Salmanu was king of

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during the reign of the

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n king Tiglath-Pileser III (ruled

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–

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). He is mentioned in a clay inscription found in

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as a vassal of Assyria.

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theorized that he might be identical with the

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who waged war on Israel and sacked Beth-arbel ( Hosea ); though other scholars identify Shalman with one of the

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kings named Shalmaneser.

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