The Bible says that “Sennacherib the king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and proceeded to seize them.”

2 Kings 18:13,

His annals, recorded on both the Oriental Institute Prism and the Taylor Prism, say: “As to Hezekiah, the Jew, he did not submit to my yoke, I laid siege to 46 of his strong cities, walled forts and to the countless small villages in their vicinity, and conquered (them)