Sennacherib

Also known as Rey endel Asiria Senaquerib, King of Assyria Sennacherib, roi d'Assyrie Sennachérib, Sennachérib, Sin-akhkheeriba, King Sennacherib of Assyria, re di Assiria Sennacherib, King of Assyria Sanherib

Sennacherib ( or , meaning "Sîn has replaced the brothers") was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 705BC until his assassination in 681BC. The second king of the Sargonid dynasty, Sennacherib is one of the most famous Assyrian kings for the role he plays in the Hebrew Bible, which describes his campaign in the Levant. Other events of his reign include his destruction of the city of Babylon in 689BC and his renovation and expansion of the last great Assyrian capital, Nineveh.

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Sennacherib was a male sovereign and emperor of the Assyrian Empire, born in Nimrud in 745 BCE. A member of the Sargonid dynasty, he was the son of Sargon II and the father of Esarhaddon, Ashur-nadin-shumi, and Arda-Mulissu. His spouse was Naqi'a. He held citizenship in the Assyrian Empire and Babylon.

Sennacherib participated in the Sennacherib's campaign in the Levant. He is associated with works including *Die Bauinschriften Sanheribs*, *Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period*, and *Sennacherib's campaign in Syria, Phœnicia, and Palestine*. A quote attributed to him describes Hezekiah as being shut up in Jerusalem.

Sennacherib died in Nineveh in 681 BCE from a stab wound. He is described in sources such as the Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia and the Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron.

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Royalty.name: Sennacherib
Royalty.native_lang1: Akkadian
Royalty.image: Sanherib-tr-4271.jpg
Royalty.alt: Sennacherib's portrait on the cast of a rock relief
Royalty.caption: Cast of a rock relief of Sennacherib from the foot of Mount Judi, near Cizre
Royalty.reign: 705–681BC
Royalty.dynasty: Sargonid dynasty
Royalty.predecessor: Sargon II
Royalty.successor: Esarhaddon
Royalty.father: Sargon II
Royalty.mother: Ra'īmâ
Royalty.birth_place: Nimrud (?)
Royalty.death_date: 20 October 681BC (aged )
Royalty.death_place: Nineveh
Royalty.issue link: Family and children
Royalty.issue pipe: among others
Royalty.succession: King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Babylon
Place of birth: Nimrud
Place of death: Nineveh
Spouse: Naqi'a
Father: Sargon II
Occupation: sovereign
Participant in: Sennacherib's campaign in the Levant
Family: Sargonid dynasty
Noble title: emperor
Image: Sennacherib.jpg

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Commons category: Sennacherib
date of death: 0681-10-20
relative: Abtalion
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
date of birth: 0745-00-00
topic's main category: Category:Sennacherib
cause of death: stab wound

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Contents

Early life
As crown prince
Assyria and Babylonia
Reign
Death of Sargon II and succession
First Babylonian campaign
War in the Levant
Sennacherib at the gates of Jerusalem
Resolving the Babylonian problem
Elamite campaign and revenge
Destruction of Babylon
Renovation of Nineveh
Conspiracy, murder and succession
Family and children
Character
Legacy
In popular memory
Archaeological discoveries
Titles
See also
Notes
References
Citations
Sources
External links

Although Sennacherib was one of the most powerful and wide-ranging Assyrian kings, he faced considerable difficulty in controlling Babylonia, which formed the southern portion of his empire. Many of Sennacherib's Babylonian troubles stemmed from the Chaldean tribal chief Marduk-apla-iddina II, who had been Babylon's king until Sennacherib's father defeated him. Shortly after Sennacherib inherited the throne in 705BC, Marduk-apla-iddina retook Babylon and allied with the Elamites. Though Sennacherib reclaimed the south in 700BC, Marduk-apla-iddina continued to trouble him, probably instigating Assyrian vassals in the Levant to rebel, leading to the Levantine War of 701 BC, and himself warring against Bel-ibni, Sennacherib's vassal king in Babylonia.

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