Furthermore, Layard asks in his book Nineveh and Babylon: “Who would have believed it probable or possible, before these discoveries were made, that beneath the heap of earth and rubbish which marked the site of Nineveh, there would be found the history of the wars between Hezekiah and Sennacherib, written at the very time when they took place by Sennacherib himself, and confirming even in minute details the Biblical record?”
Zaidi ya hayo, Layard anauliza hivi katika kitabu chake Nineveh and Babylon: “Ni nani ambaye angeamini kwamba inawezekana au inawezekana, kabla ya uvumbuzi huo kufanywa, kwamba chini ya lundo la ardhi na takataka ambazo zilitia alama mahali pa Ninawi, kungepatikana historia ya vita kati ya Hezekia na Senakeribu, vilivyoandikwa wakati uleule vilipofanywa na Senakeribu mwenyewe, na kuthibitisha hata kwa mambo madogo-madogo rekodi ya Biblia?”