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Ahab in Wikipedia

Ahab or Ach'av or Achab in Douay-Rheims (Hebrew: אַחְאָב, Modern Aẖ'av Tiberian ʼAḥʼāḇ ; "Brother of the father"; Greek: Αχααβ; Latin: Achab) was king of Israel and the son and successor of Omri.[1] Ahab became king of Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa, king of Judah, and reigned for twenty-two years.[2] William F. Albright dated his reign t...

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Ahiḳar in JewishEncyclopedia.com

Chancellor of Sennacherib. AḥiḲar was the wise and powerful chancellor of the Assyrian king Sennacherib, son of Esar-haddon (in II Kings, xix. 37 Esar-haddon is the son, and not the father, of Sennacherib; but compare, for a similar anachronism, Sanh. 94a: indeed the later Jewish legend did not always adhere strictly to Biblical accounts). He was...

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Abisare in Wikipedia

Abisare ruled the ancient Near East city-state of Larsa from 1841 BC to 1830 BC. He was an Amorite.[1][2][3] The annals of his 11 year-old reign record that he smote Isin in his 9th regnal year....

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Ahaz in Wikipedia

Ahaz (Hebrew: אָחָז, Modern Aẖaz Tiberian ʼĀḥāz ; "has held"; Greek: Ἄχαζ Akhaz; Latin: Achaz; an abbreviation of Jehoahaz, "Yahweh has held") was king of Judah, and the son and successor of Jotham[1]. He is one of the kings mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew. Ahaz was twenty when he became king of Judah and reigned for s...

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The Story of Ahikar (Haiqar) on pseudepigrapha.com

WE HAVE in The Story of Ahikar (Haiqar) one of the most ancient sources of human thought and wisdom. Its influence can be traced through the legends of many people, including the Koran, and the Old and New Testaments. Amosaic found in Treves, Germany, pictured among the wise men of the world the character of Ahikar. Here is his colorful tale. The ...

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Ahaziah in Wikipedia

Ahaziah (Hebrew: אֲחַזְיָהוּ‎, "held by Jehovah"; Douay-Rheims: Ochozias) was the name of two kings: * Ahaziah of Israel * Ahaziah of Judah...

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Akizzi in Wikipedia

Prince Akizzi was the ruler of Qatna in the fourteenth century BC. Prince Akizzi authored three of the Amarna letters correspondence....

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Achaemenes in Wikipedia

Achaemenēs (English pronunciation: /əˈkɛməniːz/, from Ancient Greek: Ἀχαιμένης, Old Persian: 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁 Haxāmaniš[1][2]) was the eponymous ancestor of the Achaemenid Dynasty, who ruled Persia between 705 BC[3][4] and 675 BC.[4] The name is a bahuvrihi compound literally translating to "having a ...

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Adbi-Heba in Wikipedia

Abdi-Heba (Abdi-Kheba, Abdi-Hepat, or Abdi-Hebat) was king of Jerusalem (called Urusalim at that time) during the Amarna period (mid-1330s BC). Abdi-Heba's name can be translated as "servant of Hebat", a Hurrian goddess. Some scholars believe the correct reading is Ebed-Nob. Whether Abdi-Heba was himself of Hurrian descent is unknown, as is the rel...

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Adad-Nirari I in Wikipedia

Adad-nirari I (1307 BCE – 1275 BCE or 1295 BCE - 1263 BCE) was a king of Assyria. He is the earliest Assyrian king whose annals survive in any detail. Adad-nirari I was a king of substantial military consequence in the development of the Assyrian kingdom. In his reign, Assyria began to play a large role in the history of Mesopotamia. He conquered...

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