who is esarhaddon king of assur
Esarhaddon (681 - 669 BC) was a king of Assyria, the son and successor of Sennacherib. When his father named him as successor although he was the youngest son, his brothers tried to get him into miscredit. Oracles named Esarhaddon as the person to free the exiles and to rebuild Babylon, the destruction of which by Sennacherib was felt to be sacrilegious.