ASSYRIA
(See also Assyrian [Language]; Nineveh; rulers by name)
adultery in: w87 11/1 13
alliances with and against: it-1 77
Ammonites dominated by: it-1 94
ancestry: it-1 199
appearance of Assyrians: it-1 201
beards: it-1 1020
hair: it-1 1020
archaeological finds: it-1 148, 955-958; w93 6/1 4-7; w88 2/15 25-28
annals: it-1 451
annals of Sargon II (Khorsabad): it-1 148; it-2 865; g 11/07 16
annals of Shalmaneser III: it-1 1047
Ashurbanipal’s library (Nineveh): it-1 188, 637; it-2 754; g05 5/22 18-19
Ashurnasirpal II with symbols of gods: it-1 956
Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III (Nimrud): it-1 203, 388; it-2 24-25, 173, 554, 908; si 69; w88 2/15 26
Calah (Nimrud): it-1 388
cross: w08 3/1 22
display inscriptions: it-1 451
Epic of Gilgamesh (Nineveh): w92 1/15 6; sh 47-49; g90 4/22 3
eponym lists: it-1 452
Esar-haddon’s inscriptions: it-1 757-758; it-2 359
inscriptions about Pharaoh Tirhakah: it-2 1109
Monolith Inscription of Shalmaneser III: it-2 907
names of kings of Judah and Israel: it-1 148
Nimrud Prism: it-2 865; w88 2/15 27
Nineveh’s fall: it-1 205, 958; it-2 505; si 159
Nineveh’s ruins: it-1 958; it-2 503-505; w07 11/15 8; jd 49; ba 14; si 159
Nineveh’s size: w93 6/1 4-5
omen tablets: it-1 637
palace (description by archaeologist Austen Layard): it-2 504; w01 2/15 20
palace of Ashurnasirpal II (Nimrud): it-1 388, 955; w89 5/15 24
palace of Sargon II (Khorsabad): it-1 148, 160, 955; it-2 865-866; w88 2/15 25
palace of Sennacherib (Nineveh): it-1 148, 160; it-2 895; ba 14; si 334; w88 2/15 25, 27
palace relief (Nineveh): it-1 201
relief of monarch with protective spirit: it-1 956
reliefs depicting Medes: w88 3/15 26
reliefs of capture of Lachish (Nineveh): it-1 148, 372, 952; it-2 188, 894; g 11/07 17; ba 14-15; w93 6/1 5-7; w88 2/15 26-27
Sargon II portrait: it-1 960; w15 5/1 9
seal with god Asshur: it-1 201-202, 975; it-2 529
Sennacherib’s prisms (Nineveh): it-1 148, 190, 720, 957; it-2 894; g 12/10 27; g 11/07 17; si 119, 156, 334; w88 2/1 26-27; w88 2/15 25, 28; w87 7/15 6
statue of Ashurnasirpal II (Nimrud): it-1 388
stela of Ashurnasirpal II (Nimrud): it-2 504
Synchronistic Chronicle: it-2 714, 1101
“synchronistic history”: it-1 452
Tiglath-pileser III: it-2 174, 595, 1101; w88 2/15 26
tribute lists: it-1 451-452
wall panel (Nimrud): it-1 205, 955
war cruelty: it-1 201, 958, 1136, 1190; w13 4/1 10; g 12/10 26-27; jd 118; ip-1 144, 208-210; w88 2/15 24-25
winged bull sculptures (Khorsabad): rr 47
architecture: it-1 160
army:
Babylonia subject to: it-1 238
capitals: it-1 201, 954; w88 2/15 24-25
Asshur: it-1 954
Calah (Nimrud): it-1 388
Dur Sharrukin (Khorsabad): it-2 866
Nineveh: w21.11 31; it-2 503-505
chronology: it-1 451-452, 454-455
discussion: it-1 200-205, 954; g 12/10 26-28; gl 22; w88 2/15 24-28
Egypt invaded by: it-1 697-698; it-2 370, 506
Elam subjugated by: it-1 703
expansion:
Damascus a key target: it-1 572
fall: it-1 205
Babylon allied with Medes: it-2 359
battle of Carchemish confirms: it-1 418
Isaiah’s prophecy: mwb25.11 16; g 12/10 27-28; ip-1 189, 314-315
Zephaniah’s prophecy: g 12/10 28; w01 2/15 20-21; w96 3/1 11-12
gods: it-1 201-202, 974-975; sh 45
Anu: sh 45
Asshur: it-1 199, 201-202, 974-975; it-2 529; re 250; sh 45
Bel: sh 45
credited with war victories: ip-1 325
Ea: sh 45
Enlil: sh 45
Eresh-Kigal: sh 53
Marduk (Merodach): sh 45
Nisroch: it-2 506
Ramman: it-2 811-812
Shamash: sh 45
Sin: sh 45
Tammuz (Dumuzi): sh 45
