This article concerns the period 889 BC – 880 BC.
Events and trends
* 887 BC—
Soshenq II succeeds
Osorkon I as king of
Egypt.
*885 BC—
Takelot I succeeds Soshenq II as king of Egypt.
*885 BC—
King Yi of Zhou, son of King Yih, is restored to the throne.
*885 BC—
Zimri king of
Israel assasinates
Elah and rules for 7 days. After suiciding, The people picks
Omri as their king while others pick
Tibni
Tibni ( he, תִּבְנִי ''Tīḇnī'') was a claimant to the throne of Israel and the son of Ginath. Albright has dated his reign to 876–871 BC, while Thiele offers the dates 885–880 BC.
Ancestry
Tomoo Ishida instead suggested that the ...
.
* 883 BC—
Ashurnasirpal II
Ashur-nasir-pal II (transliteration: ''Aššur-nāṣir-apli'', meaning " Ashur is guardian of the heir") was king of Assyria from 883 to 859 BC.
Ashurnasirpal II succeeded his father, Tukulti-Ninurta II, in 883 BC. During his reign he embarked ...
succeeds his father
Tukulti-Ninurta II as king of
Assyria.
* 881 BC—
Tibni
Tibni ( he, תִּבְנִי ''Tīḇnī'') was a claimant to the throne of Israel and the son of Ginath. Albright has dated his reign to 876–871 BC, while Thiele offers the dates 885–880 BC.
Ancestry
Tomoo Ishida instead suggested that the ...
the son of Ginath dies and
Omri succeeds him.
* 880 BC—Ashurnasirpal moves the Assyrian royal capital to
Kalhu (modern
Nimrud,
Iraq). Human-headed winged lion (
lamassu) gateway supports from the palace date from this period to
859 BC
This article concerns the period 859 BC – 850 BC.
Events and trends
*859 BC—Assurnasirpal II dies.
*859 BC— Shalmaneser attacks Syria and Israel.
*858 BC—Aramu becomes king of Urartu.
*858 BC—Shalmaneser III succeeds Assurnasirpal II as ...
.
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Significant people
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Shalmaneser III, king of
Assyria, is born (approximate date).
*
Ahaziah Ahaziah ( he, אֲחַזְיָהוּ, "held by Yah(-weh)"; Douay–Rheims: Ochozias) was the name of two kings mentioned in the Hebrew Bible:
*Ahaziah of Israel
*Ahaziah of Judah Ahaziah ( he, אֲחַזְיָהוּ, "held by Yah(-weh)"; Douay– ...
, king of
Israel, is born (approximate date).
*
Jehoram Jehoram (meaning "Jehovah is exalted" in Biblical Hebrew) was the name of several individuals in the Tanakh. The female version of this name is Athaliah.
*The son of Toi, King of Hamath who was sent by his father to congratulate David on the occas ...
, king of
Judah, is born (approximate date).
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