What I and my fathers have done. — The Assyrian kings are fond of such references to their predecessors.

The people of other lands. — Rather, the peoples of the countries.

Those lands. — The countries.

Their lands. — Their country. The chronicler omits the names of the vanquished states given in 2 Kings 18:34, some of which had probably become obscure by lapse of time.

Assurbanipal relates that in his eighth campaign he carried off the gods of Elam with the other spoils: “His gods, his goddesses, his furniture, his goods, people small and great, I carried off to Assyria;” and he adds the names of nineteen of these deities.

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