Biblical roles
Browse rulers and kings in scripture, including city-kings and major biblical reigns.
20 profiles
Abimelech
Abimelech is the king of Gerar who restores Sarah in Genesis 20 and later makes a sworn covenant with Abraham at Beersheba, and later with I...
Amraphel
Amraphel is the king of Shinar and one of the four eastern kings in the Genesis 14 campaign.
Arioch
Arioch is king of Ellasar and part of the four-kings alliance in Genesis 14.
Baal Hanan
Baal-Hanan son of Achbor succeeds Shaul as king of Edom in Genesis 36.
Bela
Bela son of Beor is the first king listed as reigning in Edom before any Israelite king; his city was Dinhabah in Genesis 36.
Bera
Bera is king of Sodom and part of the five-kings coalition in Genesis 14.
Birsha
Birsha is king of Gomorrah in the conflict described in Genesis 14.
Chedor Laomer
Chedor-Laomer is the king of Elam who leads the eastern coalition and is later defeated by Abram.
Hadad
Hadad is the last king listed in the Edomite king list in Genesis 36; his city was Pau and his wife was Mehetabel daughter of Matred.
Hadad Bedad
Hadad son of Bedad succeeds Husham as king of Edom; he defeated the Midianites in Moab and his city was Avith in Genesis 36.
Husham
Husham from the land of the Temanites succeeds Jobab as king of Edom in Genesis 36.
Jobab
Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah succeeds Bela as king of Edom in Genesis 36.
Melchizedek
Melchizedek is king of Salem and priest of God Most High who blesses Abram and receives a tenth.
Nimrod
Nimrod, a son of Cush, is described as a mighty man and a mighty hunter before Yahweh.
Pharaoh
Jethro blesses Yahweh for rescuing Moses and Israel from Pharaoh and the Egyptians; Eliezer's name recalls deliverance from Pharaoh's sword.
Samlah
Samlah of Masrekah succeeds Hadad son of Bedad as king of Edom in Genesis 36.
Shaul Edom
Shaul of Rehoboth-ha-Nahar succeeds Samlah as king of Edom in Genesis 36.
Shemeber
Shemeber is king of Zeboiim and part of the coalition resisting Chedor-Laomer.
Shinab
Shinab is the king of Admah in the alliance of five kings.
Tidal
Tidal is king of Goiim and one of the four kings fighting against Sodom and its allies.
