Kaus-malaka

Ḳaus-malaka (Akkadian: 𒋡𒍑𒈠𒆷𒅗 Qauš-malaka; Edomite: 𐤒‬𐤅‬𐤎𐤌𐤋‬𐤊‬ Qāws-melek or Qāws-malāk) was the king of Udumi (Edom) during the reign of the Assyrian king Tiglath-Pileser III. His name references the deity Qaus and can be translated as "Qaus is king" (-melek) or "Qaus rules" (-malek).[1][2] He was an enemy of Ahaz of Judah, and ruled alongside other east-Palestinian client kings such as Salamanu of Moab and Sinipu of Bit-Ammon.[2] All of these rulers paid tribute to the Neo-Assyrian empire in 732 BC.[2]

References

  1. ^ Ian Young, Ian Mark Young (1989). Diversity in Pre-exilic Hebrew. Mohr Siebeck. p. 41. ISBN 3-16-146058-8.
  2. ^ a b c Ahlström, Gösta Werner; Rollefson, Gary Orin (1993). The History of Ancient Palestine from the Palaeolithic Period to Alexander's Conquest. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 631, 662–663.


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