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189 tention to the other space-related site. After the death of Solomon his kingdom was split by his contending heirs into “Judea” (with Jerusalem as capital) in the south and “Israel” and its ten tribes in the north. In his best-known inscribed monument, the Black Obelisk, Shalmaneser III recorded the receipt of tribute from the Israelite king Jehu and, in a scene dominated by the Winged Disc emblem of Nibiru, depicted him kneeling in obeisance (Fig. 88). Both the Bible and the Assyrian annals recorded the subsequent invasion of Israel by Tiglath-Pileser III (744-727 B.c.£.), the detaching of its better provinces, and the partial exile of its leaders. Then, in 722 B.c.E., his son Shalmaneser V overran what was left of Israel, exiled all of its people, and replaced them with for- eigners; the Ten Tribes were gone, their whereabouts re- maining a lasting mystery. (Why and how, on his return from Israel, Shalmaneser was punished and abruptly re- placed on the throne by another son of Tiglath-Pileser is also an unsolved mystery.) Having already captured the Landing Place, the Assyrians were now at the doortstep of the final prize, Jerusalem; but again they held off the final assault. The Bible explained it by attributing it all to the will of Yahweh; an examination of EW ERY V7 EW ST Wary 1 Sot RE GT be The Day of the Lord FIGURE 88