Esarhaddon

King of Assyria, 680–668 B.C.; son and successor of Sennacherib. He rebuilt Babylon and made large conquests in Syria, Arabia, and Egypt. Manasseh, king of Judah, became his tributary (2 Kgs. 19:37; Ezra 4:2; Isa. 37:38). He was succeeded by his son Assurbanipal or Asnapper.