Talking about foreign kings, we are referring to kings who are mentioned in the Bible but are not originally Israelites.
NAME | DOMINION | ETHNICITY | REFERENCE |
Pharaoh | Egypt | Egyptian | Ge 12:15 |
Amraphel | Shinar | Mesopotamian | Ge 14:1 |
Arioch | Ellasar | Mesopotamian | Ge 14:1 |
Chedorlaomer | Elam | Mesopotamian | Ge 14:1 |
Tidal | nations | Mesopotamian | Ge 14:1 |
Bera | Sodom | Canaanite | Ge 14:2 |
Birsha | Gomorrah | Canaanite | Ge 14:2 |
Shinab | Admah | Canaanite | Ge 14:2 |
Shemeber | Zeboiim | Canaanite | Ge 14:2 |
the king of Bela | Bela | Canaanite | Ge 14:2 |
Melchizedek | Salem | Canaanite | Ge 14:18 |
Abimelech I | Gerar | Philistine | Ge 20:2 |
Abimelech II | Gerar | Philistine | Ge 26:1 |
Bela | Edom | Edomite | Ge 36:31-32 |
Jobab | Edom | Edomite | Ge 36:33 |
Husham | Edom | Edomite | Ge 36:34 |
Hadad | Edom | Edomite | Ge 36:35 |
Samlah | Edom | Edomite | Ge 36:36 |
Saul of Rehoboth | Edom | Edomite | Ge 36:37 |
Baalhanan | Edom | Edomite | Ge 36:38 |
Hadar | Edom | Edomite | Ge 36:39 |
King of Egypt | Egypt | Egyptian | Ge 40:1 |
New King of Egypt | Egypt | Egyptian | Ex 1:8 |
King of Egypt | Egypt | Egyptian | Ex 5:4 |
King of Edom | Edom | Edomite | Nu 20:14 |
King Arad the | Southern Canaan | Canaanite | Nu 21:1 |
Sihon | Heshbon | Amorite | Nu 21:21 |
Og | Bashan | Amorite | Nu 21:33 |
Balak | Moab | Moabite | Nu 22:10 |
King of Jericho | Jericho | Canaanite | Jos 2:2 |
The king of Ai | Ai | Canaanite | Jos 8:1 |
Adonizedek | Jerusalem | Amorite | Jos 10:3 |
Hoham | Hebron | Amorite | Jos 10:3 |
Piram | Jarmuth | Amorite | Jos 10:3 |
Japhia | Lachish | Amorite | Jos 10:3 |
Debir | Eglon | Amorite | Jos 10:3 |
Horam | Gezer | Canaanite | Jos 10:33 |
Jabin | of Hazor | Canaanite | Jos 11:1 |
Jobab | of Madon | Canaanite | Jos 11:1 |
King of Shimron | Shimron | Canaanite | Jos 11:1 |
King of Achshaph | Achshaph | Canaanite | Jos 11:1 |
Chushanrishathaim | Mesopotamia | Mesopotamian | Jg 3:8 |
Eglon | Moab | Moabite | Jg 3:12 |
Jabin | Hazor | Canaanite | Jg 4:2 |
Abimelech, son of Gideon | Shechem | Israelite | Jg 9:6 |
Nahash | Ammon | Ammonite | 1Sa 12:12 |
Achish, or Abimelech | Gath | Philistine | 1Sa 21:10 Ps 34:1 |
Agag | Amalek | Amalekites | 1Sa 15:8 |
Achish, the son of Maoch | Gath | Philistine | 1Sa 21:10 1Sa 27:2 |
Talmai | Geshur | Geshurite | 2Sa 3:3 1Ch 3:2 2Sa 13:37 |
Hiram | Tyre | Canaanite | 2Sa 5:11 1Ki 5:1 |
Hadadezer / Hadarezer | Zobah | Syrian | 2Sa 8:3 1Ch 18:3 1Ch 18:5 |
Toi /Tou | Hamath | Syrian | 2Sa 8:9 1Ch 18:9 |
Hanun | Ammon | Ammonite | 2Sa 10:1 |
King Maacah | Part of Syria | Syrian | 2Sa 10:6 |
