Marduk-apla-iddina II, Babylonian King Who Possibly Allied with King Hezekiah
Marduk-apla-iddina II, a minor Babylonian king, appears briefly in the Bible. He was a sufficiently strong enough leader to rule the independent city-state of Babylon in opposition to Assyria, the superpower of the day. He seized control of Babylon in 722 or 721 BC...
Sennacherib, Assyrian King Who Attacked King Hezekiah in Jerusalem
Sennacherib was an Assyrian king who is best known in the Bible for losing 185,000 soldiers in his failed attempt to conquer Jerusalem. He was a contemporary of King Hezekiah of the Kingdom of Judah, the prophet Isaiah and the Egyptian Pharaoh Tirhaqa, also...
Sargon II, Last of 3 Assyrian Kings to Wipe Out Kingdom of Israel
Sargon II was the last of three Assyrian kings to attack the Northern Tribes (Kingdom of Israel) 732 - 722 BC. He succeeded his older brother, Shalmaneser V, and was himself succeeded by his son Sennacherib, the most prominently mentioned Assyrian king in the...
Shalmaneser V, Assyrian King who Helped Destroy Kingdom of Israel
Shalmaneser V was the second of three Assyrian kings to attack the Northern Tribes (Kingdom of Israel) 732 - 722 BC. He succeeded his father, Tiglath-Pileser III (sometimes called "Pul" in the Bible). He reigned only five years, 727 - 722 BC, before he...
King Jehu, Kingdom of Israel
In 841BC, the Assyrian king, Shalmaneser III (not mentioned in the Bible) wanted to show off the immense size of his kingdom. He did so by documenting a series of tribute payment visits on a black obelisk. These tribute payments include expensive objects, money and...
Babylonian and Jewish Kings, Fellow Prisoners
Amel-Marduk, King Nebuchadnezzar's son, succeeded his father to the throne of Babylonia to become the third ruler. Nebuchadnezzar II, featured prominently in the Bible, particularly in the book of Daniel, reigned 43 years, 605 - 562 BC, the longest of this Neo-Babylonian empire. His...
