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And it came to pass, when he worshipped in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword, and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
they approached Zerubbabel and the leaders [the leading fathers, patriarchs, heads of the returnees] and said to them: Let us build with you, for we, like you, seek your God (Elohim) and have sacrificed to him since the days of Esarhaddon [681-669 BC], king of Assyria, who brought us here.
[The Assyrian king Sargon had already carried out population transfers when Samaria fell (722 BC). This was continued by subsequent kings, such as Esarhaddon (681-669 BC) and Ashurbanipal (668-627 BC). Non-biblical sources confirm how Esarhaddon relocated groups of people to Sidon after he had conquered those areas.]
And it came to pass, when he worshipped in the house of his god Nisroch, that his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer smote him with the sword [this happened in 681 BC], and they fled to the land of Ararat. And his son Esarhaddon reigned in his stead.
