Sennacherib
Americannoun
noun
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They date back to the Assyrian King Sennacherib, who ruled the ancient city of Nineveh from 705 to 681 BC, the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage said, in a statement seen by AFP.
From BBC • Oct. 19, 2022
Military activity at the watchtower appears to have ceased activity just before the Assyrian King Sennacherib launched an expedition to Judah in 701 B.C.
From Fox News • Jun. 19, 2019
Marian had been preceded by the authoress of a learned novel on ancient Egypt who was known to her enemies as Miss Sennacherib.
From Time Magazine Archive
In ancient Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar and Sennacherib were no sucklings in the art of nepotism,� but in Babylon, L. I., where hanging gardens are merely geranium pots, Joseph P. Warta, town supervisor, kept alive Euphratean tradition.
From Time Magazine Archive
Babylonian Chronicle claims victory for the allies, and Sennacherib for the Assyrians.
From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Pinches, Theophilus Goldridge
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