Shoshenq IV
(Akheperre-setepenre)
773-735 B.C.
22nd Dynasty
Shoshenq IV was the ninth king of the Twenty-second Dynasty. The Serapeum stela of
Pasenhor is dated as the thirty-seventh year of Shoshenq IV. This shows that he reigned at
least this long. In the year 732, toward the end of his reign, an Assyrian, Tiglath-pileser III
took Damascus and killed Rezin. He then captured many cities of northern Israel and took the
people to Assyria. The Egyptian troops had at one time joined forces with Damascus, Israel
and some other states to resist Shalmaneser III at Qarqar. There is no indication that
Shoshenq IV made any attempt to help the former allies.
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