Esar-haddon

E'sar-had'don (Assyr. Ashur-ach-iddina), son and successor of Sennacherib, was king of Assyria, B. C. 681-668. His reign was marked by great achievements. He built magnificent palaces in Nineveh, Calah, and Babylon, which he subjugated, b. C. 680. Manasseh was king of Judah when Esar-haddon began to reign, and outlived him. While the name of Manasseh appears in a list of western kings tributary to Esar-had-don, he does not seem to have engaged in any hostilities with Judah. It was probably Asur-banipal, the son of Esar-haddon, who carried Manasseh captive to Babylon. (2 Chron xxiii. 11.) See Assyria; Esau; Edom; Jacob.