Adad-nirari III (also Adad-narari) was a King of Assyria from 811 to 783 BC.
Adad-nirari was a son and successor of king Shamshi-Adad V, and was apparently quite young at the time of his accession, because for the first five years of his reign, his mother Shammuramat was highly influential, which may have given rise to the legend of Semiramis.
It is widely rejected that his mother acted as regent, but she was surprisingly influential for the time period.
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Keywords: Adad-nirari, king of Assyria, Assyria, Assyrian Empire, Assyrian kingdom, Assyrian
Bible reference(s): 2Ki 13, 2Ki 14, 2Chron 24
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