Outcome of Siege
Sources from both sides claimed victory, the Jews (or Biblical author(s)) in the Tanakh, and Sennacherib in his prism. Sennacherib claimed siege and capture of many Judaean cities, but only siege—not capture—of Jerusalem!
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