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Osnapper
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
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A person who transplanted the mixed multitude of tribes from Babylon to Samaria after the fall of the latter city (Ezra 4:10). It has been conjectured that this word is a misreading for Assurbanipal, though the reference in Ezra 4:2 is to Esarhaddon. The reading Asbacaphath in I Esdras 5:69 suggests that a ב ("bet") has fallen out. If this conjecture is correct the word "Asnapper" contains the only reference to the Assyrian king Assurbanipal in the Bible. In the Revised Version the form "Osnappar" is preferred.
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—In Rabbinical Literature:
The Talmud identifies Asnapper with Sennacherib, who is said to have had eight names, like his opponent Hezekiah (Sanh. 94a).
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Osnapper'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/o/osnapper.html. 1901.
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Osnapper'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/o/osnapper.html. 1901.
