Cushite kingdom aided Judah against Assyria in 701 B.C.E.

The Kingdom of Cush, located along the middle Nile between modern Egypt and Sudan, played a significant role in biblical history despite being lesser known. According to 2 Kings 19:9, King Tirhakah of Cush (also known as Taharqa) aided King Hezekiah of Judah against the Assyrian siege of Jerusalem in 701 B.C.E. Without this military support, scholars argue, the Kingdom of Judah would likely have been destroyed like the Kingdom of Israel. The Cushites controlled Egypt as the 25th Dynasty during the mid-eighth to mid-seventh centuries B.C.E., a period that overlapped with the reign of Hezekiah and the prophetic writings of Isaiah. The Hebrew Bible mentions Cush approximately 54 times, particularly in the historical books of Kings and Chronicles and in the prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Nahum. Isaiah rebuked the Israelites for placing their trust in Cushite-controlled Egypt rather than God for protection from Assyria, though ironically this foreign alliance ultimately saved Jerusalem from destruction.

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Source: Biblical Archaeology Society — https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/cush/