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
^Bergman, A. “Two Hebrew Seals of the ’Ebed Class.” Journal of Biblical Literature, vol. 55, no. 3, Society of Biblical Literature, 1936, p. 224,
https://doi.org/10.2307/3259805.
^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.