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In the year that Tartan came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it;
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Verse 1. Year. Eighteen after the preceding predictions. Calmet.—Sargon. Sennacherib, (Saint Jerome) Salmanasar, (Sanct.) or Assaradon, who intended to revenge Sennacherib, and sent his “collector of taxes” to take Azotus from Ezechias, and then to proceed farther. Calmet.—Psammitichus having obtained the sole dominion of Egypt, besieged Azotus for 29 years. Herod. ii. 157. Amos 1:8.
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