Reference: Asnapper

The Assyrian king or satrap, under whose direction the territory of the ten tribes was peopled by emigrants from beyond the Euphrates, 2Ki 17:24; Ezr 4:10. Some identify him with Esar-haddon, and some with Shalmaneser. Ezra styles him "great and noble;" but no other trace of him is left.

probably the same as Assur-bani-pal (Sardanapalos of the Greeks), styled the "great and noble" (Ezr 4:10), was the son and successor (B.C. 668) of Esar-haddon (q.v.). He was "luxurious, ambitious, and cruel, but a magnificent patron of literature." He formed at Nineveh a library of clay tablets, numbering about 10,000. These are now mostly in the British Museum. They throw much light on the history and antiquities of Assyria.

Assur-bani-pal was a munificent patron of literature, and the conqueror of Elam. Towards the middle of his reign his empire was shaken by a great rebellion headed by his brother in Babylon. The rebellion was finally put down, but Egypt was lost, and the military power of Assyria was so exhausted that it could with difficulty resist the hordes of Kimmerians who poured over Western Asia. (See Nineveh.)

The great and noble (Ezr 4:10). He planted the Cuthaeans, etc., in Samaria, after the deportation of the Israelites. He is either Esarhaddon, as Ezr 4:2 implies, or some able general under him who effected the plantation = Asardanaper = Esarhaddon.

Asnap'per

One called 'great and noble' who brought colonists from Assyria to Samaria. Ezr 4:10.

Asnap'per

(swift), mentioned in

Ezr 4:10

as the person who settled the Cutheans in the cities of Samaria. He was probably a general of Esarhaddon. (B.C. 712.)

ASNAPPER, the king of Assyria, who sent the Cutheans into the country belonging to the ten tribes, Ezr 4:10. Many take this prince to be Shalmaneser; but others, with more probability, think him to be Esar- haddon.