Ashurnasirpal II, Assyrian Empire Builder
Ashurnasirpal II was a very powerful Assyrian king in the early to mid 800s BC (reigned 883BC – 859BC). He is not directly connected to the Bible but he and his son Shalmaneser III (reigned 859BC – 824BC) ruled Assyria for almost 60 years, building it into the war machine that would dominate the area […]