George Smith

male, deceased (1876)
George Smith (Chelsea, London March 26, 1840 - August 19, 1876), was a pioneering English Assyriologist who first discovered and translated the...
Taharqa

Taharqa

male
Taharqa (also spelled Tirhakah, Tirhaqah, Taharka, Manetho's Tarakos) was king of Egypt, and a member of the Nubian or Twenty-fifth dynasty of...
Hezekiah

Hezekiah

male
Hezekiah was the 13th king of independent Judah and the son of King Ahaz and Abijah (2 Chronicles 29:1), who was a daughter of a man (who was not...

Shalmaneser I

male
Shalmaneser I, king of Assyria. (1274 BC – 1245 BC or 1263 BC - 1233 BC) Son of Adad-nirari I, he succeeded his father as King in 1263 BC. He ca...
Shalmaneser II

Shalmaneser II

male
Shalmaneser II was King of Assyria from 1031 BC to 1019 BC. He succeeded his father, Ashurnasirpal I and was succeeded by his son, Ashur-nirari IV,...
Tukulti-Ninurta I

Tukulti-Ninurta I

male
Tukulti-Ninurta I was a king of Assyria. (reigned 1243 BC – 1207 BC) He succeeded Shalmaneser I, his father, as king. Tukulti-Ninurta I defeated Ka...
Ahab

Ahab

male
Ahab or Ach'av was king of Israel and the son and successor of Omri ("1 Kings" 16:29-34). William F. Albright dated his reign to 869 BC-850 BC,...

Ashur

male
Ashur (Akkadian:), was the second son of Shem, the son of Noah. Ashur's brothers were Elam, Aram, Arpachshad and Lud. The Hebrew text of Gen. 10:11...
Shamash-Shum-Ukin

Shamash-Shum-Ukin

male
Shamash-shum-ukin was king of Babylon from 668-648 BC. He was the second son of the Assyrian King Esarhaddon. His elder brother, crown prince...
Shalmaneser IV

Shalmaneser IV

male
Shalmaneser IV was king of Assyria (783 - 773 BC). He succeeded his father Adad-nirari III, and was succeeded by his brother Ashur-dan III. Very...