Shalmaneser V first appears as governor of Zimirra in Phoenicia in the reign of Tiglath-Pileser III and is supposed by H. Winckler to have been the son of the latter king.
At all events, on the death of Tiglath-Pileser, he succeeded to the throne the 25th of Tebet 727 BC, and changed his original name of Ulula to that of Shalmaneser.
The revolt of Samaria took place during his reign, and while he was besieging the rebel city he died on the 12th of Tebet 722 BC and the crown was seized by Sargon.
Shalmanassar had come to the aid of his ally Babylon against the Aramaeans, where he encountered among others, the Chaldeans.
Before this time, the geographical area was called "Sea-lands." King Shalmanassar III of Assyria raided the area around 850 BC, and reached the Persian Gulf.
Following the death of the Assyrian king Shalmanassir V, a Chaldean Malka, the ruler of the Family of Baith Yakin, came to power in Babylon Merodach - Baladan seized the Babylonian throne in 721 BV and held it until 710 BC.
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