Ṣidqa (

Philistine The Philistines ( he, פְּלִשְׁתִּים, Pəlīštīm; Koine Greek (LXX): Φυλιστιείμ, romanized: ''Phulistieím'') were an ancient people who lived on the south coast of Canaan from the 12th century BC until 604 BC, when ...

: 𐤑𐤃𐤒𐤀 *''Ṣīdqāʾ'';

Akkadian Akkadian or Accadian may refer to: * Akkadians, inhabitants of the Akkadian Empire * Akkadian language, an extinct Eastern Semitic language * Akkadian literature, literature in this language * Akkadian cuneiform Cuneiform is a logo- syllabi ...

: ) was a king of Ashkelon in the 8th century BC. He, much like Hezekiah, king of the neighboring

Kingdom of Judah The Kingdom of Judah ( he, , ''Yəhūdā''; akk, 𒅀𒌑𒁕𒀀𒀀 ''Ya'údâ'' 'ia-ú-da-a-a'' arc, 𐤁𐤉𐤕𐤃𐤅𐤃 ''Bēyt Dāwīḏ'', " House of David") was an Israelite kingdom of the Southern Levant during the Iron Age. Ce ...

, rebelled against the Assyrian king Sennacherib. Sennacherib eventually put the rebellion down, and by 701 BC had destroyed the cities of

Beth-Dagon Beth Dagon or Dagan (בית-דגון or בית-דגן) is the name of two biblical cities in Israel. * A city (Joshua 15:41) in the territory of the tribe of Judah "in the plains", that is, the territory below Jaffa between the Judean hills and the ...

, Joppa,

Banai-Barqa Benebarak ("Sons of Barak") ( he, בְּנֵי בְּרַק, ''Bnei Brak'') was a biblical city mentioned in the Book of Joshua. According to the biblical account it was allocated to the Tribe of Dan. Its archaeological site is . In the Talmudic ...

, and Azjuru. Sidqa was forced to pay tribute following his defeat. After the revolt, Sennacherib placed ''

Šarru-lu-dari Šarru-lu-dari ( akk, ', meaning "May the king be everlasting") was a king of Ashkelon during the reign of the Neo-Assyrian emperors Sennacherib, Esarhaddon, and Ashurbanipal. His father was named ''Rukibtu'', who ruled Ashkelon before Šarru-lu-d ...

'', the son of Sidqa's predecessor, ''

Rukibtu Rukibtu ( akk, 𒊒𒌑𒄒𒌅 𒌉 ''ru-ú-kib-tu'') or Rukibti ( akk, 𒊒𒄒𒋾 ''ru-kib-ti'')
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'', on the throne of Ashkelon. Despite this, ''Šarru-lu-dari'' was apparently succeeded by Sidqa's son,

Mitinti Mitinti (Philistine: 𐤌𐤕𐤕NAVEH, JOSEPH. “Writing and Scripts in Seventh-Century B.C.E. Philistia: The New Evidence from Tell Jemmeh.” Israel Exploration Journal, vol. 35, no. 1, Israel Exploration Society, 1985, pp. 8–21, http://www.j ...

.NAVEH, JOSEPH. “Writing and Scripts in Seventh-Century B.C.E. Philistia: The New Evidence from Tell Jemmeh.” Israel Exploration Journal, vol. 35, no. 1, Israel Exploration Society, 1985, pp. 8–21, http://www.jstor.org/stable/27925967.

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