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And now the king of Assyria invaded all Syria and Phoenicia in a
hostile manner. The name of this king is also set down in the archives
of Tyre, for he made an expedition against Tyre in the reign of Eluleus;
and Menander attests to it, who, when he wrote his Chronology, and translated
the archives of Tyre into the Greek language, gives us the following history:
"One whose name was Eluleus reigned thirty-six years; this king, upon the
revolt of the Citteans, sailed to them, and reduced them again to a submission.
Against these did the king of Assyria send an army, and in a hostile manner
overrun all Phoenicia, but soon made peace with them all, and returned
back; but Sidon, and Ace, and Palsetyrus revolted; and many other cities
there were which delivered themselves up to the king of Assyria. Accordingly,
when the Tyrians would not submit to him, the king returned, and fell upon
them again, while the Phoenicians had furnished him with threescore ships,
and eight hundred men to row them; and when the Tyrians had come upon them
in twelve ships, and the enemy's ships were dispersed, they took five hundred
men prisoners, and the reputation of all the citizens of Tyre was thereby
increased; but the king of Assyria returned, and placed guards at their
rivers and aqueducts, who should hinder the Tyrians from drawing water.
This continued for five years; and still the Tyrians bore the siege, and
drank of the water they had out of the wells they dug." And this is
what is written in the Tyrian archives concerning Shalmaneser, the king
of Assyria.
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