9th-Century BC Rulers - 9th-Century BC Biblical Rulers, 9th-Century BC Female Rulers, Pharaohs of the Twenty-Second Dynasty of Egypt (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 42. Chapters: 9th-century BC Biblical rulers, 9th-century BC female rulers, Pharaohs of the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt, Pharaohs of the Twenty-third dynasty of Egypt, Dido, Ahab, Omri, Jehoshaphat, Jehu, Semiramis, Sheshonk I, Sheshonk II, Takelot III, Osorkon II, Athaliah, Osorkon III, Jehoash of Israel, Asa of Judah, Jehoram of Judah, Ahaziah of Judah, Jehoash of Judah, Tutkheperre Shoshenq, Rudamun, Ini, Sheshonk IV, Pami, Shammuramat, Harsiese A, Sheshonk III, Jehoram of Israel, Ahaziah of Israel, Baasha of Israel, Shoshenq V, Shoshenq VI, Zimri, Jehoahaz of Israel, Pedubast I, Arame of Urartu, King Elah, Menua, Ishpuini of Urartu, Sarduri I, Lutipri, Iuput I, Plaserion II, Pedubast II, Gaberiano. Excerpt: Kings of Ancient Israel Northern Kingdom of Israel Ahab or Ach'av or Achab in Douay-Rheims (Hebrew: , Modern A 'av Tiberian A; "Brother of the father"; Greek: Latin: Achab ) was king of Israel and the son and successor of Omri . Ahab became king of Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa, king of Judah, and reigned for twenty-two years. William F. Albright dated his reign to 869 850 BC, while E. R. Thiele offered the dates 874 853 BC. Family Ahab married Jezabel, the daughter of the King of Tyre and the alliance was doubtless the means of procuring political support.Ahab's reign Shalmaneser III 's (859-824 BC) Kurkh Monolith names King Ahab.(see List of artifacts significant to the Bible During Ahab's reign, Moab, which had been conquered by his father, remained tributary; Judah, with whose king, Jehoshaphat, he was allied by marriage, was probably his vassal; only with Aram Damascus is he believed to have had strained relations.Battle of Qarqar The Battle of Qarqar is one event mentioned by external sources and was perhaps at Apamea where Shalmaneser III of Assyria fought a great confederation of princes fro...