“In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;”
In the year that Tartan the commander-in-chief of the king of Assyria came unto Ashdod, and fought against it, and took it—the historical context for the sign-act that follows, dated to a specific Assyrian campaign against Ashdod (approximately 711 BCE). The mention of the Assyrian commander establishes the geopolitical situation. This verse provides historical setting.
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