H5623

סַרְגוֹן

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Sargon

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.18.13; father of: Adrammelech (H0152H), Sharezer (H8272) and Esarhaddon (H0634); also called Sargon at Isa.20.1; Another name of san.che.riv (סַנְחֵרִיב "Sennacherib" H5576) § Sargon = "prince of the sun" king of Assyria, son of Shalmaneser, and father of Sennacherib; ruled from 721-702 BC; conqueror of Samaria

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

סַרְגֿוֺן proper name, masculine Sargon (Assyrian Šargânu, and (probably by popular etymology) Šarrukênu = firm, faithful, king see references below); — King of Assyria B.C. 722-705, conqueror of Samaria, father of Sennacherib, only Isa 20:1 (ᵐ5 Αρνα, Aq Theod Σαραγω, Symm Σαργων [Qmg]); PtolCanon Ἀρκεάνου (genitive); compare SchrCOT on the passage TieleGeschichte. 238 ff.


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