2 Chronicles Maps

THE ASSYRIAN EMPIRE

2 Chronicles 32:1-33

The mighty Assyrian Empire extended from the Persian Gulf, across the Fertile Crescent, and south to Egypt. Shalmaneser III extended the empire toward the Mediterranean Sea by conquering cities as far west as Qarqar. Tiglath-pileser extended the empire south into Syria, Israel, Judah, and Philistia. It was Shalmaneser V who destroyed Samaria, Israel’s capital.