Empire • Neo-Assyrian Empire
The Assyrian Empire dominated the Near East during the 9th–7th centuries BC. It conquered the northern Kingdom of Israel in 722 BC and deported many Israelites.
Related: Tiglath-pileser III, Shalmaneser V, Sennacherib, Esarhaddon, Jonah
Scripture: 2 Kings 15:19, 2 Kings 17:6, 2 Kings 18:13, Isaiah 10:5