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Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria

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Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria, carrying a basket for the rebuilding of the temple of Esagila in Babylon, seventh century BCE Machinist, Peter B. “Assyria, Empire of.” Ed. Mark Allan Powell. The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary (Revised and Updated) 2011 : 64. Print.

Monolith of Shalmaneser II., King of Assyria

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Monolith of Shalmaneser II., King of Assyria ‎ From a Photograph by Clarke and Davies. ‎B.C. 850. Now in the British Museum, No. 88. ‎His campaigns in Western Asia, 800 to 823 B.C., have a particular interest, for here we find the Assyrians first coming in contact with the Israelites.