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The names of the known kings of Ammon are (in chronological order) Nahash, Hanun, Shobi, Shanib, Zakur, Yariḥ-Ezer(?), Pudu-Ilu/Buduilu, ʿAmminadab I, Hissal-El, ʿAminadab II, Baalis/Baal-Yashaʿ.
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Ammonite royal names are attested in epigraphic and biblical sources (e.g., Nahash, Hanun, Shanip, Padoel, Amminadab, Hissalel, Baalis).
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343:Yariḥ-ʿezer
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885:Categories
637:2017-04-12
608:References
452:𐤄𐤑𐤋𐤀𐤋
431:𐤏𐤌𐤍𐤃𐤁
414:; c. 670s)
408:𐤁𐤓𐤊𐤀𐤋
339:Yəraḥʿāzār
323:Jeraheazar
101:hēgoúmenos
765:kr br šnb
574:Timótheos
550:טוֹבִיָּה
518:Baʿlyīšaʿ
497:בַּעֲלִיס
98:ἡγούμενος
40:Levantine
656:Barak-el
581:See also
571:Τιμόθεος
526:Baʿlīšāʿ
522:Baʿlyīšʿ
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506:Ammonite
468:Haṣilʾēl
464:Haṣalʾēl
460:Hiṣalʾēl
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448:Ammonite
442:Hissalel
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427:Ammonite
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403:Barachel
393:Pudu-ilu
386:Akkadian
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362:𐤐𐤃𐤀𐤋
358:Ammonite
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327:Ammonite
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309:Ammonite
292:Akkadian
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280:Ammonite
258:Akkadian
238:Akkadian
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48:Ammonite
42:kingdom
762:yrḥʿzr
644:Ba'alis
562:Timothy
555:Ṭōḇīyyā
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502:Baʿălīs
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382:Pədāʾēl
378:Pădāʾēl
374:Padōʾēl
370:Pədūʾēl
305:Zacchur
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648:Nahash
545:Hebrew
540:Tobiah
514:BʿLYŠʿ
492:Hebrew
487:Baalis
390:𒁍𒁺𒀭
353:Peduel
335:YRḤʿZR
313:𐤆𐤊𐤓
299:Šanipu
296:𒊭𒉌𒁍
284:𐤔𐤍𐤁
275:Shanip
262:𒁀𒀪𒊓
252:Baasha
245:Ruḫubi
242:𒊒𒄷𒁉
218:שֹׁבִי
213:Hebrew
195:חָנוּן
190:Hebrew
172:נָחָשׁ
167:Hebrew
162:Nahash
140:Gitʾal
130:Hebrew
126:Giteal
56:Hebrew
896:Ammon
836:This
804:(722
652:Hanun
597:Ammon
567:Greek
524:, or
456:HṢLʾL
435:ʿMNDB
412:BRKʾL
380:, or
265:Baʿša
233:Rehob
207:Shobi
200:Ḥānūn
184:Hanun
177:Nāḥāš
122:Getal
105:Bible
94:Greek
88:ʿeḇeḏ
82:עֶבֶד
44:Ammon
842:stub
790:ISBN
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713:ISBN
678:ISBN
366:PDʾL
223:Šōḇī
76:and
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758:šnb
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