Salmanu was king of
Moab
Moab () was an ancient Levant, Levantine kingdom whose territory is today located in southern Jordan. The land is mountainous and lies alongside much of the eastern shore of the Dead Sea. The existence of the Kingdom of Moab is attested to by ...
during the reign of the
Assyria
Assyria (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , ''māt Aššur'') was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization that existed as a city-state from the 21st century BC to the 14th century BC and eventually expanded into an empire from the 14th century BC t ...
n king
Tiglath-Pileser III (ruled
745–
727 BCE).
He is mentioned in a clay inscription found in
Nimrud as a vassal of Assyria.
Eberhard Schrader theorized that he might be identical with the
Shalman who waged war on Israel and sacked Beth-arbel (
Hosea ); though other scholars identify Shalman with one of the
Assyrian kings named
Shalmaneser.
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