(not the first-born). Son and successor of Sargon, king of Assyria, B. C. 702-680. He extended his conquests to the Mediterranean and to Egypt (2 Kings 18:13-37; 19). Most powerful and magnificent of eastern sovereigns (Isa. 36, 37). He made Nineveh his capital and adorned it with many palaces and public structures. His monuments have been found in many places, and a record of his arrival in Egypt has been unearthed close by an inscription of Rameses the Great.