Old Testament people

Ebed-Melech is mentioned in the Book of Jeremiah as an official at the court of Zedekiah, king of Judah during the Siege of Jerusalem. The name is translated as Servant of the King, and as such may not be his proper name but a title. The text relates that he was a Nubian and a eunuch. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ebed-Melech"

This page lists the Kings of Assyria from earliest times. Synchronisms with absolute dates known from Babylonian chronology and the limmu lists, which give the names of eponymous officials for each year, provide good absolute dates for the years between 911 BC and 649 BC. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kings of Assyria"

The following is a list of the Kings of Babylon, a major city of ancient Mesopotamia, in modern Iraq. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of kings of Babylon"

The Sumerian king list is an ancient text in the Sumerian language listing kings of Sumer from Sumerian and foreign dynasties. The later Babylonian king list and Assyrian king list were similar. There are also slight similarities between the antediluvian portion of the list and the two sets of Genealogies of Adam in the Torah. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sumerian king list"

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