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Ishbi-Erra in Wilipedia

Ishbi-Erra was the first king in the Dynasty of Isin. When the Third Dynasty of Ur collapsed during the reign of Ibbi-Sin, and the former empire was overrun by invaders from Elam and elsewhere, Ishbi-Erra, who had until then served as governor of Isin, set-up an independent kingdom. This kingdom eventually reconquered much of the former heartland o...

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Jehu in Wikipedia

Jehu (Hebrew: יֵהוּא, Modern Yehu Tiberian Yēhû ; "Yahweh is He") was a king of Israel. He was the son of Jehoshaphat,[1] and grandson of Nimshi. William F. Albright has dated his reign to 842-815 BC, while E. R. Thiele offers the dates 841-814 BC.[2] The principal source for the events of his reign comes from 2 Kings 9-10. Proclamation as king T...

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Herodotus in Wikipedia

Herodotus (Greek: Ἡρόδοτος Hēródotos) was an ancient Greek historian who lived in the 5th century BC (c. 484 BC – c. 425 BC). He was born in Caria, Halicarnassus (modern day Bodrum, Turkey). He is regarded as the "Father of History" in Western culture. He was the first historian known to collect his materials systematically, test their accuracy to ...

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Ishme-Dagan (Of Isin) in Wikipedia

Ishme-Dagan was the fourth king in the First Dynasty of Isin, according to the Sumerian king list. He was the son of Iddin-Dagan and ruled ca. 1889–1871 BC (short). He was succeeded by Lipit-Eshtar....

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Jeremiah in wikipedia

Jeremiah (Hebrew：יִרְמְיָה, Yirmĭyahu, meaning "Yahweh exalts",[1] in English pronounced /dʒɛrɨˈmaɪ.ə/[2]) was one of the prophets of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament). His writings are put together in the Book of Jeremiah and traditionally, authorship of the Book of Lamentations is ascribed to him.[3] God appointed Jeremiah to confront Judah and Je...

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Hezekiah in Wikipedia

Hezekiah is the common transliteration of a name more properly transliterated as "Ḥizkiyyahu" or "Ḥizkiyyah." (Hebrew: חִזְקִיָּ֫הוּ, חִזְקִיָּ֫ה, יְחִזְקִיָּ֫הוּ, Modern H̱izkiyyahu, H̱izkiyyah, Yeẖizkiyyahu Tiberian Ḥizqiyyā́hû, Yəḥizqiyyā́hû; Greek: Ἐζεκίας, Ezekias, in the Septuagint; Latin: Ezechias) was the son of Ahaz and the 14th king of Ju...

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Kandalanu in Wikipedia

Kandalanu, king of Babylonia, from 648 BC to 627 BC. Territory Kandalanu was king over Babylonia, with exception of the city Nippur. His reign began in 648 B.C. when he was appointed by his overlord King Ashurbanipal of Assyria after the latter had crushed the Babylonian rebellion by Kandalanu’s predecessor, Shamash-shum-ukin. Identity Because our...

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Ibbit-Lim in Wikipedia

The king Ibbit-Lim (ca 2000 B.C.) of Ebla in Syria is represented in a fragmentary basalt bust found in 1968 now at the Museum in Aleppo, where most of the findings from Ebla are kept. Some are in the local museum of the department (mouhafazat) of Idlib, where the archaeological site of Ebla lies beneath Tel Mardikh. The votive statue bears a cunei...

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Kashtiliash Iv in wikipedia

Kashtiliash IV was a Kassite king of Babylon ca. 1232 BC – 1225 BC (short chronology). Kashtiliashu IV waged war on two fronts at the same time -against both Elam and Assyria - ending in the catastrophic invasion of his homeland. He was ultimately defeated by Tukulti-Ninurta I, king of Assyria, who asserted a short-lived Assyrian rule over Babyloni...

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Ibiranu in Wikipedia

Ibiranu was a ruler and king of the Ancient Syrian city of Ugarit from 1230 - 1210 BC....

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