701) and the death of Sennacherib (B.C.

681) Tubaal must have been succeeded in the government of Sidon by Abdi-Milkut, or Abd-Melkarth[14158] ({...}), but whether this change was caused by a revolt, or took place in the ordinary course, Tubaal dying and being succeeded by his son, is wholly uncertain.
All that we know is that Esarhaddon, on his accession, found Abd-Melkarth in revolt against his authority.

He had formed an alliance with a certain Sanduarri, king of Kundi and Sizu,[14159] a prince of the Lebanon, and had set up as independent monarch, probably during the time of the civil way which was waged between Esarhaddon and two of his brothers who disputed his succession after they had murdered his father.[14160] As soon as this struggle was over, and the Assyrian monarch found himself free to take his own course, he proceeded at once (B.C.

680) against these two rebels.

Both of them tried to escape him.
Abd-Melkarth, quitting his capital, fled away by sea, steering probably either for Aradus or for Cyprus.