Wars with Aram-Damascus

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Wars with Aram-Damascus were a series of military conflicts in the 9th century BCE between the northern Kingdom of Israel and the Aramean kingdom of Damascus, prominently involving King Ahab and shaping the regional balance of power in the Levant.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Israel–Aram conflicts 1
Wars with Aram-Damascus canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military conflict ⓘ
series of wars ⓘ
affected regional balance of power in the Levant ⓘ
conflictBetween Aramean kingdom of Damascus ⓘ
Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
describedIn 1 Kings ⓘ
2 Kings ⓘ
linked to: Book of 2 Kings
endTime 9th century BCE ⓘ
followedBy Assyrian expansion into the Levant ⓘ
hasBattle Battle of Aphek ⓘ
Battles at Ramoth-Gilead ⓘ
Siege of Samaria ⓘ
hasCause control of trade routes ⓘ
regional hegemony in the Levant ⓘ
territorial disputes ⓘ
hasLocation Aram ⓘ
linked to: Aram-naharaim

Damascus ⓘ
Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region

Northern Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
hasMainBelligerent Aramean kingdom of Damascus ⓘ
Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
hasOutcome facilitation of later Assyrian dominance ⓘ
fluctuating control over Gilead and Transjordan ⓘ
weakening of both Israel and Aram-Damascus ⓘ
hasParticipant Aram-Damascus ⓘ
linked to: Damascus

King Ahab ⓘ
Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
hasReligiousSource Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh
hasTheater Bashan ⓘ
Galilee ⓘ
Gilead ⓘ
Transjordan ⓘ
hasTypeOfWarfare chariot warfare ⓘ
siege warfare ⓘ
involvesRuler Ahab ⓘ
Ben-Hadad I ⓘ
linked to: Ben-hadad of Aram

Ben-Hadad II ⓘ
linked to: Ben-hadad of Aram

Hazael ⓘ
Jehoahaz ⓘ
linked to: Jehoahaz of Israel

Jehoash of Israel ⓘ
Jehu ⓘ
partOf Israel–Aram conflicts ⓘ
precededBy early Israelite–Aramean skirmishes ⓘ
primaryLanguageOfSources Hebrew ⓘ
relatedTo Assyrian conquest of Aram-Damascus ⓘ
Syro-Ephraimite War ⓘ
secondarySourcesLanguage Akkadian ⓘ
startTime 9th century BCE ⓘ
timePeriod Iron Age II ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

King Ahab → knownFor → Wars with Aram-Damascus ⓘ
Wars with Aram-Damascus → partOf → Israel–Aram conflicts ⓘ
linked to: Wars with Aram-Damascus