Zakir

king of Aramaea

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In Syrian and Palestinian religion: Institutions and practices
The Aramaean king Zakir records that he appealed to his god in desperation during a siege and that the god answered him through prophets with promises of deliverance—obviously fulfilled, since the king makes so much of this in his inscription. According to the Egyptian “Report of Wen-Amon,” a…
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