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'''Bel-ibni''' was a [[Babylon]]ian nobleman who served as [[Kings of Babylon|King of Babylon]] for several years as the nominee of the [[Assyria]]n king [[Sennacherib]].<ref>[https://books.google.com.my/books?id=ydcGZA6k5nwC&pg=PA77&dq=Bel-ibni&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Bel-ibni&f=false Assyrian and Babylonian Chronicles, By Albert Kirk Grayson]</ref>

Sennacherib, believing that direct Assyrian rule was too costly, appointed Bel-ibni, a young Babylonian nobleman raised at the Assyrian court, King of Babylon in 703 BC.

The experiment with a native puppet king was hardly more successful than direct Assyrian control. Soon Bel-ibni was conspiring with the Chaldeans and Elamites against the Assyrians.  After defeating the opposing coalition in 700 BC, Sennacherib deposed Bel-ibni and carried him off to Assyrian exile, replacing him with Sennacherib's own son, [[Ashur-nadin-shumi]].

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[[Category:Babylonian kings]]
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