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Sennacherib

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Sennacherib
Keeng o Assirie
Sennacherib during his Babylonian war, relief frae his palace in Nineveh
Ring705–681 BCE
PredecessorSargon II
SuccessorEsarhaddon
Dee'd681 BCE
AkkadianSîn-ahhī-erība
GreekΣενναχηριμ (Sennacherim)
HebrewSanherib
FaitherSargon II

Sennacherib (/səˈnækərɪb/; Akkadian: Sîn-ahhī-erība, "Sîn has increased the brothers"), king o Assirie 705 BCE–681 BCE, is remembered for his militar campaigns against Babylon an Judah an for his biggin programs, notably at his caipital Nineveh.[1]

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  1. McKenzie 1995, p. 786.