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King of Aram (Damascus); allied with Asa of Judah against Baasha of Israel. Distinct from Ben-hadad II of Ahab's day.
King of Aram (Damascus) in the days of Ahab and Joram; besieged Samaria, defeated by Ahab at Aphek; later murdered by Hazael at Elisha's word.
Son of Hazael; lost his father's conquests as Jehoash of Israel recovered Israelite cities. Distinct from the earlier Ben-hadads.
Son of Sennacherib; king of Assyria 681–669 BC. Murdered Manasseh's wife or kin per some readings of 2 Chronicles 33; resettled foreigners in Samaria.
Officer of Ben-hadad II; anointed by Elisha to be king of Aram. Murdered Ben-hadad with a wet cloth and reigned in his place; oppressed Israel and Judah severely. The Tel Dan inscription likely commemorates his victories.
Berodach-baladan
Son of Baladan, king of Babylon. Sent envoys to Hezekiah after his recovery, occasioning Isaiah's prophecy of the Babylonian exile.
Necho II
Pharaoh of Egypt who killed Josiah at Megiddo; deposed Jehoahaz and made Eliakim king as Jehoiakim; defeated by Nebuchadnezzar at Carchemish.
Last king of Aram-Damascus; allied with Pekah of Israel against Ahaz of Judah in the Syro-Ephraimite war. Killed when Tilgath-pilneser sacked Damascus in 732 BC.
King of Assyria 722–705 BC; mentioned by name only in Isaiah 20:1, where he is credited with the capture of Ashdod. Likely also the king who completed the deportation of the northern kingdom (2 Kings 17).
King of Assyria 705–681 BC; invaded Judah in Hezekiah's fourteenth year (701 BC). Took the fortified cities of Judah but lost 185,000 men outside Jerusalem when the angel of Yahweh struck his camp. Murdered by his own sons in the temple of Nisroch.
King of Assyria 727–722 BC; besieged Samaria for three years. Distinct from Shalmaneser III, mentioned only by Assyrian inscriptions.
Egyptian ruler to whom Hoshea of Israel sent envoys, prompting the Assyrian invasion. Likely Osorkon IV or a Saite ruler; identification is debated.
Pul
King of Assyria; received tribute from Menahem of Israel; deported Israelites from Naphtali, Zebulun, and Transjordan; carried out the policy of mass deportation.
Tiglath-pileser · Pul
King of Assyria 745–727 BC; received tribute from Menahem (called Pul); deported Reubenites, Gadites, and half-Manasseh; replaced Pekah with Hoshea on the throne of Israel.
Curation status: Primeval (Genesis 1–11), patriarchs (Genesis 12–50), Exodus/Numbers, Joshua/Judges/Ruth, the united and divided monarchies (Saul, David, all kings of Judah and Israel), the writing prophets, post-exilic figures (Zerubbabel, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther), the Holy Family, John the Baptist, the Twelve, and the early apostolic generation are all in. 2,781figures curated so far. The remaining named biblical figures (priestly genealogies in 1 Chronicles, the post-exile lists in Ezra/Nehemiah, the obscure persons in Acts and the epistles) are pending. Every claim is rigorously sourced; gaps mean “not yet curated”, not “not in scripture”.