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Sennacherib

American  
[suh-nak-er-ib] / səˈnæk ər ɪb /

noun

  1. died 681 b.c., king of Assyria 705–681.


Sennacherib British  
/ sɛˈnækərɪb /

noun

  1. died 681 bc , king of Assyria (705–681); son of Sargon II. He invaded Judah twice, defeated Babylon, and rebuilt Nineveh

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

It happens that the story of Jehu Sennacherib Dyle was set down in the last century and consigned to comparative obscurity, but its complete realism might tag it as written yesterday.

From Time Magazine Archive

According to the received chronology, the assassination of Sennacherib and the accession of Esarhaddon took place in the year 680 b.c.

From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Theophilus Goldridge Pinches

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