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The first mention of Assyria in Genesis 2:14 speaks of the region in relation to the Garden of Eden. Founded as early as 1700 B.C., the Assyrian Empire, had its capital at Nineveh and its greatest influence from 900 to 600 B.C. It was the Assyrians who conquered and exiled the northern kingdom of Israel with the capital at Samaria resulting in the "Lost Ten Tribes" of Israel. The prophets Elijah, Elisha, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, Micah, Nahum, Zephaniah and Zechariah all refer to Assyria. The Assyrian empire eventually declined, and by 600 B.C. was overcome by the Babylonians. Assyrian Kings Who Had Contact With Israel and Judah Shalmaneser III (858-824 B.C.) Shamshi-Adad V (823-811 B.C.) Adad-Nirari III (810-783 B.C.) Shalmaneser IV (782-773 B.C.) Ashur-dan III (772-755 B.C.) Ashur-Nirari V (754-745 B.C.) Tiglath-pileser III (744-727 B.C.) Shalmaneser V (726-722 B.C.) Sargon III (721-705 B.C.) Sennacherib (704-681 B.C.) Esarhaddon (680-669 B.C.) Ashurbanipal (668-633 B.C.) Ashur-eti-ilani (632-629 B.C.) Sin-shum-lishir (628-624 B.C.) Sin-shar-ishkum (623-612 B.C.) Ashur-uballit (611-608 B.C.)

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