Esarhaddon was the son of Sennacherib and succeeded him to the throne.
2 Kings 19:35That night the angel of the Lord went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies!2 Kings 19:36So Assyrian King Sennacherib withdrew and returned to Nineveh, where he stayed.2 Kings 19:37One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelek and Sharezer killed him with the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esarhaddon succeeded him as king.
Isaiah 37:37So Assyrian King Sennacherib withdrew and returned to Nineveh, where he stayed.Isaiah 37:38One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelek and Sharezer killed him with the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esarhaddon succeeded him as king.
He implemented a policy of forced relocation and settlement of other peoples, moving the residents of the conquered Samaria in Israel.
Ezra 4:2They came to Zerubbabel and to the heads of the families and said, “Let us help you build because, like you, we worship your God and have been sacrificing to him ever since the time of Assyrian King Esarhaddon, who brought us here.”
2 Kings 17:24The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Kuthah, Avva, Hamath and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took over Samaria and lived in its towns.