Wars with Aram-Damascus

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Wars with Aram-Damascus were a series of military conflicts in the 9th century BCE between the northern Kingdom of Israel and the Aramean kingdom of Damascus, prominently involving King Ahab and shaping the regional balance of power in the Levant.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military conflict
series of wars
affected regional balance of power in the Levant
conflictBetween Aramean kingdom of Damascus NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Israel NERFINISHED
describedIn 1 Kings NERFINISHED
2 Kings NERFINISHED
endTime 9th century BCE
followedBy Assyrian expansion into the Levant
hasBattle Battle of Aphek NERFINISHED
Battles at Ramoth-Gilead NERFINISHED
Siege of Samaria NERFINISHED
hasCause control of trade routes
regional hegemony in the Levant
territorial disputes
hasLocation Aram NERFINISHED
Damascus NERFINISHED
Levant NERFINISHED
Northern Kingdom of Israel NERFINISHED
hasMainBelligerent Aramean kingdom of Damascus NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Israel NERFINISHED
hasOutcome facilitation of later Assyrian dominance
fluctuating control over Gilead and Transjordan
weakening of both Israel and Aram-Damascus
hasParticipant Aram-Damascus NERFINISHED
King Ahab NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Israel NERFINISHED
hasReligiousSource Hebrew Bible NERFINISHED
hasTheater Bashan NERFINISHED
Galilee NERFINISHED
Gilead NERFINISHED
Transjordan NERFINISHED
hasTypeOfWarfare chariot warfare
siege warfare
involvesRuler Ahab NERFINISHED
Ben-Hadad I NERFINISHED
Ben-Hadad II NERFINISHED
Hazael NERFINISHED
Jehoahaz NERFINISHED
Jehoash of Israel NERFINISHED
Jehu NERFINISHED
partOf Israel–Aram conflicts NERFINISHED
precededBy early Israelite–Aramean skirmishes
primaryLanguageOfSources Hebrew
relatedTo Assyrian conquest of Aram-Damascus NERFINISHED
Syro-Ephraimite War NERFINISHED
secondarySourcesLanguage Akkadian
startTime 9th century BCE
timePeriod Iron Age II

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King Ahab knownFor Wars with Aram-Damascus