Hezion may refer to two kings of
Aram Damascus
Aram-Damascus ( ) was an Aramean polity that existed from the late-12th century BCE until 732 BCE, and was centred around the city of Damascus in the Southern Levant. Alongside various tribal lands, it was bounded in its later years by the po ...
.
10th–9th century BCE
According to the genealogy given in the
Books of Kings
The Book of Kings (, ''Sefer (Hebrew), Sēfer Malik, Məlāḵīm'') is a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books (1–2 Kings) in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. It concludes the Deuteronomistic history, a history of ancient Is ...
(), Hezion was a king of
Aram Damascus
Aram-Damascus ( ) was an Aramean polity that existed from the late-12th century BCE until 732 BCE, and was centred around the city of Damascus in the Southern Levant. Alongside various tribal lands, it was bounded in its later years by the po ...
, where
Ben-Hadad I
Ben-Hadad I (), son of Tabrimmon and grandson of Hezion, was king of Aram-Damascus between 885 BCE and 865 BCE. Ben-Hadad I was reportedly a contemporary of kings Baasha of the Kingdom of Israel and Asa of the Kingdom of Judah.
According to ...
is said to be the "son of
Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Aram, who lived in Damascus." The passage in 1 Kings refers to King
Asa of Judah
Asa (; ; ; ) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the third king of the Kingdom of Judah and the fifth king of the Davidic line, House of David. Based on the Biblical chronology, Biblical scholars suggest that he reigned from the late 10th to earl ...
, who is dated by several scholars to not later than 866 BCE. In the 19th century many scholars equated him with
Rezon the Syrian
Rezon the Syrian, also named "Ezron", was an enemy of King Solomon mentioned in 1 Kings 11. Some 19th-century scholars considered Rezon to be the throne name of King Hezion. He is known only from the Hebrew Bible.
Biography
He was son of Eliad ...
, an enemy of
Solomon
Solomon (), also called Jedidiah, was the fourth monarch of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), Kingdom of Israel and Judah, according to the Hebrew Bible. The successor of his father David, he is described as having been the penultimate ...
.
8th century BCE
Hezion of Damascus was a king of Aram Damascus during the 8th century.
Shamshi-ilu
Shamshi-ilu (Šamši-ilu) was an influential court dignitary and commander in chief ( turtanu) of the Assyrian army who rose in high prominence.
He was active during the reigns of Assyrian kings Adad-nirari III (810–782 BC), Shalmaneser IV (782 ...
fought against Hezion of Damascus in 773-2 BCE and extracted tribute from him.
[''The Book of Amos in Emergent Judah '' p173 Jason Radine - 2010 "Samsi-ilu fought against Hezion of Damascus and apparently extracted tribute from him in 773/2, but Damascus appears to have remained independent. 10 This period, the middle two quarters of the eighth century, was proposed by Wolff as ..."]
See also
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Aramean kings
Aramean kings were Monarch, kings of the ancient Arameans, and rulers of various Aram (region), Aramean states that existed throughout the Levant and Mesopotamia during the 14th and 13th centuries BC, before being absorbed by various other empire ...
References
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9th-century BC Aramean kings
Kings of Aram-Damascus
8th-century BC Aramean kings
Monarchs in the Hebrew Bible
Books of Kings people
Aramean kings