Esarhaddon
    Assur has given a brother, successor of Sennacherib (2 Kings
    19:37; Isa. 37:38). He ascended the throne about B.C. 681.
    Nothing further is recorded of him in Scripture, except that he
    settled certain colonists in Samaria (Ezra 4:2). But from the
    monuments it appears that he was the most powerful of all the
    Assyrian monarchs. He built many temples and palaces, the most
    magnificent of which was the south-west palace at Nimrud, which
    is said to have been in its general design almost the same as
    Solomon's palace, only much larger (1 Kings 7:1-12).

      In December B.C. 681 Sennacherib was murdered by two of his
    sons, who, after holding Nineveh for forty-two days, were
    compelled to fly to Erimenas of Ararat, or Armenia. Their
    brother Esarhaddon, who had been engaged in a campaign against
    Armenia, led his army against them. They were utterly overthrown
    in a battle fought April B.C. 680, near Malatiyeh, and in the
    following month Esarhaddon was crowned at Nineveh. He restored
    Babylon, conquered Egypt, and received tribute from Manasseh of
    Judah. He died in October B.C. 668, while on the march to
    suppress an Egyptian revolt, and was succeeded by his son
    Assur-bani-pal, whose younger brother was made viceroy of
    Babylonia.



 Esar-haddon, that closes the point; joy; cheerfulness