List of kings of Tyre

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The traditional king-list of Tyre, the ancient Phoenician city in what is now Lebanon, is derived from Josephus, Against Apion i. 18, 21, and his Jewish Antiquities viii. 5.3; 13.2. His list was based on a lost history of Menander of Ephesus, who had drawn his information, Josephus asserts, from the chronicles of Tyre itself.

Kings of Tyre, 990 - 532 BC

• Abibaal 990 - 978 BC
• Hiram I 978 - 944 BC
• Baal-Eser I (Balbazer I) 944 - 927 BC
• Abdastratus 927 - 918 BC
• Methusastartus 918 - 906 BC
• Astarymus 906 - 897 BC
• Phelles 897 - 896 BC
• Eshbaal I 896 - 863 BC — 887 - 856 BC
• Baal-Eser II (Balbazer II) 863 - 829 BC — Baalmazzar, 849 - 830 BCE
• Mattan I 829 - 820 BC
• Pygmalion 820 - 774 BC
• Eshbaal II 750 - 739 BC
• Hiram II 739 - 730 BC
• Mattan II 730 - 729 BC
• Elulaios 729 - 694 BC
• Abd Melqart 694 - 680 BC
• Baal I 680 - 660 BC
• Tyre may have been Under control of Assyria and/or Egypt for 70 years
• Eshbaal III 591 - 573 BC — Carthage became independent of Tyre in 574 BCE

Under control of Babylon 573 - 539 BC

• Baal II 573 - 564 BC
• Yakinbaal 564 BC
• Chelbes 564 - 563 BC
• Abbar 563 - 562 BC
• Mattan III and Ger Ashthari 562 - 556 BC
• Baal-Eser III 556 - 555 BC
• Mahar-Baal 555 - 551 BC
• Hiram III 551 - 532 BC

Under Persian control 539 - 411 BC

• Mattan III
• Boulomenus
• Abdemon c.420 - 411 BC

Under control of Cypriot Salamis 411 - 374 BC

Under Persian control 374 - 332 BC

• Eugoras
• Azimilik Strato c.340 - 332 BC - king during the siege by Alexander the Great

Under Macedonian control 332 - 301 BC

• Abdalonymus 332 BC - ?
• Alexander the Great 329 BC - 329 BC (LATE)

Under Egyptian control 301 - 198 BC

Under Seleucid control 198 - 68 BC

Notes

External links

• Phoenician Chronology
• List of kings of Tyre
• Rulers of Tyre

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