Pharaohs in the Bible

Pharaoh of Egypt

2nd Egyptian pharaoh of the 26th dynasty

Taharqa, also spelled Taharka or Taharqo, ; ; Manetho's , ; Strabo's , ), was a pharaoh of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt and qore (king) of the Kingdom of Kush (present day Sudan) from 690 to 664 BC. He was one of the Black Pharaohs – also called Nubian or Kushite Pharaohs – who ruled over Egypt for nearly a century.

Apries () is the name by which Herodotus and Diodorus designate Wahibre Haaibre, a pharaoh of Egypt (), the fourth king (counting from Psamtik I) of the Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt. He was equated with the Ouaphris () of Manetho, who correctly records that he reigned for 19 years. Apries is also called Hophra in Jeremiah 44:30 (; ).

Egyptian pharaoh

pharaohs mentioned in the Bible

thumb|267x267px|The Bubastite Portal at [[Karnak, depicting a list of city states conquered by Shoshenq I in his Near Eastern military campaigns. Jerusalem does not occur in the list.]] Shishak, also spelled Shishaq or Susac (, Tiberian: , ), was, according to the Hebrew Bible, a pharaoh of Egypt who sacked Jerusalem in the 10th century BC. He is usually identified with the pharaoh Shoshenq I.

character in the story of Moses

figure in the Hebrew Bible who is described as marrying Solomon to cement a political alliance between the United Monarchy of Israel and Egypt (First Book of Kings)