Amminadab II of Ammon

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Amminadab II
King of Ammon
Reignc. 620s–600/590s BCE
PredecessorHissalel
SuccessorPossibly Baalis
Bornc. mid 7th BCE
IssueBaalis (uncertain)
FatherHissalel

Amminadab II ("my people are generous") was king of Ammon around 600 BCE. He was the son of King Hissalel of Ammon. 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 [I] king of the Ammonites."[1]

References

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