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Hazael (/ ˈ h eɪ z i əl /; Biblical Hebrew: חֲזָאֵל or חֲזָהאֵל, romanized: Ḥăzāʾēl [1]) was a king of Aram-Damascus mentioned in the Bible. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Under his reign, Aram-Damascus became an empire that ruled over large parts of contemporary Syria and Israel-Samaria . [ 4 ]
Hazael: King of Aram Damascus c. 842 – c. 800: Shalmaneser III of Assyria records that he defeated Hazael in battle and captured many chariots and horses from him. [32] The majority of scholars think that Hazael was the author of the Tel Dan Stele. [33] 1 Kgs. 19:15, 2 Kgs. 8:8, 2 Kings 12:18, Am. 1:4: Hezekiah: King of Judah c. 715 – c. 686
In the second half of the 9th century BCE (the most widely accepted date for the stele), the kingdom of Aram-Damascus, under its ruler Hazael, was a major power in the Levant. Dan, just 70 miles from Hazael's capital of Damascus, would almost certainly have come under its sway.
The horse frontlet in North Room 3 at the Archaeological Museum of Samos. It was found in 1984 at the Heraion of Samos.It is 27.3 centimetres (10.7 in) long. [2]On its left side, starting from the top, it has a single line of inscription, which can be read horizontally (from the right to the left) when the artefact is rotated by approximately 120 degrees clockwise.
The main excavations at Tel Yokneam took place as part of the "Yoqne'am Regional Project", conducted by the Institute of Archaeology of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in collaboration with the Israel Exploration Society. 1977 Season: Headed by Amnon Ben-Tor (biblical period) and Renate Rosenthal (classical and later periods). Six areas ...
In the 9th century BCE, Hazael fought against the Assyrians, had some influence over the northern Syrian state of Unqi, and conquered Israel. [4] [5] To the southwest, Aram-Damascus reached most of the Golan to the Sea of Galilee. [6] In the 8th century BCE, Rezin had been a tributary of Tiglath-Pileser III, a king of Assyria. [7]
The Hebrew Bible records that Hazael devastated cities in the Shephelah during the ninth century BCE, including the Philistine city of Gath. [ 3 ] [ non-primary source needed ] The similar siege and destruction in 9th century BCE of Tell es-Safi , a nearby site usually identified as Gath, has been cited by archaeologists as possible evidence of ...
Tel Megiddo (from Hebrew: תל מגידו) is the site of the ancient city of Megiddo (/ m ə ˈ ɡ ɪ d oʊ /; Greek: Μεγιδδώ), the remains of which form a tell or archaeological mound, situated in northern Israel at the western edge of the Jezreel Valley about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of Haifa near the depopulated Palestinian town of Lajjun and subsequently Kibbutz Megiddo.