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Captured kings of Tyre
(on right) and Taharka of Egypt with rings and rope through their
nose and lips (Is.37.29) Taharka (Taharqa) was a pharaoh of the
Ancient Egyptian 25th dynasty and king of the Kingdom of Kush, which
was located in Northern Sudan. Pharaoh Taharka of the 25th Dynasty
ruled 690–664, and he is identified in the Bible as “Tirhakah king
of Ethiopia” (2 Kings 19:9) who confronted Sennacherib, king of
Assyria, who was campaigning in Judah at that time. |
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