List of rulers of Edom

The following is a list of the known rulers of the Kingdom of Edom in the Levant.
== Kings ==
=== Descendants of Esau ===
Esau עֵשָׂו (Edom אֱדֹֽום) Married 3 wivesGen 26
:34 When Esau was forty years old, he married
:Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and also
:Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.
:35 They were a source of grief to Isaac and Rebekah.
Genesis 28 (KJV)
:9Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had
:Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.
Gen 36
:2Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; 
:Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and 
:Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;
:3also Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth 
* ReuelGen 36
13And these are the sons of Reuel; 
:Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the (grand)sons of Bashemath Esau's wife. רְעוּאֵֽל By Basemath בָּשְׂמַ֥ת (daughter of Elon the Hittite, wife of Ishmael?)Gen 36
:10These are the names of Esau's sons;
:Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau,
:Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau. Also called Mahalath (the sister of Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael) Married just after Jacob's flight to Haran
** Nahath נַ֥חַת
** Zerah זֶ֖רַח (father of Jobab 2nd Duke of Edom?)
** Shammah שַׁמָּ֣ה
** Mizzah מִזָּ֑ה
* Jeush יְע֥וּשׁ By OholibamahGen 36
14And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon (the Hivite?),
 Esau's wife: and she bare to Esau 
:Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. אָהֳלִֽיבָמָה֙ (daughter of Anah עֲנָ֔ה (the wife of Beeri?) the daughter of Zibeon צִבְעֹ֖ון the Hivite). (Also called Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite) Married just before Jacob's flight to Haran
* Jalam יַעְלָ֖ם
* Korah קֹ֑רַח
* EliphazGen 36
11And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz. אֱלִיפָ֑ז By AdahGen 36 
10These are the names of Esau's sons; 
:Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, 
:Reuel the son of Basemath the wife of Esau. עָדָ֗ה daughter of Elon אֵילֹון֙ the Hittite. (possibly the same Eliphaz the Temanite in the Book of Job) Married before Jacob's flight to Haran
** Teman תֵּימָ֣ן
** Omar אֹומָ֔ר
** Zepho צְפֹ֥ו
** Gatam גַעְתָּ֖ם
** Kenaz קְנַֽז
** Amalek עֲמָלֵ֑ק (by his concubine TimnaGen 36
12And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; 
and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the (grand)sons of Adah Esau's wife. תִמְנַ֣ע the sister of Lotan1 Chron 1 
39And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan's sister. the son of Seir)
===Implied non-hereditary kings===
king 	son of	from 	city
Bela 	Beor 	 	Dinhabah
Jobab 	Zerah 	Bozrah 	
Husham 	 	Land of Teman 	
Hadad 	Bedad 	 	Avith
Samlah 	 	Masrekah 	
Shaul 	 	Rehoboth on the river	
Baal-Hanan	Acbor 	 	
Hadad 	 	 	Pau (P'ai)
===Dukes/Chiefs===
* Timnah 
* Aliah 
* Jetheth 
* Oholibamah 
* Elah 
* Pinon 
* Kenaz 
* Teman II 
* Mibzar 
* Magdiel 
* Iram 
* To Israel ca. 990-922 
* To Judah 922-early 9th cent. 
* ? 
* Aiarammu (Assyrian name; Edomite name unknown) fl. ca. 740 
* Shalman fl. ca. 735 
* To Assyria 724-612 
* Melek Ram fl. ca. 700 
* Kaus Geber fl. ca. 700 
* ? 
* To Babylon 612-539 
* Independence 539-ca. 275
 
* ?? .............................................c. 270-c. 200 
* To the Seleucid Empire..........................c. 200-160 
* Gorgias...........................................160's 
* ?? ................................................160-109 
* To Maccabean Kingdom of Israel 109 BCE. 
* Governors of Idumea under the Hasmoneans 
* Antipas.....................................c.100-78 
* Antipater (governor of all Judaea from 55).....78-43 
===Governors of Idumea under Herod===
Note that the Herodian dynasty itself was of Idumaean extraction.
* Joseph ben Antipater (bro. Herod the Great).c. 43-35 
* Costobarus (brother-in-law Herod the Great).......30's 
* To Judea directly.................................30's-4 
* To Rome..........................................4 BCE-60 CE
===Governors of Idumea under the Revolutionary government of Judaea ===
* Niger the Peraean.................................60's-68 
* Joshua ben Saphas ha-Kohen..........................66-68 and... 
* Eleazar ben Hananiah................................66-68 
* To Rome
==References==
Category:Edom