Assyria

Footnotes

[1] 2 Chr. xxxiii. 11.

[2] The following are the significations of the different Assyrian royal names mentioned in this chapter:—

Rimmon-nirari, 'Rimmon (the Air-god) is my help.'

Shalmaneser (Sallimanu-esir), 'Sallimanu (Solomon, the god of peace) directs.' The Babylonians changed the name to Sulman-asarid, 'Solomon is supreme.'

Tiglath-Pileser (Tukulti-pal-E-Sára), 'The servant of (the god Adar) the son of E-'Sara (the temple of legions).'

Assur-dân, 'Assur is strong.'

Assur-natsir-pal, 'Assur is protector of the son.'

Samas-Rimmon, 'The Sun-god is also Rimmon (the Air-god).'

Sargon (Sarru-kunu), 'the constituted king.'

Sennacherib (Sinu-akhi-erba), 'The Moon-god increased the brethren.'

Esar-haddon (Assur-akh-iddina), 'Assur gave a brother.'

Assur-bani-pal, 'Assur is creator of the son.'

Assur-etil-ilani, 'Assur is prince of the gods.'

[3] Confer 2 Kings xvii. 30.

[4] A. V. 'congregation.'

[5] A. V. 'sides.'

[6] D.P. stands for 'Determinative Prefix.' There are thirty determinatives in Assyrian.

The D.P. , the sign meaning 'heaven,' or anything in heaven, is put before the name of a god.

The D.P. , the sign meaning 'country,' is put before the name of a country.

The D.P. , the sign meaning 'city,' is put before the name of a city, and so on.

[7] Now Shamameh, south-west Arbela

[8] The Kue or Kuans inhabited the northern and eastern shores of the Gulf of Antioch. M. François Lenormant has ingeniously suggested that in 1 Kings x. 28, we ought to read (with a slight change of vowel punctuation), 'And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and out of Kue the king's merchants received a drove at a price.'

[9] On the bronze gates of Balawât Adennu is written Adâ and Barga Parga.

[10] Identified by Delitzsch with the Ephah of Gen. xxv. 4, and Is. lx. 6.

[11] That is 'the Egyptian;' cf. 2 Sam. xxiii. 20, 21.