Esarhaddon's building list — Manasseh of Judah
Manasseh of Judah appears in two Assyrian kings' records as a vassal of Nineveh.
Nommé hors de la BibleInscriptionc. 673 BC
Esarhaddon lists twenty-two kings of the west summoned to haul timber and stone for his palace at Nineveh. Among them is Manasseh, king of Judah. Ashurbanipal's annals later name him again among those who supplied troops.
I called up the kings of the land Hatti… Manasseh, king of Judah…
- Découvert
- Nineveh, Iraq — Nineteenth-century excavations
- Conservé à
- British Museum, London
- Langue
- Akkadian
- Comment il nous est parvenu
- Fouillé, ou encore debout là où il fut bâti.
Ce qu'elle montre
The Assyrian texts show him as a vassal; Chronicles' account of his being taken to Babylon in fetters and returning is not recorded outside the Bible.
Ce qu'en font les historiens
Standard evidence for Judah's status as an Assyrian vassal in the seventh century.
Dans l'Écriture
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Sources
- Leichty, The Royal Inscriptions of Esarhaddon (RINAP 4, 2011)
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