It is interesting to note that the Inscription of Xerxes at
Persepolis reads in part as follows: "I am Xerxes the great King, the King
of kings, the King of the land where many languages are spoken; the King of
this wide earth, far and near, the son of King Darius the Achaemenian. Says
Xerxes the great King: By the grace of Ormazd I have made this portal. . . .
Says Darius the King: May Ormazd protect me and my empire, and my work and my
father's work." Here we see that Xerxes calls himself Darius. This proves
that these Persian monarchs were sometimes called by different names. (Full
inscription found in Martin Anstey, Chronology of the Old Testament; Grand
Rapids: Kregel, [1913] 1973; p.
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Shalmanesser III
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Sargon II
[the Samar]ians [who had agreed with a hostile king]...I
fought with them and decisively defeated them]....carried off as spoil. 50 chariots for my royal force ...[the rest
of them I settled in the midst of Assyria]
[The inhabitants of Sa]merina, who agreed [and plotted] with
a king [hostile to] me, not to do service and not to bring tribute [to Ashshur]
and who did battle, I fought against them with the power of the great gods, my
lords. I counted as spoil 27,280
people, together with their chariots, and gods, in which they trusted. I formed a unit with 200 of [their] chariots
for my royal force. I settled the rest
of them in the midst of Assyria. I
repopulated Samerina more than before.
I brought into it people from countries conquered by my hands. I appointed my eunuch as governor over
them. And I counted them as Assyrians.
I plundered Sinuhtu, Samerina and the entire land of Bit-Humria (Israel).
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Nimrud Inscription
[Sargon II]...subduer of Judah which lies far away....
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Tribute List of Ashurbanipal
Two minas of gold from the inhabitants of Bit-Ammon; one mina of gold from the inhabitants of Moab; ten minas of silver from the inhabitants of Judah;...minas of silver from the inhabitants of Edom.
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