Yaman fled to Egypt, but his wife and children were captured and, together with the bulk of the inhabitants, were transported into Assyria, while their place was supplied by a number of persons who had been made prisoners in Sargon's eastern wars.

An Assyrian governor was set over the town.
The submission of Ethiopia followed.

Ashdod, like Samaria, had probably been encouraged to revolt by promises of foreign aid.

Sargon's old antagonist, Shebek, had recently brought the whole of Egypt under his authority, and perhaps thought the time had come when he might venture once more to measure his strength against the Assyrians.

But Sargon's rapid movements and easy capture of the strong Ashdod terrified him, and produced a change of his intentions.