Esarhaddon
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In 671 BCE, King Esarhaddon invaded Egypt and added that center of wealth and power to his kingdom.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Esarhaddon promptly prepared a second expedition, but died on the way to Egypt in 668 b.c.; his son Assur-bani-pal sent it forward, routed Tirhaka and reinstated the governors.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various
These recur on the fine Sendschirli stela of Esarhaddon about which a few words remain to be said.
From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Zelia Nuttall
There is no reference to this in the inscriptions of Esarhaddon, though he mentions, in his list of tributaries, Menasseh king of the city of Judah.
From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Theophilus Goldridge Pinches
This may have been Esarhaddon, or one of Sennacherib's other sons.
From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter) Johns
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