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- ē - sar - had´on (אסרחדּן, 'eṣar - ḥaddōn ; Assyrian Ašur - ah̬ - iddina, "Ashur hath given a brother"): During his lifetime, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, made his favorite son, Esarhaddon (680-668 bc), the viceroy of Babylon; and although he was not the eldest son, he decreed that he should become the legal heir to the throne of Assyria.
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Esarhaddon. ESARHADDON. e-sar-had'-on ('ecar-chaddon; Assyrian Asur-ach-iddina, "Ashur hath given a brother"): During his lifetime, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, made his favorite son, Esarhaddon (680-668 BC), the viceroy of Babylon; and although he was not the eldest son, he decreed that he should ...
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.
- 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
Esarhaddon came to the throne after the murder of his father, Sennacherib, by his brothers. Some of the cultural and religious policies of King Manasseh of Judah ( 2Kgs 21:1-18 ) may have been due to the constant presence of, and Manasseh’s involvement with, Assyrians in the west, although the Assyrians did not require vassals to accept ...
Esarhaddon. Assur has given a brother, successor of Sennacherib ( 2 Kings 19:37; Isaiah 37:38).He ascended the throne about B.C. 681. Nothing further is recorded of him in Scripture, except that he settled certain colonists in Samaria ( Ezra 4:2).
Esar-Haddon. ESAR-HADDON ē’ sər hăd’ ən ( אֵֽסַר־חַדֹּ֥ן, [from Akkad. Aššur-aẖ-iddin] Ashur has given a brother ). King of Assyria 681-669 b.c. 1. Sources. The principal events of this reign are listed in the Babylonian Chronicle, the Esarhaddon Chronicle for the years 681-667 b.c., and numerous royal inscrs.
