Isaiah 20:1 Commentary: Ibn Ezra

בִּשְׁנַ֨ת בֹּ֤א תַרְתָּן֙ אַשְׁדּ֔וֹדָה בִּשְׁלֹ֣ח אֹת֔וֹ סַֽרְג֖וֹן מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֑וּר וַיִּלָּ֥חֶם בְּאַשְׁדּ֖וֹד וַֽיִּלְכְּדָֽהּ׃

In the year that Tartan came into Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it;

Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

Sargon.1According to Niebuhr (Geschichte Assurs und Babels, p. 160 ff.) Sargon is the name of a king between Tiglath Pileser and Sennacherib, and identical with Shalmaneser. Either Sennacherib or another Assyrian king.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

Ashdod. A place belonging to the Philistines.
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