The Bible says one thing, and then Assyrian inscriptions, narrating the same event, say...sort of the same thing but maybe not really? We speak here of the Assyrian siege of Judah around the year 700 BC.
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The source we're farming for this one—see all references there, and give it a read (I don't know this author, FWIW): Paul S. Evans, "Sennacherib’s Invasion of Hezekiah’s Judah: Disputed Victory in Light of Military History": https://bibleinterp.arizona.edu/articles/sennacheribs-invasion-hezekiahs-judah-disputed-victory-light-military-history
Professor Evans's book on this topic: Sennacherib and the War of 1812: Disputed Victory in the Assyrian Campaign of 701 BCE in Light of Military History (Bloomsbury, 2023), https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/sennacherib-and-the-war-of-1812-9780567708960/
The Assyrian "Rassam Cylinder" at the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1880-0719-1
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