The series' first episode, an hour long, was broadcast on TLC on September 26, 2010, and the first season continued with six half-hour chapters until October 17, 2010. The broadcast of Sister Wives came at a time that polygamy and multiple marriages were a prevalent topic in American pop culture.
All but one of the kingâs ministers remained loyal to the king. The only traitor was Shebna the scribe, leader of a strong party. He was an appeaser, and was all for making peace with the enemy at all costs. So Shebna wrote a letter to Sennacherib agreeing to surrender with all his followers.
Sargonâs son Sennacherib led an army to the borders of Egypt, and was defeated not by military strength but by the plague. Sennacheribâs grandson Assurbanipal (who is also known in history by his Greek name of Sardanapalus) did actually conquer Egypt in 670 B.C.