tirhakah or tirhakah Summary and Overview
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tirhakah or tirhakah in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(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.