Shebitku was the second king of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty (690 - 664 BC). He was the nephew and successor of Shebaka.
During Shebaka's reign, there was a policy of conciliation and cooperation with the Assyrians, which appeased the Assyrians, and kept them from attacking Egypt. Shebitku had a different policy: resistance. A stela from Kawa tells of Shebitku asking his brothers, including Taharqa, to come to him at Thebes from Nubia. The army went with Taharqa. On another stela that is the story told that when Jerusalem was under attack by the Assyrians, that the king of Kush came against Sennacherib (of Assyria). Shebitku joined in the resistance against Sennacherib and an Egyptian army was sent to Palestine, led by Shebitku's brother, Taharqa.
