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List of Aramean kings. Aramean kings were kings of the ancient Arameans, and rulers of various Aramean states that existed throughout the Levant and Mesopotamia during the 14th and 13th centuries BC, before being absorbed by various other empires such as the Neo-Assyrian Empire, Neo-Babylonian Empire and the Achaemenid Empire. [1] [2] Kings.
Kings. Hezion, ca. 960 BCE. Tabrimmon, ca. 930 BCE, son of Hezion. Ben-Hadad I, 885–865 BCE. Ben-Hadad II, 865–842 BCE. Hazael, 842–805/796 BCE, usurper. Ben-Hadad III, 796–792 BCE, son of Hazael. Rezin, 754 BCE–732 BCE. See also. Aram (region), a historical region in the Levant mentioned in the Bible.
List of Syrian monarchs. The title King of Syria appeared in the second century BC in referring to the Seleucid kings who ruled the entirety of the region of Syria. It was also used to refer to Aramean kings in the Greek translations of the Old Testament, mainly indicating the kings of Aram-Damascus.
PortraitMonarch (and Lifespan)ReignAntiochus III the Great (c. 241–187 ...200–187 BCLaodice III (200–187 BC) Euboea (191–187 ...Seleucus IV Philopator (c. 218–175 BC)187–175 BCLaodice IV (187–175 BC)Antiochus (c. 180–170 BC)175–170 BCUnmarriedAntiochus IV Epiphanes (c. 215–164 BC)175–164 BCLaodice IV (c. 175–c. 164 BC)Aram ben Shem. Son of Shem. Existence unproven and dating improbable. c.2500 BC. Uz ben Aram. Son. Existence unproven and dating improbable. Uz is claimed as the first-born son of Aram, who himself is the son of Shem in the genealogy of nations descended from Noah, ancestor of the Israelites.
views updated. ARAM-DAMASCUS (Heb. אֲרָם דַּמֶּשֶׂק; rsv, Syria of Damascus), the principal Aramean state during the ninth and eighth centuries b.c.e., centered in Damascus, its capital. As such, it is also referred to as "*Damascus" or simply "*Aram" in the Bible, in Assyrian sources, and in the Aramaic Zakkur inscription (c. 900 b.c.e.).
Religion. Encyclopedias almanacs transcripts and maps. Ben-Hadad. views 3,688,593 updated. BEN-HADAD (Heb. בֶּן הֲדַד; "Son of [the god] Hadad"), the name of two, or perhaps three, kings of *Aram-Damascus (see *Damascus ), as Hebraized in the Bible.
Aramean kings were kings of the ancient Arameans, and rulers of various Aramean states that existed throughout the Levant and Mesopotamia during the 14th and 13th centuries BC, before being absorbed by various other empires such as the Neo-Assyrian Empire, Neo-Babylonian Empire and the Achaemenid Empire.
