Hebrew word · H8022

שַׁלְמַנְאֶ֫סֶר

shalman'eser

Shalmaneser

Shalmaneser V (Akkadian Shulmanu-ashared, "Shulmanu is foremost"), king of Assyria and Babylonia from 727 to 722 BC. He was the son of Tiglath-pileser III, who had made Israel a vassal state.

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.17.3; also called Shalman at Hos.10.14;

Also named: shal.man (שַׁלְמַן "Shalman" H8020)

§ Shalmaneser = "fire-worshipper"

1) Assyrian king who probably reigned between Tiglath-pileser and Sargon; invaded the northern kingdom of Israel when the last king Hoshea was on the throne; forced Hoshea to pay tribute but had to reinvade when Hoshea reneged; it is uncertain whether Shalmaneser or Sargon concluded the siege which finally ended the northern kingdom

1a) maybe a common name for Assyrian kings in the 8th century BC

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of 2 Kings 18:9

Range of meaning

Shalmaneser V (Akkadian Shulmanu-ashared, "Shulmanu is foremost"), king of Assyria and Babylonia from 727 to 722 BC. He was the son of Tiglath-pileser III, who had made Israel a vassal state.

Against the English

English versions all keep the name. Readers may not realise that four Assyrian kings with this name are known, and this one is the fifth.

Used elsewhere in the period

Very few royal inscriptions from his short reign survive. The Babylonian Chronicle (Grayson, Chronicle 1 i 27–28) says he "ravaged Šamaraʾin" before his death in 722 BC. His successor Sargon II later claimed to have conquered Samaria (see debates). Josephus (Antiquities 9.283–287) quotes Menander of Tyre on a Shalmaneser campaign in Phoenicia in these same years.

Similar words

Where it appears

2 Kings · 2

  1. 2 Kings 17:3 שַׁלְמַנְאֶ֖סֶר Shalmaneser

    Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.

    Here: Shalmaneser V of Assyria (reigned 727–722 BC), son and successor of Tiglath-pileser III. In Akkadian his name is Šulmānu-ašarēd, "the god Shulmanu is foremost."

  2. 2 Kings 18:9 שַׁלְמַנְאֶ֧סֶר Shalmaneser

    In the fourth year of Hezekiah’s reign, which was the seventh year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it.

    Here: Shalmaneser V of Assyria (reigned 727–722 BC). In Akkadian the name is Shulmanu-ashared, "the god Shulmanu is foremost."

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