Ashurbanipal

[ ah-shoo r-bah-nee-pahl ]

/ ˌɑ ʃʊərˈbɑ niˌpɑl /

died 626? b.c., king of Assyria 668?–626? b.c.

Also Assurbanipal.

Example sentences from the Web for ashurbanipal

The name of Ashurbanipal is preserved in Ezra 4:10 in the corrupt form of Osnappar.

Archology and the Bible |George A. Barton
Esarhaddons son and successor, Ashurbanipal, ruled from 668 to 626.

Archology and the Bible |George A. Barton
The great work of Ashurbanipal was the collection of his library at Nineveh.

Archology and the Bible |George A. Barton
Ashurbanipal tells how he poured out a libation to Ishtar of Arbela and offered to her a long prayer against the Elamite king.

Archology and the Bible |George A. Barton

From all we can gather, that empire was now tottering to its irretrievable fall, under the feeble successors of Ashurbanipal.

The Expositor's Bible: The Prophecies of Jeremiah |C J Ball

Ashurbanipal

/ (ˌæʃʊəˈbɑːnɪˌpæl) /

died ?626 bc, king of Assyria (?668–?626): son of Esarhaddon. He built the magnificent palace and library at Nineveh Greek name: Sardanapalus