Gindibu
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Gindibu | |
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Qedarite king | |
Reign | c. 850s BCE |
Predecessor | Unknown |
Successor | Unknown, eventually Zabibe |
Born | c. early 9th century BCE |
Religion | North Arabian polytheism |
Gindibu (
Reign
Background
Gindibu ruled over an Arab kingdom located in the northeastern parts of present-day Jordan, on the eastern borders of the Assyrian province of Haurina (Hauran) established by Tiglath-Pileser III in 732 BC.[1] The kingdom spanned the Azraq oasis and Wadi Sirhan, and was bordered by the powerful kingdoms of Aram-Damascus and Israel in the west, although Gindibu himself was independent of Damascene hegemony.[2]
Battle of Qarqar
Although Gindibu's kingdom was not on the Assyrian campaign routes and therefore was not in danger of being attacked by the Assyrians, the rise of
Aftermath
Shalmaneser III later campaigned to Damascus and Mount Ḥawrān in 841 BCE, but his inscriptions mentioned neither the Qedarite kingdom nor Gindibu himself or any successor of his. The Qedarites were not mentioned either in the list of rulers, including those of distant places such as Philistia, Edom, and Israel, who paid tribute to Adad-nirari III after the latter's defeat of Ben-Hadad III of Damascus in 796 BCE. This reason for absence the Assyrian records is that the kingdom of Gindibu was far from the campaign routes of the Assyrians during the later 9th century BCE.[2]
References
- ISBN 9781136872822.
- ^ a b c Ephʿal 1984, pp. 76–77.
Sources
- Ephʿal, Israel (1984). The Ancient Arabs: Nomads on the Borders of the Fertile Crescent, 9th-5th Centuries B.C. ISBN 978-0-685-74243-3.