Proof of Bible story about angels killing 185,000 soldiers in a night is uncovered after 2,700 years

Researchers have discovered an ancient military base that may corroborate a Bible story about God’s angels fending off an attack on Jerusalem.

King Sennacherib who ruled the ᴀssyrian Empire from 705 to 681 BC laid siege on Jerusalem to capture all paths leading to the Mediterranean Sea. Pictured: (Top) A 1930s aerial image of Jerusalem (Bottom) The drawings found on Sennacherib's palace wall

The tale says that around 2,700 years ago, the Lord sent a messenger angel to fight an army of ᴀssyrian soldiers who came to conquer the Holy Land.

The Angel of the Lord is then said to have descended on the invading military and killed 185,000 soldiers in a single night.

There has not been any archaeological evidence that the supernatural event – or even the battle – actually happened.

Now, using modern mapping techniques, archaeologist Stephen Compton claims he has found more evidence the epic battle took place.

The carvings showed how the military base was laid out, allowing Compton to compare it to pH๏τos taken of the area in the 1910s (pictured)

The ᴀssyrian Empire operated from 1365 to 609 BC, hundreds of years before the time of Christ.

The invasion of Jerusalem was driven by the empire’s king Sennacherib who wanted to ᴀssert his political and economic dominance over all routes across the Syrian Desert that led to the Mediterranean Sea.

The angel of the Lord - written in Hebrew as malak Yahweh - translates to messenger of the Lord and was sent to protect Jerusalem after its ruler, Hezekiah, prayed to God for safety

Researchers had previously discovered a scene carved into the stone walls of the King Sennacherib’s palace, which celebrated his conquest of Lachish, a city 42 miles south of Jerusalem.

The carvings showed how the military base was laid out, allowing Compton to compare it to pH๏τos taken of the area in the 1910s.

Compton reported that the methods used to find Sennacherib's camp site has led to the discovery of other ᴀssyrian military camps. Pictured: 1930s aerial view of Jerusalem

He noticed an area that was the same size and shape as the drawings on the palace wall which led to ruins containing the remains of a perimeter wall and pottery shards.

After conducting an archaeological survey of the site, Compton determined that it was abandoned after Sennacherib’s invasion and that humans hadn’t inhabited the area for at least 2,600 years.

Three Bible stories in the book of 'Isaiah, 37:36-38' '2 Kings, 19:35' and '2 Chronicles, 32:21' detailed how the ᴀssyrian soldiers were slain the night before they attacked Jerusalem. Pictured: The military site on Ammunition Hill

The finding has paved the way for researchers to locate other similar military sites in the area and they hope it will lead to uncovering ancient cities that were destroyed by the ᴀssyrian Empire.

In 2021, Compton wrote in a post on X, then-Twitter, that he had discovered the location of Sennacherib’s military camps.

‘Each was a round site a little over a mile north of the respective old city walls and each bore the same Arabic name on at least one early map, ‘Mudawwara,’ he wrote.

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