Abdi-Heba
Sign in to savethumb|300px|One of the Amarna letters. A letter from Abdi-Ḫeba of Jerusalem to the Egyptian Pharaoh Amenhotep III. 1st half of the 14th century BCE. From Tell el-Amarna, Egypt. Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin
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- Origin
- Correspondence with Egypt
- Letters (6) from Abdi-Ḫeba's to the King of Egypt
- Letters mentioning Abdi-Heba
- Gath
- References
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thumb|300px|One of the Amarna letters. A letter from Abdi-Ḫeba of Jerusalem to the Egyptian Pharaoh Amenhotep III. 1st half of the 14th century BCE. From Tell el-Amarna, Egypt. Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin
Abdi-Ḫeba (Abdi-Kheba, Abdi-Ḫepat, or Abdi-Ḫebat) was a local chieftain of Jerusalem during the Amarna period (mid-1330s BC). Egyptian documents have him deny he was a mayor (ḫazānu) and assert he is a soldier (''we'w''), the implication being he was the son of a local chief sent to Egypt to receive military training there.