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Esarhaddon, also spelled Essarhaddon, Assarhaddon and Ashurhaddon (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , also Aššur-aḫa-iddina, meaning "Ashur has given me a brother"; Biblical Hebrew: אֵסַר־חַדֹּן ʾĒsar-Ḥaddōn) was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from the death of his father Sennacherib in 681 BC to his own death in 669.
- 681–669 BC
- Naqiʾa
- Sennacherib
- Ešarra-ḫammat, Other wives
Esarhaddon was the king of Assyria from 680–669 bc, a descendant of Sargon II. He is best known for his conquest of Egypt in 671. Although he was a younger son, Esarhaddon had already been proclaimed successor to the throne by his father, Sennacherib, who had appointed him governor of Babylon some.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Ascent to The Throne
- Reign & Restoration of Babylon
- Military Campaigns
- The Egyptian Campaigns & Death
Sennacherib had over eleven sons with his various wives and chose as heir his favorite, Ashur-nadin-shumi, the eldest of those born of his queen Tashmetu-sharrat (d.c. 684/681 BCE). Esarhaddon, born in 713 BCE, was the son of Zakutu, one of Sennacherib's secondary wives. Sennacherib appointed Ashur-nadin-shumi to rule over Babylon and, while fulfil...
Among his first decrees was the restoration of Babylon. In his inscription he writes: Esarhaddon carefully distanced himself from his father's reign and, especially, from the destruction of Babylon. Even though he identifies himself as the son of Sennacherib and grandson of Sargon II in other inscriptions, in order to make clear that he is the legi...
With Babylon restored, Esarhaddon set about expanding and improving upon his empire. The Cimmerians, a nomadic tribe of the north, were threatening his western borders, and the Kingdom of Urartu, which his grandfather had defeated in 714 BCE, had risen again in the north. His two brothers, who had killed their father, were still there under the pro...
Having now secured his borders, Esarhaddon sought to expand them. Egypt had been a problem for the Assyrians in his father's reign and was still encouraging dissent and revolt in the Assyrian Empire. In 673 BCE Esarhaddon launched his first military campaign against Egypt and, thinking to storm Egypt in one furious push, marched his army at great s...
- Joshua J. Mark
Dec 7, 2021 · Esarhaddon of Assyria: This basalt stele from Sam‘al (modern Zincirli in Turkey) depicts King Esarhaddon of Assyria. Similar to the story of Joseph in the Bible, Esarhaddon dealt with brother rivalry before he became king of Assyria. While the story of Joseph is familiar to many, the story of Esarhaddon is not as well known.
In the first quarter of the seventh century BCE, king Esarhaddon (r.680-669) tightened the Assyrian grip on the cities of Phoenicia. In the winter of 677/676, he was able to subdue the powerful coastal city of Sidon and in the next year, he started to demand tribute from the other Phoenician cities.
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Smith's Bible Dictionary. Esarhaddon. ( victor ), one of the greatest of the kings of Assyria, was the son of Sennacherib, ( 2 Kings 19:37) and the grandson of Sargon, who succeeded Shalmaneser. He appears by his monuments to have been one of the most powerful, if not the most powerful, of all the Assyrian monarchs.
Dec 18, 2019 · So commanded king Esarhaddon in the spring of 672 BC, as he bound the inhabitants of the Assyrian empire to ensure the succession TT of his son, Assurbanipal. Experience had shown him that the change of rule from one king to the next was a dangerous time.
