC at Azekah, in what is now Israel. It was part of Sennacherib. The recorded result: Assyrian victory; Azekah captured. Recorded strength: Unknown against Unknown.

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1870 drawing of the right hand frangment of the Azekah inscription (K6205). Henry Rawlinson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fought701 BC

WhereAzekah, Israel31.700N, 34.930E

OutcomeAssyrian victory; Azekah captured

BelligerentsNeo-Assyrian EmpireagainstKingdom of Judah

Casualties and lossesUnknownandHeavy

Part ofSennacherib

Record

Date	701 BC (year precision)
Place	Azekah, Israel 31.700N, 34.930E
Kind	Siege, ancient
Strength	Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses	Unknown	Heavy
Commanders	Sennacherib

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Ajnadayn AD 634, 2.6 km SE
Battle of Mesmia Crossroads 1938, 16 km NW
Battles of Latrun 1948, 16 km N
Battle of Emmaus 165 BC, 16 km N
Siege of Lachish 701 BC, 17 km SW

In the same war

Before: Siege of Lachish 701 BC

Elsewhere in 701 BC

Siege of Azekah is one of 16 engagements of the 8th century BC in the atlas and one of 152 in present-day Israel.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q25111000, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Azekah, revision 1374520788, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.