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- The greatest Assyrian Kings were Shalmaneser, Sargon, Sennacherib, Tiglath-Pileser and Esarhaddon, all of whom are mentioned throughout the Bible, in books such as 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles, Micah and Isaiah. Jonah the prophet preached to the Assyrians in the book of Jonah, asking them to repent of their deeds. While at first they did repent, 150 years later Nahum the prophet again had to be sent to them, to preach the ultimate end of their kingdom, telling them that Nineveh would shortly be destroyed.
- As well as Isaiah the prophet, Micah the prophet also contains many references to the Assyrians, and the kings who would come against Israel to do battle with them, punishing them for turning away from God.
- As we read through the pages of the Bible, we find constant references to the Assyrian Empire in the divine record.