Shalmaneser (Hastings' Dictionary)

The name is abbreviated from As.syr. Sulman-a.saridu, ' the god Sulman (of peace) is chief.' In 2 K 17' it is said tliat 'SlialnianuHer, king of Assyria,' came up against Hosliea of Samaria, who submitted at Brst, but afterwards, being detected in a conspiracy to revolt with the aid of the Egyptians, was deposed and imprisoned. Shalmaneser then besieged Samaria, n.c. 725. This was Shalmaneser IV. of the Assyr. monuments.

whose original name was UluIA, which he changed to Shalmaneser when he seized the throne (on the 25th day of Tebet, B.C. 727) after the death of Tiglathpileser III. He seems to have been • successful general, and to have had no hereditary rights to the crown. Josephus (Ant. IX. xiv. 2), quoting from Menander, states that he attacked Elukeus of Tyre, and, though tlie Assyrian lleet of 60 vessels was destroyed by the Tyrian fleet of 12, the city was closely invested on the land side.

Shalmaneser died at the beginning of the month febeth during the siege of Samaria, B.C. 722, after a reign of only 5 years. See, also, art. Shal.man. a. H. Sayce.