ancient egyptian late intermediate period traditionally considered king 22nd dynasty facto little ruler generally universally identified king mentioned sources biblical king egypt books kings ruled chaotic politically fragmented periods ancient egypt small kingdoms heir rulers inherited easternmost parts kingdoms involved political military soon reign face power ultimately submit conquest egypt deal threatening outside eastern borders reign early years ascended throne end long reign predecessor 22nd dynasty possibly father somewhat traditional challenged preferred place lower egyptian branch 23rd dynasty right reign placement found support certain number scholars mother named iii realm restricted district territory eastern neighbors princes chiefs ruled small realms outside authority soon accession faced crusade led 25th dynasty rulers lower mainly joined coalition led chief west order oppose advance opposing rulers surrendered found wise reach temple pay homage new overlord personally action soon imitated rulers reported victory accepted submission rulers allowed enter royal enclosure eaten fish eyes allowed domains authority threat king israel rebelled king demanded annual tribute sought support king egypt kings mentioned likely reasons remained unknown possibly order remain neutral powerful simply didn power resources king didn help subsequently defeated deposed ceased exist brought revolt occurred palestine new king led sought help term probably meaning egypt referring sources claim time egyptian king send army commander called egyptian past read troops order support neighboring ally coalition defeated battle fled egypt looted burnt alive different opinion came israeli scholar dan proposed earlier accession successor point view ruling egypt fact serving egyptian serving reached egypt boundaries feeling directly threatened time called sources carefully diplomatic personally met king brook egypt likely present personally described large horses egypt equals king appreciated gifts action end shortly dynasty vanished obscurity death occurred years reign apparently gone king sought refuge egypt possibly later caught 25th dynasty returned chains believed previously deposed guilty decades later man called possibly descendant defunct dynasty claimed royal titles ruled prince identification believed rendering turn derived proposed identification accepted scholars remain uncertain skeptical reported king location believed country northern certainly identified egypt instead way asked help identity biblical king somewhat definite generally considered likely scholars concurrent hypothesis city king supported certain number scholars attested documents probably books kings king ignored undoubtedly attested known victory depicted owner submitted rulers finding certainly referring aforementioned found mentioning king son queen coincide kings mothers mother throne throne thought monuments naming namesake seal relief block van questioned according findings assigned earlier distant predecessor elder 21st dynasty implying real throne unknown furthermore french expedition discovered blocks bearing relief king depicted style attributed iii basis style relief royal rejected identification king known kings iii stated true throne long known fragment memphis exhibited inscribed king tentatively attributed 23rd dynasty 28th dynasty fact represent
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