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<p> '''''en''''' -'''''ē̇''''' -'''''mes´ar''''' ( Ἐνεμεσσάρ , <i> '''''Enemessár''''' </i> , Ἐνεμέσσαρος , <i> '''''Eneméssaros''''' </i> ): Generally allowed, since Grotius, to be a corruption, though occasionally defended as an alternative form, of [[Shalmaneser]] (Tobit 1:2, 15, etc.) who carried [[Israel]] captive to Nineveh, as related in 2 Ki. Among the captives was Tobit, taken from [[Thisbe]] in Gilead, where the prophet [[Elijah]] was born and for a time lived. The writer of [[Tobit]] makes [[Sennacherib]] the son (1 15), as well as the successor of Enemessar, whereas, according to the [[Assyrian]] inscriptions, Sennacherib was the son of Sargon. This is only one of several serious historical difficulties in the narrative of Tobit. The corruption of the name is variously explained. Rawlinson supposes the first syllable of the word "Shal" to have been dropped, comparing the Bupalussor of [[Abydenus]] for Nabopolassar. Dr. Pinches takes [[Enemessar]] for Senemessar, the "sh" being changed to "s" and then to the smooth breathing, though the rough breathing more commonly takes the place of a dropped "s"; both scholars admit the easy transposition of the liquids "m" and "n". <i> '''''Shalman''''' </i> - <i> '''''asharid''''' </i> is the Assyrian form of Shalmaneser. </p>