Zakkur Stele Mentioning “Bar-Hadad Son of Hazael”
Zakkur Stele Mentioning “Bar-Hadad Son of Hazael” Zakkur ruled Hamath in the late ninth century B.C., sometime after Irhuleni, who joined Ahab of Israel in his 853 B.C. coalition against Shalmaneser III. Zakkur inscribed a stele, found at Tell Afis, Syria (near Aleppo), that tells his version of his conflict with “Bar-Hadad son of Hazael, king of Aram,” and Bar-Hadad’s anti-Assyrian coalition, over Zakkur’s annexation of Hadrach (Zech 9:1). By the time the stele was sculpted, around 800 B.C., Zakkur had apparently become an Assyrian vassal, so Bar-Hadad and allies resisted this annexation strenuously. 1 Kgs 19:15 , 17 , 2 Kgs 8:8–29 , 2 Kgs 9:14–15 , 2 Kgs 10:32 , 2 Kgs 12:17–18 , 2 Kgs 13:3 , 22–25 , Amos 1:4 , Zech 9:1 Image by user Rama, from Wikimedia Commons. License: CC BY-SA 2.0 France