son of Sennacherib, and his successor in the kingdom of
Assyria: called Sargon, or Saragon, Isa. xx, 1. He reigned twenty-nine
years. He made war with the Philistines, and took Azoth, by Tartan, his
general: he attacked Egypt, Cush, and Edom, Isa. xx, xxxiv; designing,
probably, to avenge the affront Sennacherib his father had received from
Tirhakah, king of Cush, and the king of Egypt, who had been Hezekiah’s
confederates. He sent priests to the Cuthæans, whom Salmaneser, king of
Assyria, had planted in Samaria, instead of the Israelites: he took
Jerusalem, and carried King Manasseh to Babylon, of which he had become
master, perhaps, because there was no heir to Belesis, king of Bayblon.
He is said to have reigned twenty-nine or thirty years at Nineveh, and
thirteen years at Babylon; in all forty-two years. He died A. M. 3336.
Assyria: called Sargon, or Saragon, Isa. xx, 1. He reigned twenty-nine
years. He made war with the Philistines, and took Azoth, by Tartan, his
general: he attacked Egypt, Cush, and Edom, Isa. xx, xxxiv; designing,
probably, to avenge the affront Sennacherib his father had received from
Tirhakah, king of Cush, and the king of Egypt, who had been Hezekiah’s
confederates. He sent priests to the Cuthæans, whom Salmaneser, king of
Assyria, had planted in Samaria, instead of the Israelites: he took
Jerusalem, and carried King Manasseh to Babylon, of which he had become
master, perhaps, because there was no heir to Belesis, king of Bayblon.
He is said to have reigned twenty-nine or thirty years at Nineveh, and
thirteen years at Babylon; in all forty-two years. He died A. M. 3336.