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Isaiah 37:38

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his god: Isaiah 37:10, Isaiah 14:9, Isaiah 14:12, Isaiah 36:15, Isaiah 36:18; 2 Kings 19:36-37; 2 Chronicles 32:14, 2 Chronicles 32:19, 2 Chronicles 32:21

Armenia: Heb. Ararat, Genesis 8:4; Jeremiah 51:27

Esarhaddon: Esar-haddon, called Asar-addinus in the Canon of Ptolemy, was the third son of Sennacherib; and having reigned twenty-nine years over the Assyrians, he took advantage of the anarchy and confusion which followed the death of Mesessimordacus, and seized upon Babylon; which he added to his former empire, and reigned over both for thirteen years; when he was succeeded by his son Saosduchinus, am 3336, bc 668. Ezra 4:2

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