Araunah | Jebusite | 2Sa 24:23 | |
Achish son of Maachah | Gath | Philistine | 1Ki 2:39 |
Shishak | Egypt | Egyptian | 1Ki 11:40 2Ch 12:2 |
Benhadad I | Syria | Syrian | 1Ki 15:18 2Ch 16:2 1Ki 20:1 1Ki 20:20 |
Ethbaal | Zidon | Zidonians | 1Ki 16:31 |
Hazael | Syria | Syrian | 1Ki 19:15 |
Mesha | Moab | Moabite | 2Ki 3:4 |
Benhadad II | Syria | Syrian | 2Ki 6:24 |
Hazael | Syria | Syrian | 2Ki 8:28 |
Benhadad the son of Hazael | Syria | Syrian | 2Ki 13:3 |
Pul / Tiglathpileser | Assyria | Assyrian | 2Ki 15:19 2Ki 15:29 1Ch 5:26 |
Rezin | Syria | Syrian | 2Ki 15:37 |
Shalmaneser | Assyria | Assyrian | 2Ki 17:3 |
So | Egypt | Egyptian | 2Ki 17:4 |
Sennacherib | Assyria | Assyrian | 2Ki 18:13 2Ch 32:1 |
Tirhakah | Ethiopia | Ethiopian | 2Ki 19:9 Isa 37:9 |
Berodachbaladan / Merodachbaladan | Babylon | Babylonian | 2Ki 20:12 Isa 39:1 |
Pharaohnechoh / Nechoh | Egypt | Egyptian | 2Ki 23:29 2Ch 35:20 |
Nebuchadnezzar II | Babylon | Babylonian | 2Ki 24:1 2Ch 36:6 |
Evilmerodach | Babylon | Babylonian | 2Ki 25:27 Jer 52:31 |
Tilgathpilneser | Assyria | Assyrian | 1Ch 5:6 |
Huram | Tyre | Canaanite | 2Ch 2:3 |
Cyrus | Persia | Persian | 2Ch 36:22 |
Esarhaddon | Assur | Assyrian | Ezr 4:2 |
Darius | Persia | Medo-Persian | Ezr 4:5 Da 6:6 |
Artaxerxes | Persia | Persian | Ezr 4:7 |
King Ahasuerus | Persia | Persian | Es 1:2 |
King Lemuel | – | – | Pr 31:1 |
Baalis | Ammon | Ammonite | Jer 40:14 |
Pharaohhophra | Egypt | Egyptian | Jer 44:30 |
King Belshazzar | Babylon | Babylonian | Da 5:9 |
King Jareb – symbolically, the king of Assyria (Pul) | Assyria | Assyrian | Ho 5:13 |
Foreign Kings in the New Testament
NAME | DOMINION | ETHNICITY | REFERENCE |
Caesar Augustus | Roman Empire | Roman | Lu 2:1 |
Tiberius Caesar | Roman Empire | Roman | Lu 3:1 Joh 19:15 |
Claudius Caesar | Roman Empire | Roman | Ac 11:28 |
Nero Caesar | Roman Empire | Roman | Ac 25:10 Ac 25:11 |
King Herod the Great and his descendants were not Israelites. Yet the Romans appointed Herod as king of Judea and he ruled over Palestine. Therefore, he was a client king. After his death, his kingdom was divided among his sons. His sons and grandsons ruled in and around Palestine for some years.
NAME | DOMINION | ETHNICITY | REFERENCE |
Herod the Great | Palestine | Idumean | Mt 2:1 |
Herod Archelaus | Judea and Samaria | Idumean | Mt 2:22 |
Herod Philip the Tetrarch | The regions of Ituraea, Trachonitis, Lysanias, and Abilene | Idumean | Lu 3:1 Mt 14:3 |
Herod Antipas | Galilee and Perea | Idumean | Mr 6:14 |
Herod Agrippa II | Palestine | Idumean | Ac 25:13 |
Herod Agrippa I | Palestine | Idumean | Ac 12:1 Ac 12:20 |