The Prophets of Israel And Their Place in History : to the Close of the Eighth Century B.C. : Eight Lectures
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The energy and talent of Sargon, devoted to the consolidation rather than the unlimited extension of his empire, effectually put down every movement of independence on the part of subjects and tributaries, and even the united realm of Egypt and Ethiopia no longer ventured to measure its strength with his. The nations groaned under a tyranny that knew no pity, but they had learned by repeated experience that revolt was hopeless while the reins of empire were held by so firm a hand. At length, in... the year 705, Sargon died, and the crown passed to his son, Sennacherib. A thrill of joy ran through the nations at the fall of the great oppressor (Isa. xiv. 29). In a few months Babylon was in full revolt, the Assy- rian vassal king was overthrown, Merodach Baladan — either the old adversary of Sargon, or a son of the same name — assumed the sovereignty, and for two years (704-3), according to the canon of Ptolemy, the Assyrian 318 EMBASSY OF lect. viii. kingship in Chaldaea was interrupted.
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