History · 6 · Jehu and Elisha
Nimrud's walls stretched five miles
Israel faithfully paid Assyria tribute for fifty years. By then, the Assyrian capital of Nimrud had walls five miles long.
A tiny kingdom beside a giant.
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Egypt was in political disarray but watched the growing conflict that was creeping toward its borders.
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 93
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