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Esarhaddon (jan 1, 680 BC – jan 1, 669 BC)

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2 Kings 19:37

Babylonian Chronicle inscription: “On the 20th day of Tebet, his sons revolted against him and they killed their father, Sennacherib. … Esarhaddon, his son, became king.”

Esarhaddon Chronicle:
The twelfth year: The king of Assyria marched to Egypt but became ill on the way and died on the tenth day of the month Arahsamna. For twelve years Esarhaddon ruled Assyria... In the month Kislîmu Aššurbanipal, Esarhaddon's son, ascended the throne in Assyria.
https://www.livius.org/sources/content/mesopotamian-chronicles-content/abc-14-esarhaddon-chronicle/

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jan 1, 680 BC
jan 1, 669 BC
~ 11 years

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