To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs; Heine was nearer the mark when he found in Him the divine Aristophanes. God's laughter is sometimes very coarse and unfit for polite ears; He is not satisfied with being Molière, He must needs also be Aristophanes and Rabelais.
Bio: Sennacherib, king of Assyria 705 BCE 681 BCE, is remembered for his military campaigns against Babylon and Judah and for his building programs, notably at his capital, Nineveh.
