Esarhaddon

(person) by everyone (7.2 mon) Sat Jan 05 2002 at 2:47:23

E.SAR.HAD'DON (Asshur has given a brother)
Sennacherib's son, and successor (2 Kings 19:37; Isaiah 37:38) to the Assyrian throne, after his father had been killed during a revolution. He ruled over Assyria 681-668 B.C. He refounded Babylon, which his father had destroyed, and was a restorer of temples. See also Ezra 4:2.

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