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Sargon d. 705 BC, king of Assyria (722-705 BC), successor to Shalmaneser V. He completed Shalmaneser's siege of Samaria in 721 BC, thus destroying the northern Israelite kingdom forever. In 720 he defeated a coalition of enemies at Raphia. He captured Carchemish, subdued Babylonia, and advanced eastward to Kurdistan. He founded the last great Assyrian dynasty. Excavations of his palace at Dur Sharrukin (Khorsabad) have uncovered his personal annals, in which he recorded in detail his destruction of Samaria. His name appears also as Sharrukin.

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Sargon King of Assyria, 722–705 BCE; he defeated an alliance of Israel and Syria, with Egyptian support, and took Samaria (720 BCE). Some of the population (27,000 was the Assyrian claim) was deported. Sargon continued campaigns against enemies on all sides, but throughout Judah remained loyal and was spared.

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Sargon II (d. 705 bc) King of Assyria (721–705 bc). He conquered Samaria in 721 bc, and according to tradition dispersed those Israelites who became the ‘lost tribes’ of Israel. He established an imperial administration and defeated his enemies before being killed in battle against the Cimmarians.

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