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SHALMANESER III

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 798 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SHALMANESER III  . (or IV.) appears as governor of Zimirra in
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Phoenicia in the reign of Tiglath-pileser IV . (or III.) and is supposed by H . Winckler to have been the son of the latter king . At all events, on the
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death of Tiglath-pileser, he succeeded to the
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throne the 25th of Tebet 727 B.C., and changed his
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original name of Ulula to that of Shalmaneser . The revolt of
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Samaria took place during his reign (see JEWS § 15), and while he was besieging the rebel city he died on the 12th of Tebet 722 B.C. and the
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crown was seized by
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Sargon . For all these rulers see BABYLONIA AND
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ASSYRIA, Sections V. and VIII., and
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works quoted . (A . H .

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