Sargon
In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the
king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took
it;...
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Sargon II ( Akkadian Šarru-kên "legitimate king", reigned 722
– 705 BC) was an Assyrian king. Sargon II became co-regent
with Shalmaneser V in 722 BC, and became the sole ruler of the
kingdom of Assyria in 722 BC after the death of Shalmaneser V.
It is not clear whether he was the son of Tiglath-Pileser III
or a usurper unrelated to the royal ...
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sar'-gon (722-705 BC): The name of this ruler is written
cargon, in the Old Testament, Shar-ukin in the cuneiform
inscriptions, Arna, in the Septuagint, and Arkeanos, in the
Ptolemaic Canon. Sargon is mentioned but once by name in the
Old Testament (Isa 20:1), when he sent his Tartan (turtannu)
against Ashdod, but he is referred to in 2 Ki 17:...
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(prince of the sea), one of the greatest of the Assyrian
kings, is mentioned by name but once in Scripture-- Isa 20:1
He was the successor of Shalmaneser, and was Sennacherib's
father and his reigned from B.C. 721 to 702, and seems to have
been a usurper. He was undoubtedly a great and successful
warrior. In his annals, which cover a space of ...
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(In the inscriptions, "Sarra-yukin" [the god] has appointed
the
king; also "Sarru-kinu," the legitimate king.) On
the death of
Shalmaneser (B.C. 723), one of the Assyrian generals
established
himself on the vacant throne, taking the name of
"Sargon," after
that of the famous monarch, the Sargon of Accad,
founder of the
first Semitic empir...
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frontNAHUM.) From sar a "king", and gin or kin
"established". In the inscriptions Sargina; founded
Khorsabad (named Sarghun by Arabian geographers).
frontHOSHEA.) Once "Sargon's" name in Isaiah 20:1, as having
taken Ashdod by his general Tartan, caused a difficulty. He
is not mentioned in the Scripture histories nor the
classics; but Assyrian...
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