ability of adaptation", but "his sense of piety was contradictory, as, on the one hand, he impiously destroyed the statues of gods and temples of Babylon while, on the other hand, he used to consult the gods before acting and prayed to them". Elayi believes Sennacherib's greatest flaw was "his irascible, vindictive and impatient character" and that he, when emotional, could be pushed to make irrational decisions. Titles The following titulature is used by Sennacherib in early accounts of his 703 BC Babylonian campaign: This variant of the titulature is used in an inscription from the Southwest Palace at Nineveh written after Sennacherib's 700 BC Babylonian campaign: See also Azekah Inscription Halamata Cave Lachish reliefs List of Assyrian kings List of biblical figures identified in extra-biblical sources Military history of the Neo-Assyrian Empire Sennacherib's Annals Notes References Citations Sources Print Web External links Sargonid dynasty 740s BC births 681 BC deaths Year of birth uncertain 7th-century BC murdered monarchs 8th-century BC Assyrian kings 7th-century BC Assyrian kings 8th-century BC Babylonian kings 7th-century BC Babylonian kings Biblical murder victims Male murder victims Monarchs of the Hebrew Bible Kings of the Universe