In the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it (2 Kgs 18:9 ESV)  Just as numerous Hebrew kings are mention in Assyrian inscriptions, a number of Assyrian kings are mentioned in the Bible: … Continue reading Shalmaneser V: An Archaeological Biography