List of Aramean kings

Aramean kings were kings of the ancient Arameans, and rulers of various Aramean states that existed throughout the Levant and Mesopotamia during the 14th and 13th centuries BC, before being absorbed by various other empires such as the Neo-Assyrian Empire, Neo-Babylonian Empire and the Achaemenid Empire.^[1]^[2]

Name	Reign	Notes
Hezion	ca. mid-10th century B.C.E.^[3]	According to the genealogy in 1 Kings 15:18, Hezion was a king of Aram-Damascus. Ben-Hadad I is described as “the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Aram, who lived in Damascus.”^[4]
Tabrimmon	ca. late 10th century B.C.E.^[5]
Ben-Hadad I	ca. early 9th century B.C.E.^[5]
Hadadezer (Ben-Hadad II)	ca. 865-844 B.C.E.^[6]
Hazael	ca. 844-805 B.C.E.^[7]
Ben-Hadad III	ca. 805-780 B.C.E.^[8]
Hadianu	ca. 780-754 B.C.E.^[9]
Rezin	ca. 754–732 B.C.E.^[10]

Name	Reign	Notes
Gusi	ca. 870^[11]	Dynasty founder^[11]
Hadram	ca. 860–830^[11]	son of Gusi (Arame)^[11]
Attar-šumki I	ca. 830–800 / 805–796	son of Hadram, synonym Bar-Guš^[12]
Bar-Hadad	ca. 800	son of Attar-šumki I, reign unclear^[13]^[14]
Attar-šumki II	1st half 8th century	son of Bar-Hadad
Mati-Ilu	mid 8th century	son of Attar-šumki II^[15]

Name	Reign	Notes
Gabbar	ca 920^[16]/ca. 900 – 880	Dynasty founder^[17]
Bamah	ca. 880–865	son of Gabbar^[18]
Hayya	ca. 865–840^[19]	son of Bamah^[18]
Ša-il	ca. 840–830	son of Hayya
Kilamuwa	ca. 830–820^{[citation needed]}	brother of Ša-il
Qarli	ca. 820–790	son of Ahabbu?, he unified Sam'al and Y'DY
Panamuwa I	ca. 790–750	son of Qarli, synonym Panammu^{[citation needed]}
Bar-Sur	ca. 750	son of Panamuwa I
Panamuwa II	ca. 743^[20]–727	son of Bar-Sur, synonym Panammu^{[citation needed]}
Bar-Rakib	727^[20]–713/711^{[citation needed]}	son of Panamuwa II

Name	Reign	Notes
Bahianu	-	Dynasty founder^[24]
Abisalmu	-	-
Kapara	950–875 BC^[25]	He built a monumental palace in Neo-Hittite style discovered by Max von Oppenheim in 1911, with a rich decoration of statues and relief orthostats^[25]

Name	Reign	Notes
T'oi	-	-
Hadoram	-	-
Paratas	-	-
Irhuleni	853 BC	He led a coalition against the Assyrian expansion under Shalmaneser III, alongside Hadadezer of Damascus.^[26]
Uratamis	-	-
Zakkur	-	-
Eni-Ilu	-	-
Yaub'di	-	-

Kings

Name	Reign	Notes
Ammi-Ba'al	900–879 BC	He was king of Bit-Zamani, or Northwest Mesopotamia known for his rivals against Tukulti-Ninurta II.^[28]^[29]
Bur-Ramman	879–866	Successor of Ammi-Ba'al
Ilan	879–866 BC	Successor and brother of Bur-Ramman

Name	Reign	Notes
Adin(i)	883–876 BC	He was the first king of Bit-Adini^[30]
Akhuni Bar-Adin	876–858 BC	Successor and descent of Adin and defeated by Ashurnasirpal II^[30]

Name	Reign	Notes
Odaenathus	260–267	Founder of the Palmyrene monarchy, dropped the King title and started using King of Kings by 263
Hairan I	263–267	Made co-King of Kings by his father.^[31]
Maeonius	267–267	No evidence exist for his reign,^[32] but he allegedly murdered Odaenathus and his son, Hairan and attempted a usurpation
Vaballathus	267–272	Dropped the "King of Kings" title in 270, replacing it with the Latin rex (king) and declared emperor in 271.^[33] Reigned under the regency of his mother, Zenobia.^[34]
Zenobia	267–272	Ruled as a regent for her children and did not claim to rule in her own right.^[34]
Septimius Antiochus	273–273	Possibly a son of Zenobia.