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Nubian King Shabataka With Scarab & Ibis

Shebitku was the second king of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty. He was the nephew and successor of Shebaka. During Shebaka's reign, there was a policy of conciliation and cooperation with the Assyrians. This kept the Assyrians from coming further into Egypt. Shebitku had a different policy; resistance. A stela from Kawa tells of Shebitku asking his brothers, including Taharqa, to come to him at Thebes from Nubia. The army went with Taharqa. On another stela that is the story told that when Jerusalem was under attack by the Assyrians, that the king of Ethiopia (Kush) came against Sennacherib (of Assyria). Shebitku joined in the resistance against Sennacherib and an Egyptian army was sent to Palestine, led by Shebitku's brother, Taharqa.

King Osorkon I (Sekhemkheperre-setepenre)

The son of Shoshenq I and Queen Karomama, Sekhemkheperre Osorkon I was the second king of Egypt's 22nd Dynasty and ruled around 922 BC-887 BC. He succeeded his father Shoshenq I who died within 2-3 years of his successful 925 BC Biblical campaign against Ancient Israel and Judah. Osorkon I's reign was known for many temple building projects and was a long and prosperous period of Egypt's History. His Highest known date is a "Year 33 Second Heb Sed" inscription found on the bandage of Nakhtefmut's Mummy which held a bracellet inscribed with Osorkon I's prenomen: Sekhemkheperre. This date can only belong to Osorkon I since no other early Dynasty 22 king ruled for close to 30 Years until the time of Osorkon II. Other Mummy linens which belong to his reign include 3 separate bandages dating to his Year 11, 12 and 23 on the Mummy of Khonsmaakheru in Berlin. The bandages are dated anonymous but definitely belong to his reign because Khonsmaakheru wore leather braces that contained a menat-tab naming Osorkon I. (see Altenmüller below) Secondly, no other king who ruled around Osorkon I's reign had a 23rd Regnal Year including Shoshenq I who died in his Year 22. While Manetho gives Osorkon I a reign of 15 Years in his Epitome, this is most likely an error for 35 Years based on the evidence of the Second Heb Sed bandage, as Kenneth Kitchen.

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