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.[1]
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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
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