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Yarim-Lim II
Yarim-Lim II was a king of Yamhad, the Amorite kingdom centered on Aleppo in northern Syria, reigning from about 1720 to 1700 BC; his son Niqmepa succeeded him.
Yarim-Lim III
Yarim-Lim III was a king of Yamhad, the Amorite kingdom centered on Halab (modern Aleppo) in Syria, who took the throne after Irkabtum around 1645 BC, in the final generation before the Hittite conquest.
Yariri
Yariri, also Yariris, was a high-ranking non-royal dignitary, probably a eunuch, who governed the Neo-Hittite kingdom of Karkemish as regent for the child Kamani around 800 BC, and whose inscriptions claim twelve languages and four scripts.
Yaush
Yaush (Ya'ush) was a Judahite army commander stationed at Lachish in the late 7th century BCE, known only as the addressee of the Lachish letters.
Yauta (son of Hazael)
Yauta, also known as Iauta or Uaite', was a king of the Qedarites, an Arab tribal confederation, and son of Hazael, who rebelled against Assyria around 652 BC.
Yedaniah
Yedaniah, also spelled Jedaniah or Yedanyah, son of Gemariah, led the Judean garrison at Elephantine, Egypt, petitioning in 407 BC to rebuild its destroyed temple of YHW.
Yeho'ezer ben Hosh'ayahu seal
The Yeho'ezer ben Hosh'ayahu seal is a black stone stamp seal from Jerusalem's late First Temple period, bearing a paleo-Hebrew inscription and a winged genie.
Yehud coinage
Yehud coinage (Yehud coins) is the small silver coinage of the Persian province of Judah, struck from the mid-fourth century BCE, mostly bearing the Paleo-Hebrew legend YHD.
Yehud stamp impressions
Yehud stamp impressions, also called Yehud seals, are inscribed stamps on storage jars from the Persian province of Judah, used mainly to mark government wine and oil.
Yidya
Yidya was the Canaanite ruler of Ashkelon in the 14th century BC, known from his cuneiform letters to the Egyptian pharaoh in the Amarna archive.
Zabibe (queen of Qedar)
Zabibe, also rendered Zabibê, was the first "Queen of the Arabs" in the Assyrian record, listed as paying tribute to Tiglath-Pileser III about 738 BC.
Zakkur (king of Hamath)
Zakkur, also rendered Zakur, was an Aramean king of Hamath and Lu'ash in central Syria around 800 BCE, known from his basalt victory stele in the Louvre.
Zakkur Stele
The Zakkur Stele, also known as the Zakir Stele, is an Old Aramaic royal inscription of Zakkur, king of Hamath, found at Tell Afis, Syria, in 1903.
Zechariah (king of Israel)
Zechariah, son of Jeroboam II, was the fourteenth king of Israel and last ruler of Jehu's dynasty, assassinated by Shallum after a six-month reign in 753 BC.
Zechariah (prophet)
Zechariah, son of Berechiah, was a Judean prophet active in Persian-period Yehud under Darius I, whose dated oracles of 520 to 518 BC pressed for rebuilding the Jerusalem Temple alongside the prophet Haggai.
Zedekiah's revolt against Babylon
Zedekiah's revolt against Babylon, also called the Revolt of Zedekiah against Babylon, was Judah's rebellion under King Zedekiah against Nebuchadnezzar II, ending with Jerusalem's destruction in 587 or 586 BC.
Ziba (biblical figure)
Ziba (Hebrew: צִיבָא) is a servant of the house of Saul in 2 Samuel, appointed by David to manage Saul's estate, which he later gained by accusing his master Mephibosheth of treason.
Zibiah
Zibiah (Hebrew צִבְיָה, probably "gazelle") was a 9th-century BC Judahite royal woman from Beersheba, known from the Hebrew Bible as the mother of King Joash of Judah.
Zimredda of Lachish
Zimredda, also known as Zimredda (mayor of Lachish), was mayor of the Canaanite city of Lachish in the mid-14th century BC, known from the Amarna letters.
Zimredda of Sidon
Zimredda, also Zimrida, was king of Sidon in the mid-14th century BC, known from the Amarna letters as the bitter rival of Abimilki, king of Tyre.
Zimri (king of Israel)
Zimri was the fifth king of Israel, an officer who murdered King Elah at Tirzah, reigned seven days around 885 BC, and died in the burning citadel.
Zobah
Zobah, also called Aram-Zobah, was an Aramean kingdom of southern Syria, north of Damascus, which peaked under King Hadadezer and was defeated by King David of Israel in the 10th century BC.