Sidqa

{{Short description|King of Ashkelon in the 8th century BCE}} '''Ṣidqa''' (Philistine: 𐤑𐤃𐤒𐤀 *''Ṣīdqāʾ'';<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bergman |first=A. |date=1936 |title=Two Hebrew Seals of the ‘Ebed Class |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3259805 |journal=Journal of Biblical Literature |volume=55 |issue=3 |pages=224 |doi=10.2307/3259805 |issn=0021-9231|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Akkadian: {{langx|akk-x-neoassyr|{{cuneiform|11|𒁹𒍢𒀉𒋡𒀀}}|translit=Ṣidqâ}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Ṣidqa [KING OF ASHKELON] (RN) |url=http://oracc.iaas.upenn.edu/cams/akno/cbd/qpn-x-people/x00006600.html |website=Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus |publisher=University of Pennsylvania }}</ref>) was a king of Ascalon in the 8th century BC. He, much like Hezekiah, king of the neighboring Kingdom of Judah, rebelled against the Assyrian king Sennacherib. Sennacherib eventually put the rebellion down, and by 701 BC had destroyed the cities of Beth-Dagon, Joppa, Banai-Barqa, and Azjuru. Sidqa was forced to pay tribute following his defeat. After the revolt, Sennacherib placed ''Šarru-lu-dari'', the son of Sidqa's predecessor, ''Rukibtu'', on the throne of Ascalon. Despite this, ''Šarru-lu-dari'' was apparently succeeded by Sidqa's son, Mitinti.<ref>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.</ref>

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{{s-start}} {{succession box |before=Rukibtu |title=King of Ashkelon |years=? BCE - 701 BCE |after=Šarru-lu-dari}} {{s-end}}

Category:Philistine kings Category:8th-century BC monarchs Category:Ancient kings of Ascalon