Amminadab I of Ammon

Amminadab I
King of Ammon
Reignc. 650s–640s BCE
PredecessorUnknown
SuccessorHissalel
Bornc. early 7th BCE
IssueHissalel

Amminadab I (Ammonite: π€π€Œπ€π€ƒπ€ *ΚΏamΔ«nādāb; Akkadian: π’„ π’ˆͺπ’ˆΎπ’€œπ’‰ am-mi-na-ad-bi; "my people are generous") was king of Ammon c. 650 BCE. He is mentioned in Assyrian inscriptions from the reign of Assurbanipal. He was one of the rebellious client kings punished by Assurbanipal during the latter's Arabian campaign. He is mentioned on an inscription on a bottle unearthed at Tel Siran in Jordan, which inscription reads: 'mndb mlk bn'mn (Ammonite: π€π€Œπ€π€ƒπ€ π€Œπ€‹π€Š 𐀁𐀍𐀏𐀌𐀍) / bn hsl'l mlk bn'mn (Ammonite: 𐀁𐀍 𐀄𐀔𐀋𐀀𐀋 𐀁𐀍𐀏𐀌𐀍) / bn'mndb mlk bn'mn (Ammonite: π€π€π€π€Œπ€π€ƒπ€ π€Œπ€‹π€Š 𐀁𐀍𐀏𐀌𐀍) "Amminadab [II] king of the Ammonites son of Hassal'il king of the Ammonites son of Amminadab king of the Ammonites [I]."[1]

  1. ^ Robert Deutsch, A Royal Ammonite Seal Impression Archived 2017-04-12 at the Wayback Machine.