King Jehu bows to Assyria
Assyria on the rise
King Jehu on the record bowing to Assyria
In the ancient version of a photo op, King Jehu shows up chiseled into a limestone obelisk, bowing and paying tribute to Assyrian King Shalmaneser III (reigned about 858-824 BC).Assyria's war memorial
Assyrians set up the pillar in the courtyard of a major city the king was building: Kalhu. The obelisk became a monument to commemorate the king's 31 years of knocking nations in the head during his military campaigns. He was in the business of expanding the empire from its base in what is now northern Iraq. Babylonians would later rise to power in Iraq's southland, near the Persian Gulf. They would run the Assyrians out of their capital on Nineveh, in what is now Mosul.Jehu bowing, in the British Museum
The obelisk was rediscovered in 1846 and it went on on display in the British Museum, in London. Scholars were delighted to find archaeological evidence of an Israelite king. Evidence like that is rare.Where to find more Bible maps
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Jehu bows to Assyria