triads: it-1 201-202; it-2 529; re 250; ti 9; w88 2/15 25
government officials:
Rabsaris: it-2 725
Rabshakeh: it-2 725
Tartan: it-2 1068
history:
synchronization with Bible: it-1 452, 454-455
unreliability: it-1 452; it-2 865; ba 15
Israel (northern kingdom) invaded by: it-1 204, 954, 1103; it-2 908
deportations: it-1 62, 204; w06 12/1 9
exile: it-1 62, 204, 415, 775, 993, 1014, 1022, 1025, 1034, 1233; it-2 847; rr 130; w88 2/15 27
fall of Samaria: it-1 204, 1233; it-2 846; si 156, 296; gm 47-48; w88 2/15 26-27
Jehovah’s “rod” (Isa 10:5): it-2 818
Menahem buys withdrawal: it-2 371
peoples moved into: it-1 62, 204, 222, 415, 562, 757-758, 1233; it-2 847-848, 896
prophesied: it-1 1187; it-2 296-297, 846; ip-1 317-320
Tiglath-pileser III: it-2 1101
Judah (southern kingdom) invaded by: it-1 204, 954, 1103-1105; it-2 463; w13 11/15 18-20; si 121; w88 2/15 27-28
deportation: it-1 415, 952; g 11/07 17
Ethiopian diversion attempt: g90 6/22 26
Isaiah foretells: it-1 1187; it-2 1101; ip-1 17-19, 108-111, 113-114
Isaiah reassures Judah: it-1 487; ip-1 146-152, 325, 327-328, 343, 345
Isaiah warns against misplaced trust: ip-1 208-214
Jerusalem threatened: it-1 957; it-2 725-726, 894; lfb 132-133; w13 11/15 19-20; w10 7/15 12-15; g 12/10 27; ip-1 386-389; w88 1/15 17-18; w88 2/15 27-28; w88 4/15 17-18; w87 9/1 22
Lachish besieged: it-2 188
Lachish taken: w93 6/1 5-7; w88 2/15 26-27
Sennacherib: it-2 893-895; w17.08 11; si 296
law: it-1 202
punishments: it-1 551
lion hunting: it-1 955
maps:
empire: w21.11 31; it-1 954; g 12/10 26; gl 23; w88 2/15 24
Medes resist successfully: it-2 359
Nineveh: w21.11 31; it-1 148, 205; it-2 503-505; jd 48; si 158-160; w88 2/15 25, 28
destruction: w07 11/15 9; si 159, 164
destruction prophesied: w21.11 31; it-2 463, 504-505; g17.3 5; jd 24, 48-49
origin of Assyrian civilization: w93 6/1 6-7
people: it-1 201
prophetic significance:
‘Assyrian invades our land’ (Mic 5:5): rr 183; w13 11/15 20
religion: it-1 201-202, 954; si 159; w88 2/15 25
cross: w08 3/1 22
hell: it-1 1087; sh 52-53; w89 10/1 4
immortality of the soul: sh 52-53
political involvement: it-1 956
rulers: it-1 203-205
Adad-nirari III: it-1 203
Ashurbanipal (Asenappar): it-1 188, 205, 697; it-2 1212; w88 2/15 25, 28
Ashurnasirpal II: it-1 201, 203, 388, 418, 955-956; w88 2/15 25
Ashur-nirari V: it-1 203; it-2 1102
Ashur-uballit II: it-1 205
crown: it-1 553
Darius Hystaspis: it-1 205
Esar-haddon: it-1 204, 757-758; it-2 1102; w88 2/15 28
religious: it-1 956
Sargon II: it-1 148, 204, 960; it-2 864-866; w09 5/1 4; g 11/07 16; w88 2/15 25, 27
Sennacherib: it-1 148, 204; it-2 893-895; si 334; w88 2/1 26-27; w88 2/15 27-28
Shalmaneser III: it-1 203, 454-455; it-2 906-908; w88 2/15 26
Shalmaneser V: it-1 204, 1233; it-2 906, 908; w88 2/15 27
Tiglath-pileser III (Tilgath-pilneser, Pul): it-1 62, 204, 661, 1233; it-2 1100-1102; w88 2/15 26
symbolized by—
ax (Isa 10:15): ip-1 148-149
east wind: it-2 1185
razor (Isa 7:20): it-2 1101; ip-1 110
rod (Isa 10:5): it-2 818; ip-1 144-145
second head of wild beast (Re 13:1): w12 6/15 9
warfare: it-1 201-202
battering ram: it-1 265
battle of Karkar: it-2 907
conquest policy: it-1 414, 1233; it-2 847, 1100-1101
cruelty: it-1 201, 958, 1136, 1190; it-2 463; w13 4/1 10; g 12/10 26-27; w07 10/15 22; jd 118; ip-1 144, 208-210; w88 2/15 24-25
Kedar: it-2 144
military camps: it-1 398
religious nature of: it-1 202, 954, 956; ip-1 208-209, 325; w88 2/15 25
terrorism: w10 2/15 19
writing: it-2 1213