A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.18.13;
father of: Adrammelech (H0152H), Sharezer (H8272) and Esarhaddon (H0634); also called Sargon at Isa.20.1;
Also named: sar.gon (סַרְגוֹן "Sargon" H5623)
§ Sennacherib = "Sin multiplied brothers" (Sin = the moon)
son of Sargon, father of Esarhaddon, and king of Assyria from 705-681 BC; attacked Judah during the reign of king Hezekiah and Judah was delivered when in response to the prayer of Hezekiah an angel smote 185,000 Assyrian soldiers