List of rulers of Ammon



The following is a list of rulers currently known from the history of the ancient Levantine kingdom Ammon. Ammon was originally ruled by a king, called the "king of the children of Ammon" (Ammonite: 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤁𐤍𐤏𐤌𐤍 maleḵ banīʿAmān; meleḵ bənē-ʿAmmōn). After the conquest of the Neo-Babylonian and Achaemenid Empires, Ammon was maintained by an administrator ( ʿeḇeḏ, literally "servant"; ἡγούμενος hēgoúmenos, "leader"). Only a modest number of Ammonite kings are known today, mostly from the Bible and epigraphic inscriptions.

Kings of Ammon

 * Getal or Giteal ( Gitʾal; early 11th century B.C.) Ammonite king unnamed in but identified by Pseudo-Philo in his Biblical Antiquities.


 * Nahash ( Nāḥāš; mid eleventh century B.C.)
 * Hanun son of Nahash ( Ḥānūn; early tenth century B.C.)
 * Shobi son of Nahash ( Šōḇī; early tenth century B.C.)


 * Rehob (𒊒𒄷𒁉 Ruḫubi; c. 850s B.C.)
 * Baasha son of Rehob (𒁀𒀪𒊓 Baʿša; 853 B.C.)


 * Shanip (Ammonite: ŠNB; 𒊭𒉌𒁍 Šanipu; c. 734 B.C.)
 * Zacchur son of Shanip  (Ammonite:  ZKR)
 * Jeraheazar son of Zacchur  (Ammonite:  YRḤʿZR, variously interpreted as Yəraḥʿāzār or Yariḥ-ʿezer)


 * Peduel (Ammonite: PDʾL, variously interpreted as Pədūʾēl, Padōʾēl, Pădāʾēl, or Pədāʾēl; 𒁍𒁺𒀭 Pudu-ilu; c. 720s B.C.)


 * Barachel ( BRKʾL; c. 670s)


 * Amminadab I (Ammonite: ʿMNDB; c. 650 B.C.)
 * Hissalel son of Amminadab (Ammonite: HṢLʾL, variously interpreted as Hiṣalʾēl ("Hissalel"), Haṣalʾēl ("Hassalel"), or Haṣilʾēl ("Hasilel"); c. 620 B.C.)
 * Amminadab II son of Hissalel (c. 600 B.C.)


 * Baalis ( Baʿălīs; Ammonite: BʿLYŠʿ, variously interpreted as  Baʿlyīšaʿ, Baʿlyīšʿ, or Baʿlīšāʿ; 580s B.C.)

Administrators of Ammon

 * Tobiah ( Ṭōḇīyyā; fifth century B.C.)
 * Timothy (Τιμόθεος Timótheos; second century B.C.)