The prayers were heard, and the invaders were driven into Ellipi.

Then Esar-haddon marched against Teuspa, and forced him to turn from Assyria.

The Kimmerians made their way instead into Asia Minor, where they sacked the Greek and Phrygian cities, and overran Lydia.
The northern and eastern boundaries of the empire were at length secured.

It was now necessary to punish the Arab tribes who had taken advantage of the Kimmerian invasion to harass the empire on the south.
Esar-haddon accordingly marched into the very heart of the Arabian desert--a military achievement of the first rank, the memory of which was not forgotten for years.

The empire at last was secure.
The Assyrian king was now free to complete the policy of Tiglath-pileser by conquering Egypt.