EPISODE · Dec 23, 2024 · 41 MIN
Between Death and Taxes in the 8th Century BCE, or Hezekiah’s Beltway Politics
from This Week in the Ancient Near East · host thisweekintheancientneareast
An excavation in southern Jerusalem revealed a tax office belonging to Hezekiah. This raises a question, was Jerusalem really a capitol district and not just a city? A more pressing question, however, is why Hezekiah thought rebelling against the Assyrians was a good idea in the first place.
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