its u , ▁which ▁is ▁figured ▁in ▁the ▁most ▁elaborate ▁manner ▁on ▁the ▁walls ▁of ▁S enn acher ib ' s ▁palace ▁at ▁N ine ve h , ▁can ▁refer ▁to ▁this ▁city , ▁as ▁the ▁two ▁names ▁are ▁written ▁quite ▁differently ▁in ▁the ▁C une iform ▁characters ." ▁L ay ard ▁and ▁others ▁ref uted ▁Raw lin son ' s ▁identification , ▁and ▁the ▁identification ▁as ▁the ▁bib lic al ▁L ach ish ▁pre va iled . ▁ ▁Isra eli ▁research er ▁Y ig ael ▁Y adin ▁showed ▁that ▁the ▁images ▁of ▁the ▁walls ▁and ▁town ▁dep icted ▁fit ▁exactly ▁with ▁the ▁un cover ed ▁walls ▁and ▁town ▁as ▁seen ▁from ▁a ▁certain ▁point ▁near ▁the ▁Tel ▁L ach ish ▁dig s . ▁The ▁descri ptions ▁shown ▁in ▁the ▁relief s ▁were ▁compared ▁with ▁those ▁written ▁about ▁L ach ish ▁in ▁the ▁b ible ▁and ▁found ▁to ▁be ▁similar ▁as ▁well . ▁ ▁Inter pret ation ▁The ▁events ▁surrounding ▁the ▁con quest ▁of ▁L ach ish ▁are ▁recorded ▁in ▁an ▁un par alle led ▁number ▁of ▁sources ▁for ▁the ▁ 8 th ▁century ▁B CE ; ▁in ▁the ▁Heb rew ▁Bible , ▁the ▁L ach ish ▁relief s , ▁Ass y rian ▁c une iform ▁pr isms ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁ar che ological ▁exc av ations ▁at ▁L ach ish . ▁ ▁S enn acher ib ' s ▁con quest s ▁of ▁J ude an ▁cities , ▁without ▁the ▁capital ▁Jerusalem , ▁are ▁mentioned ▁in ▁the ▁Bible , ▁the ▁book ▁of ▁Kings