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Merneptah

r. c. 1213–1203 BCE · 13th century BCE

Merneptah was the fourth king of the 19th Dynasty of Egypt, son and successor of Ramesses II. In his fifth year he defeated a Libyan invasion, joined by contingents of the Sea Peoples, at Perire in the western Delta. His victory stele, the Merneptah Stele, contains the earliest known mention of Israel.

Merneptah
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