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Sargon II, of Assyria (722-705 B.C.)." He was a usurper, probably raised to the throne by priestly influence." (The New International Encyclopaedia, Vol. XX, New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1920, 472-473.)
Morris Jastrow, Jr., Ph. D., Aspects of Religious Belief and Practice in Babylonia and Assyria (New York and London: Knickerbocker Press, 1911) 44. (Sargon II with High Official.)
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