Hazael of Aram-Damascus

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ancient Near Eastern ruler biblical figure human king

Hazael of Aram-Damascus was a powerful 9th-century BCE king of Aram (Syria) known from biblical and Assyrian sources for his aggressive military campaigns against Israel and neighboring kingdoms.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Hazael 2
Hazael of Damascus 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Near Eastern ruler ⓘ
biblical figure ⓘ
human ⓘ
king ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Hazael NERFINISHED ⓘ
approximateReignEnd c. 800 BCE ⓘ
approximateReignStart c. 843 BCE ⓘ
attestedBy Shalmaneser III inscriptions NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tel Dan Stele NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Damascus NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictWith Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of Judah NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryRuled Aram NERFINISHED ⓘ
Aram-Damascus NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture Aramean ⓘ
deathPlace Damascus (probable) NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedIn Assyrian royal inscriptions NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hebrew Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ
dynasty Aramean kings of Damascus ⓘ
expandedTerritoryInto Philistia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Transjordan NERFINISHED ⓘ
northern Israel ⓘ
knownFor aggressive military campaigns ⓘ
wars against Israel ⓘ
wars against Judah ⓘ
wars against Philistia ⓘ
wars against other Levantine kingdoms ⓘ
language Aramaic ⓘ
mentionedIn 1 Kings ⓘ
2 Kings ⓘ
Amos NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableBattle Battle against Shalmaneser III at Mount Senir (Saniru) NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor strengthening Aram-Damascus as a regional power ⓘ
positionHeld king of Aram-Damascus ⓘ
predecessor Ben-Hadad II NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Aramean religion ⓘ
roleInBible enemy of Israel ⓘ
instrument of divine judgment in prophetic texts ⓘ
sourceType Aramaic royal inscription ⓘ
Assyrian annals NERFINISHED ⓘ
biblical narrative ⓘ
successor Ben-Hadad III NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod 9th century BCE ⓘ
usurpedThroneFrom Ben-Hadad II NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jehoram of Israel → enemy → Hazael of Aram-Damascus ⓘ
Aram-Damascus kingdom → peakUnder → Hazael of Aram-Damascus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hazael
Shalmaneser III → recordedTributeFrom → Hazael of Aram-Damascus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hazael of Damascus
Aram-Damascus kingdom → ruler → Hazael of Aram-Damascus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hazael