See also:

• SENNACHERIB (Ass. Sin-akhi-erba, " the Moon-god has increased the brethren ")

SENNACHERIB (See also:

• ASS (O.E. assa; Lat. asinus)
• ASS, FEAST OF THE

Ass. See also:

• SIN
• SIN (O. Eng. syn: a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zonde, Ger. Siinde)

Sin-akhi-erba, " the See also:

• MOON (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maan, Dan. maane, &c., and cognate with such Indo-Germanic forms as Gr. µlip, Sans. ma's, Irish mi, &c.; Lat. uses luna, i.e. lucna, the shining one, lucere, to shine, for the moon, but preserves the word i
• MOON, SIR RICHARD, 1ST BARONET (1814-1899)

Moon-See also:

• GOD

god has increased the brethren ")  , the son and successor of See also:

• SARGON

Sargon, mounted the See also:

• THRONE

throne on the 12th of Ab 705 B.C . His first See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign was against Babylonia, where Merodach-baladan had reappeared . The Chaldaean usurper was compelled to See also:

• FLY (formed on the root of the supposed original Tent. fleugan, to fly)

fly, and See also:

• BEL

Bel-ibni was appointed See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• BABYLON (mod. Hillah)

Babylon in his See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place . Then See also:

• SENNACHERIB (Ass. Sin-akhi-erba, " the Moon-god has increased the brethren ")

Sennacherib marched against the Kassi in the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern mountains of See also:

• ELAM

Elam and ravaged the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of Ellip where See also:

• ECBATANA (Agbatana in Aeschylus, Hangmatana in Old Persian, written Agamtanu by Nabonidos, and Agamatanu at Behistun, mod. Hamadan)

Ecbatana afterwards stood . In 701 B.C. came a See also:

• GREAT

great campaign in the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west, which had revolted from See also:

• ASSYRIAN

Assyrian See also:

• RULE

rule . See also:

• SIDON (Phoen. ins, Hebrew 1-rs, Assyr. Sidunnu, Egypt. Diduna)

Sidon and other Phoenician cities were captured, but See also:

• TYRE (Phoen. and Hebr. =" rock," Assyr. S'urru, Egypt. Dara, Early Lat. Sarra)

Tyre held out, while its king Lulia (Elulaeus) fled to See also:

• CYPRUS
• CYPRUS, CHURCH OF

Cyprus . Ashdod, See also:

• AMMON
• AMMON, CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON (1766—185o)

Ammon, See also:

• MOAB

Moab and See also:

• EDOM

Edom now submitted, but See also:

• HEZEKIAH (Heb. for " [my] strength is [of] Yah ")

Hezekiah of See also:

• JUDAH

Judah with the dependent See also:

• PHILISTINE

Philistine princes of Ashkelon and See also:

• EKRON (better, as in the Septuagint and Josephus, ACCARON, 'AKhapWV)

Ekron defied the Assyrian See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army, trusting to the fortifications of See also:

• JERUSALEM (Heb. ^S0-r, Yerushalaim, pronounced as a dual)
• JERUSALEM, SYNOD OF (1672)

Jerusalem and See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian help . Hezekiah, however, was forced to restore the See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-Jewish Padi to the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of Ekron, from which he had been re-moved by the Jewish party, and, after the defeat of his Egyptian See also:

• ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM (1813-1903)

allies at Eltekeh, to see his See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country wasted with See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire and See also:

• SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword, See also:

• FORTY

forty-six fortresses being taken and 200,150 persons carried into captivity . He then endeavoured to buy off the invaders by numerous presents—3o talents of See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold, 800 talents of See also:

• SILVER

silver, See also:

• PRECIOUS (O. Fr. precios, mod. precieux, Lat. pretiosus, of high value or price, pretium)

precious stones, couches and thrones inlaid with See also:

• IVORY (Fr. ivoire, Lat. ebur)
• IVORY, SIR JAMES (1765-1842)

ivory, girls and eunuchs—but all in vain . Jerusalem was saved eventually by a See also:

• PLAGUE (in Gr. Xotµos; in Lat. pestis, pestilentia)

plague, which decimated the Assyrian army and obliged Sennacherib to return to See also:

• NINEVEH (Heb. m}'?, in classical authors Nivos, Ninus; LXX. Ntsetni, Nnveun: Assyrian Nind or Ninua)

Nineveh . The following See also:

• YEAR

year he was again in Babylonia, where he made his son See also:

• ASSUR
• ASSUR (Auth. Vera. Asshur)

Assur-nadin-sum king in place of Bel-ibni and drove Merodach-baladan out of the marshes in which he had taken See also:

• REFUGE

refuge . A few years later he had a See also:

• FLEET

fleet of See also:

• SHIPS

ships built near See also:

• BIREJIK (Arab. Bir; classical, Apamea-Zeugma)

Birejik on the See also:

• EUPHRATES (Babylon. Purattu, Heb. Perath, Arab. Frdt or Furst, Old Pers. Ufratu, Gr. Eb4 parrls)

Euphrates by his Phoenician captives; these were manned by See also:

• IONIANS

Ionians and transported from Opis overland to the Euphrates and so to the See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian Gulf .

Then they sailed to the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of Elam, and there destroyed the See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony of Merodach-baladan's followers at Nagitu . In return for this unprovoked invasion of Elamite territory the Elamites descended upon Babylonia, carried away Assur-nadinsum (694 B.c.) and made See also:

• NERGAL

Nergal-yusezib king . Three years later a great See also:

• BATTLE

battle was fought at Khalule on the See also:

• TIGRIS (Old Persian Tigrd, Diklat of the cuneiform inscriptions, Hiddekel of the Old Testament, Diglath of the Targum, Digla of the Arabs)

Tigris between the Assyrians on the one See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side and the Elamites and Babylonians on the other . Both sides claimed the victory, but the See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage remained with Sennacherib, and in 689 B.C. he captured Babylon and razed it to the ground, a See also:

• DEED (in O. Eng. dead, from the stem of the verb " to do ")

deed which excited the horror of all western See also:

• ASIA

Asia . Some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time previously—the date is not known—he had overrun the See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain districts of See also:

• CILICIA

Cilicia . On the 20th of Tebet 681 B.C. he was murdered by his two sons, who fled to See also:

• ARMENIA (old Persian Armina, Armenian Hayasdan, or Hayq)

Armenia after holding Nineveh for forty-two days . Sennacherib was vainglorious and a See also:

• BAD, BCD

bad See also:

• ADMINISTRATOR

administrator; he built the See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace of Kuyunjik at Nineveh, 1500 ft. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long by 700 ft. broad, as well as the great See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, 8 m. in circumference . See See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• SMITH
• SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
• SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
• SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
• SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
• SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
• SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
• SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
• SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
• SMITH, G
• SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
• SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
• SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
• SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
• SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
• SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
• SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
• SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
• SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
• SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
• SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
• SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
• SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
• SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
• SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
• SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
• SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
• SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
• SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
• SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
• SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)

Smith, See also:

• HISTORY

History of Sennacherib (1878) . (A . H .