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'''Sargon II''' (ruled 722 - 705 BC) was a [[king]] of ancient [[Assyria]], who ruled alongside [[Shalmaneser V]]. He conquered as far south as [[Samaria]] and [[Egypt]].
'''Sargon II''' (ruled 722–705 BC) was a [[king]] of ancient [[Assyria]], who ruled alongside [[Shalmaneser V]]. He conquered as far south as [[Samaria]] and [[Egypt]].
Sargon continued the policies of relocating conquered peoples across the Assyrian Empire just as [[Tiglath-Pileser III]] had done. An inscription from Sargon at the time of the fall of Samaria boasts of carrying off 27,290 inhabitations "as booty."<ref>The NIV Study Bible (1985), Zondervan Press, pg. 556</ref>
Sargon continued the policies of relocating conquered peoples across the Assyrian Empire just as [[Tiglath-Pileser III]] had done. An inscription from Sargon at the time of the fall of Samaria boasts of carrying off 27,290 inhabitations "as booty."<ref>The NIV Study Bible (1985), Zondervan Press, pg. 556</ref>