Sidqa

Ṣidqa (Philistine: 𐤑𐤃𐤒𐤀 *Ṣīdqāʾ;^[1] Akkadian: Ṣi-id-qa-a^[2]) 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.^[3]

References

1. Bergman, A. (1936). "Two Hebrew Seals of the 'Ebed Class". Journal of Biblical Literature. 55 (3): 224. doi:10.2307/3259805. ISSN 0021-9231.
2. "Ṣidqa [KING OF ASHKELON] (RN)". Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus. University of Pennsylvania.
3. 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.

Preceded by Rukibtu	King of Ashkelon ? BCE - 701 BCE	Succeeded by Šarru-lu-dari