Bel-ibni

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Bel-ibni was a Babylonian nobleman who served as King of Babylon for several years as the nominee of the Assyrian king Sennacherib.[1]

Sennacherib, believing that direct Assyrian rule was too costly, appointed Bel-ibni, a young Babylonian nobleman raised at the Assyrian court, King of Babylon in 703 BC.

The experiment with a native puppet king was hardly more successful than direct Assyrian control. Soon Bel-ibni was conspiring with the Chaldeans and Elamites against the Assyrians. After defeating the opposing coalition in 700 BC, Sennacherib deposed Bel-ibni and carried him off to Assyrian exile, replacing him with Sennacherib's own son, Ashur-nadin-shumi.[2]

Preceded by King of Babylon
703-700 BC 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ Assyrian and Babylonian Chronicles, By Albert Kirk Grayson
  2. ^ Jean-Jacques Glassner, Mesopotamian Chronicles, Atlanta, 2004, p. 197.


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