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The effective Assyrian military has invaded the tiny country of Judah to overwhelm the uprising opposed to the nice king Sennacherib. After an extended siege, the Assyrians catch the fortified urban of Lachish. They exhibit no mercy to the vanquished humans. yet one woman is ready to escape-Rivkah. She hides within the hills and unearths shelter within the corporation of different survivors. In a devastated land they search to rebuild their lives. The phrases of the prophet Micah-spoken to the folks over many years-speak to Rivkah anew, permitting her to work out the occasions in a brand new light.

Drawing on vast scholarly learn, Daughter of Lachish brings to lifestyles the realm of historic Judah. It melds archaeology and religious study to inform a narrative of the folk who first heard the phrases of the Psalms and Prophets. it's a tale of 1 lady, her look for a spot on the earth, and her quest to make feel of loss and pleasure. via her eyes we adventure the day-by-day initiatives, the seasons of the rural yr, the bonds that carry jointly a loved ones and a village, and the tensions that threaten to rip them apart.

You who reside in Lachish, harness the chariot.
You have been the start of sin to the Daughter of Zion,
for the transgressions of Israel have been present in you.
Micah 1:13

"I couldn't cease studying this tale. it is a biblical international engagingly alive, with its conscientiously researched information of the Assyrian warfare desktop devastating lifestyles in eighth-century Judah and its powerful characters decided to outlive. I felt for Rivkah, survivor of Lachish. With biblical passages interwoven, most importantly the prophecies of Micah, met in individual within the latter a part of the radical, it's also a story real to the biblical faith."
--Judith McKinlay
Department of Theology and spiritual Studies,
University of Otago, New Zealand

Tim Frank is a employees member of the Lahav learn venture part IV archaeological excavations at inform Halif (Israel). He studied Theology (Biblical stories) on the collage of Auckland, New Zealand.