[1] Although the Assyrians had suffered heavy casualties at the river, they had beaten the Elamites such that the Babylonians now stood alone.

Sennacherib then successfully besieged Babylon for up to fifteen months and destroyed it.

[2][3] King Sennacherib had lost his eldest son in the revolt and had also suffered heavy losses.

However, Sennacherib, now an old man with nothing to lose, found no pity in his heart and sacked Babylon.

Another of his sons, Esarhaddon, succeeded him and endeavored to compensate Babylonia for his father's sacrilege by releasing Babylonian exiles and rebuilding Babylon.