Bible Person
Meaning: that closes the point; joy; cheerfulness · Male · 3 cross references
Esar-haddon is the Assyrian king who succeeds after the assassination of Sennacherib and is also remembered in Ezra as part of the imperial backdrop to later populations in the land. He represents the enduring reach of Assyrian power into Judah's story. First appears in 2 Kgs 19:37.1
AI summary: Esar-haddon matters because the cross references present him at the intersection of dynastic violence, imperial succession, and the long aftereffects of Assyrian policy. His name links the fall of one king, the rise of another, and the continued reshaping of the region under empire. Taken together, the material presents Esar-haddon as an Assyrian ruler whose reign continues the imperial forces shaping Judah and its neighbors.1
Central Figure
Esar-haddon
Meaning: that closes the point; joy; cheerfulness
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.