List of rulers of Ammon explained
The following is a list of rulers currently known from the history of the ancient Levantine kingdom Ammon. Ammon was originally ruled by a king, called the "king of the children of Ammon" (Ammonite: maleḵ banīʿAmān; Hebrew: {{Script/Hebrew|מֶלֶךְ בְּנֵי עַמֹּון Hebrew: meleḵ bənē-ʿAmmōn). After the conquest of the Neo-Babylonian and Achaemenid Empires, Ammon was maintained by an administrator (Hebrew: ʿeḇeḏ, literally "servant"; Greek, Modern (1453-);: ἡγούμενος hēgoúmenos, "leader"). Only a modest number of Ammonite kings are known today, mostly from the Bible and epigraphic inscriptions.[1] [2]
Rulers of Ammon
Kings of Ammon
- Getal or Giteal (Hebrew: {{Script/Hebrew|גּתֵאַל Gitʾal; early 11th century B.C.) Ammonite king unnamed in 11:12–28 but identified by Pseudo-Philo in his Biblical Antiquities.
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- Nahash (Hebrew: {{Script/Hebrew|נָחָשׁ Nāḥāš; mid eleventh century B.C.)
- Hanun son of Nahash (Hebrew: {{Script/Hebrew|חָנוּן Ḥānūn; early tenth century B.C.)
- Shobi son of Nahash (Hebrew: {{Script/Hebrew|שֹׁבִי Šōḇī; early tenth century B.C.)
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- Peduel (Ammonite: PDʾL, variously interpreted as Pədūʾēl, Padōʾēl, Pădāʾēl, or Pədāʾēl; Akkadian: Pudu-ilu; c. 720s B.C.)
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- Baalis (Hebrew: {{Script/Hebrew|בַּעֲלִיס Baʿălīs; Ammonite: BʿLYŠʿ, variously interpreted as Baʿlyīšaʿ, Baʿlyīšʿ, or Baʿlīšāʿ; 580s B.C.)
Administrators of Ammon
- Tobiah (Hebrew: {{Script/Hebrew|טוֹבִיָּה Ṭōḇīyyā; fifth century B.C.)
- Timothy (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Τιμόθεος Timótheos; second century B.C.)
See also
Notes and References
- Deutsch . Robert . Seal of Baʿalis Surfaces . Robert Deutsch: Archaeological & Epigraphic Monographs, Publications & Photographs . The list of known Ammonite kings is short, so the discovery of a new one is especially important. Some are mentioned in the Bible. In addition to Ba'alis, the Bible also refers to an Ammonite king named Nahash. […] Nahash's son, who succeeded him as king, is identified as Hanun. […] A number of other Ammonite kings are known from cuneiform inscriptions. The total, until the appearance of Barak-el, was nine. Now it is ten. . 2017-04-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110518153408/http://www.robert-deutsch.com/en/monographs/m7 . 2011-05-18 . dead .
- Book: Way, Kenneth C. . 2016 . Judges and Ruth . Baker Books . 9781493405350 . Many Ammonite royal names are attested in epigraphic and biblical sources (e.g., Nahash, Hanun, Shanip, Padoel, Amminadab, Hissalel, Baalis)..
- Book: Block, Daniel . 2013 . The Gods of the Nations: A Study in Ancient Near Eastern National Theology . Baker Books . 64 (footnote) . 978-1-62032-974-0 . The names of the known kings of Ammon are (in chronological order) Nahash, Hanun, Shobi, Shanib, Zakur, Yariḥ-Ezer(?), Pudu-Ilu/Buduilu, ʿAmminadab I, Hissal-El, ʿAminadab II, Baalis/Baal-Yashaʿ..
- Book: Boardman . John. etal. 1991 . The Cambridge Ancient History: The Assyrian and Babylonian Empires and Other States of the Near East, from the Eighth to the Sixth Centuries B.C. . III.2 . Cambridge University Press . 336 . 0-521-22717-8 . The name of the king of Ammon, šnb, is preserved on a statue, probably representing the king, which was found near Jebel el-Qalʿa, the citadel of Rabbah, modern Amman, the ancient capital of Ammon. This statue bears a damaged inscription on its base, of which the major part may plausibly be restored to read yrḥʿzr [''br z'']kr br šnb, 'Yerah-ʿazar [son of Za]kkur son of Shanib', thus giving the names of the son and grandson of Shanib (Sanibu)..
- Book: Barton, John . 2002 . The Biblical World . 1 . Routledge . 515 . 0-415-35090-5 . Sanipu reigned in the time of Tiglath-pileser III (722 BCE). A certain Yarih-azar is mentioned in a statue from the eighth century BCE. He is the son of Zakkur, the son of Sanipu, possibly the same Sanipu mentioned above. .
