Sunday, September 30, 2007

Archaeology Series 21: Shalmanaser V

Shalmaneser V
Reign: 727 to 722 BC


INSCRIPTIONS

Babylonian Chronicle
COS 1.137, p. 467
On 27th Tebet (727 BCE) Shalmaneser (V) ascended the throne in Assyria and Babylonia. He shattered Samaria.
Year 5: (722 BCE) Shalmaneser died in Tebet. Five years Shalmaneser ruled Babylonia and Assyria. On 12th Tebet Sargon ascended the throne in Assyria. In Nisan Merodach-baladan ascended the throne in Babylon.

BIBLE REFERENCES

2 Kings 17 and 18

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