Tirhakah
And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is
come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard [it], he
sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,...
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And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he
is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again
unto Hezekiah, saying,...
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ter-ha'-ka, tir-ha'-ka (tirhaqah; Codex Vaticanus in 2 Kings
Thara; elsewhere and in Codex Alexandrinus Tharaka; Josephus
Tharsikes):
1. Name and Prenomen:
The king of Cush or Ethiopia (basileus Aithiopon), who
opposed Sennacherib in Israel (2 Ki 19:9; Isa 37:9). The
name of this ruler of Egypt and his native realm appears in
hieroglyphics as ...
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-A king of Ethiopia
2Ki 19:9; Isa 37:9...
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(exalted?) king of Ethiopia (Cush), the opponent of
Sennacherib. 2Ki 19:9; Isa 37:9 He may be identified with
Tarkos or Tarakos, who was the third and last king of the
twenty-fifth dynasty, which was of Ethiopians. His accession
was probably about B.C. 695. Possibly Tirhakah ruled over
Ethiopia before becoming king of Egypt....
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the last king of Egypt of the Ethiopian (the fifteenth)
dynasty.
He was the brother-in-law of So (q.v.). He probably
ascended the
throne about B.C. 692, having been previously king of
Ethiopia
(2 Kings 19:9; Isa. 37:9), which with Egypt now formed
one
nation. He was a great warrior, and but little is
known of him.
The Assyrian armies unde...
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Isaiah 37:9. (See HEZEKIAH; SO; ESARHADDON.) The Tehrak of
the Egyptian monuments, who reigned over Egypt from 690 or
695 B.C. to 667 B.C.; probably king of Ethiopia before he
took the title "king of Egypt." Third king of Manetho's 25th
or Ethiopian dynasty. Naturally he helped Hezekiah of Judah
against their common enemy Sennacherib, who thre...
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inquirer; examiner; dull observer...
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