Ninus (II)

II. NINUS, surnamed the younger, succeeded Sardanapalus, in the Kingdom of Assyria. Sardanapalus having been compelled to burn himself in Nineveh; Arbaces and Belesus, on the Dissolution of the Assyrian Monarchy, founded two others, that of the Medes, and that of the Babylonians. The Empire of Assyria, reduced to very narrow Limits, was continued to Ninus, 2 Kings xv. 29. xvi. 7. 10.called in Scripture Tiglath-pilneser, and Thilgamus by Ælian¹. Eusebius in his Chronicon, after Castor of Rhodes, allows him a Reign of nineteen Years. He began to reign in the Year of the World 3257, and reigned to 3276. His Successor was Salmanezzar, mentioned in the holy Scriptures.

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