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The Siege of Gezer (c. 733 BC) refers to a successful siege of the city known as Gezer, 20 miles west of Jerusalem, depicted on a stone relief at the Assyrian royal palace in Nimrud, where the city is called 'Gazru'. The siege was conducted by the great Assyrian king Tiglath-Pileser III, who was one of the greatest generals and warriors in history, between 734 and 732 BC.[1] The city was probably captured by the Assyrians at the end of the campaign of Tiglath-Pileser III to Canaan. Recent archaeological excavation at the site reveals that not long after the city fell into Assyrian hands it became an Assyrian administrative center.
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- ↑ Ehrlich, Carl S (November 1996). The Philistines in Transition: A History from Ca. 1000-730 B.C.E.. Brill Academic Publishers. pp. 192–193. ISBN 978-90-04-10426-6. http://books.google.com/books?id=B2eNV68WU3YC&pg=PA193&dq=gezer+tiglath-pileser&ei=OYU-SLWkHqHQjgH1n5SRCA&client=firefox-a&sig=rTXEi2eO3PNzrd1a7cCHuYm9F7U.
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