Identifier: antiquitiesofori00reddrich (find matches)
Title: Antiquities of the Orient unveiled, containing a concise description of the remarkable ruins of King Solomon's temple, and store cities ,together with those of all the most ancient and renowned cities of the East, including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and Shushan
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: Redding, M. W. (Moses Wolcott) Guide to Mount Moriah, Author of
Subjects: Bible Middle East -- Antiquities
Publisher: New York, Temple Publishing Union
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ineveh beforethe reign of Sardanapalus—whose throne was over-turned by an invasion of the Modes, a people whodwelt on the shores of the Caspian Sea. Arbaces, king of the Modes, led his army acrossthe mountains, and made himself king of Assyria,about 804 e.g. After the death of Arbaces the Mede, the Assyri-ans regained their independence. The first of thenew line of kings was Pul. In his reign Menahem,king of Israel, invaded Assyria, and gained sometemporary successes. In retaliation for which, Pulmarched in the following year into Samaria. Thefrightened Israelites could make no stand againsthim, and purchased a peace at the price of 1,000talents of silver. Pul was succeeded by Tiglath Pileser, who also in-vaded Samaria B.C. 753. Tiglath Pileser was succeeded by Shalmaneser(called by the prophet Ilosea, Shalmo). In the ninthyear of his reign, he invaded and conquered the king-dom of Israel, and carried the people away captive,725 B.C. Shalmaneser was succeeded by Sennacherib (b.o. Xi
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,, or ^•^^L ^^ ^1 0 m 720). lie invaded Judea in the fourteenth year oftlie reign of Ilezekiah. In his old age Sennacherib,while worshiping in the temple of the Assyrian godNisroch, was murdered by two of his sons, and wassucceeded by his third son, Esarhaddon (about 683B.C.), who was succeeded by Sardochseus (e.g. 667),who reigned over Nineveh, Babylon, and Israel twentyyears. During his reign, Media revolted and gainedits independence. The bright days of Ninevehsglory were now past; disaster followed disaster inquick succession. (e.g. 647) Chyniladan succeeded Sardochseus, andreigned twenty years—Babylon was taken by theChaldees, and in the year 625 e.g. their leader, Na-bopolassar, ruled that city and the lower half of thevalley of the Euphrates and Tigris. Two years laterhe marched northward against Nineveh, which hestormed and sacked. The city was then laid waste,its monuments destroyed, and a large portion of itsinhabitants carried away into captivity or scattered.It never r

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