List of rulers of Ammon

The following is a list of rulers currently known from the history of the ancient Levantine kingdom Ammon. Ammon was originally ruled by a king, called the "king of the children of Ammon" (Ammonite: 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤁𐤍𐤏𐤌𐤍 maleḵ banīʿAmān; '). After the conquest of the Neo-Babylonian and Achaemenid Empires, Ammon was maintained by an administrator ( ', literally "servant"; hēgoúmenos, "leader"). Only a modest number of Ammonite kings are known today, mostly from the Bible and epigraphic inscriptions.

Rulers of Ammon

Kings of Ammon

• Getal or Giteal ( Gitʾal; early 11th century B.C.) Ammonite king unnamed in but identified by Pseudo-Philo in his Biblical Antiquities.

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• Nahash ( Nāḥāš; mid eleventh century B.C.)
• Hanun son of Nahash ( ḤānÅ«n; early tenth century B.C.)
• Shobi son of Nahash ( Šōḇī; early tenth century B.C.)

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• Rehob ( Ruḫubi; c. 850s B.C.)
• Baasha son of Rehob ( BaÊ¿Å¡a; 853 B.C.)

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• Shanip (Ammonite: Å NB; Å anipu; c. 734 B.C.)
• Zacchur son of Shanip (Ammonite: ZKR)
• Jeraheazar son of Zacchur (Ammonite: YRḤʿZR, variously interpreted as Yəraḥʿāzār or Yariḥ-Ê¿ezer)

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• Peduel (Ammonite: PDʾL, variously interpreted as Pədūʾēl, Padōʾēl, Pădāʾēl, or Pədāʾēl; Pudu-ilu; c. 720s B.C.)

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• Barachel ( BRKʾL; c. 670s)

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• Amminadab I (Ammonite: Ê¿MNDB; c. 650 B.C.)
• Hissalel son of Amminadab (Ammonite: Há¹¢LʾL, variously interpreted as Hiá¹£alʾēl ("Hissalel"), Haá¹£alʾēl ("Hassalel"), or Haá¹£ilʾēl ("Hasilel"); c. 620 B.C.)
• Amminadab II son of Hissalel (c. 600 B.C.)

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• Baalis ( BaʿălÄ«s; Ammonite: BÊ¿LYÅ Ê¿, variously interpreted as BaÊ¿lyÄ«Å¡aÊ¿, BaÊ¿lyÄ«Å¡Ê¿, or BaÊ¿līšāʿ; 580s B.C.)

Administrators of Ammon

• Tobiah ( Ṭōḇīyyā; fifth century B.C.)
• Timothy ( Timótheos; second century B.C.)

See also

• List of rulers of Moab
• List of rulers of Edom
• Ammon
• Lot (biblical person)

References