Esarhaddon

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Esarhaddon
     Assur has given a brother, successor of Sennacherib (2 Kings
     19:37; Isa. 37:38). He ascended the throne about B.C. 681.
     Nothing further is recorded of him in Scripture, except that he
     settled certain colonists in Samaria (Ezra 4:2). But from the
     monuments it appears that he was the most powerful of all the


     Assyrian monarchs. He built many temples and palaces, the most
     magnificent of which was the south-west palace at Nimrud, which
     is said to have been in its general design almost the same as
     Solomon's palace, only much larger (1 Kings 7:1-12).
     
       In December B.C. 681 Sennacherib was murdered by two of his
     sons, who, after holding Nineveh for forty-two days, were
     compelled to fly to Erimenas of Ararat, or Armenia. Their
     brother Esarhaddon, who had been engaged in a campaign against
     Armenia, led his army against them. They were utterly overthrown
     in a battle fought April B.C. 680, near Malatiyeh, and in the
     following month Esarhaddon was crowned at Nineveh. He restored
     Babylon, conquered Egypt, and received tribute from Manasseh of
     Judah. He died in October B.C. 668, while on the march to
     suppress an Egyptian revolt, and was succeeded by his son
     Assur-bani-pal, whose younger brother was made viceroy of
     Babylonia.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Esar-haddon, that closes the point; joy; cheerfulness