Huzziya II Madduwatta
| Lineage | ? |
| Sex | Male |
| Full name (at birth) | Huzziya II Madduwatta |
Notes
Lineage Hittite - Dynasty 3 Sex Male Full name (at birth) Huzziya II Madduwatta Other last names Hayasa Azzi Other given names Ayyab/Jacob, Hayasi-Azzi (Kaskan Records), Azatiwad (Hittite), Huzita (Arzawai), Azatiel (Habiru), Ayyab (Amarna Records), Parents
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♀ Beketamun (Rebekah) ? (Handmaid of Amun) [?] b. about -1585 Events
child birth: ♂ Ay-Yuya ? (Habiru Confederation - Epherat & Minas) [?]
child birth: ♂ (Laban) Tudhaliya II [Hattusa]
child birth: ♂ (Tuḫukanti) Hattusili II ? (Tuḫukanti, Prince of Hattusa) [?]
child birth: ♂ Biryawaza [?]
marriage: ♀ Pelilah ? (Leah) [Hittite - Early Empire]
title: Amarna, Father of the God
title: Tell-Ashtara, King of Asartu
title: Mt. Zippašla (Land of Zilpah), Governor - In the Hebrew tradition, this appointment is memorialized in the form of a mythological marriage to the handmaiden Zilpah (a postdictive eponym).
title: Mt. Hariyati, Governor - In the Hebrew tradition, this appointment is memorialized in the form of a mythological marriage to the handmaiden Bilhah(a postdictive eponym).
-1450 title: Hittite King Vassal of Egypt
between -1335 and -1350 child birth: Qiltu, Regent of Qiltu, (Keilah?, or Qi'iltu) during the 1350-1335 BC , ♂ Achshaph (Urshulephi) ? (Suwardata) [?] b. between -1335 and -1350 Notes
Contemporary of Talzu of Kizzuwatna (before Sunashura) Historical Jacob/Israel
This Hittite Prince is the most likely historical candidate for the biblical Jacob/Israel. The events of his life closely (although not exactly) resemble the life events ascribed to the person accepted by Christians, Jews, and Muslims as the Prophet Jacob/Israel and described in the Bible. This record however does depart from the Bible in some aspects such as the composition of his family and offspring and uses additional proofs other than the bible (Archaeological record, contemporary Hittite, Egyptian and Hurrian records) in order to establish identity. In Kashak records: Hayasi-Azzi suffer the loss of their grain to locusts and migrate to the lands of Ishuwa (Esau). Together the set up a confederation of the 12 Tribes and make Nenassa their frontier with a the capital at [| Sapinuwa]. The ancient language of the Japethian Kaskans was Palikur (Adamiyan Luwaii, Avestan). It later was abandoned or merged with the languages of the Levantian Shemites and Hamidic Eyptians to become Aramaic and Hebrew. At this time the borders of Egypt were very extended with the rulers of Kaska/Turkey and Mesopotamia paying tribute to Egypt.
In Egyptian Records: Jacob/Ayyab wrote one letter to the Egyptian Pharaoh -
To the king, my lord: Message of Ayyab, your servant. I fall at the feet of my lord 7 times and 7 times. I am the servant of the king, my lord, the dirt at his feet. I have heard what the king, my lord, wrote to me through Atahmaya. Truly, I have guarded very carefully, (i.e. Ma-GAL, Ma-GAL), [the citie]s of the king, my lord. Moreover, note that it is the ruler of Hasura (Esau) who has taken 3 cities from me. From the time I heard and verified this, there has been waging of war against him. Truly, may the king, my lord, take cognizance, and may the king, my lord, give thought to his servant. -EA 364, lines 1-28 (complete)
In Hittite Records: Madduwatta came into conflict with Attariššiya, the ruler of Aḫḫiya. Madduwatta, his wives, sons, and troops were exiled. Their plight was worsened by the fact that Madduwatta did not have enough supplies to sustain his followers. In need of assistance, he wrote to Tudḫaliya [aka Tutmoses of Egypt] for support. In Exchange for Tudḫaliya's help Madduwatta had to serve as Tudḫaliya’s vassal in the lands of Mt. Ḫariyati and Mt. Zippašla. He was also required to hold enmity against Kupanta-Kuruntiya, king of Arzawa, and was forbidden to communicate with Attariššiya of Aḫḫiya. [HDT #27 §3, Hittites.info]
Additional links:
[| Land of Israel] [| Kaskans in Amarna] [| Kaskan Mercinaries] [| Palikur]
Sources
↑ Mt 1, 2 - ↑ Moran, William L. The Amarna Letters. John Hopkins University Press, 1987, 1992. (softcover, ISBN 0-8018-6715-0) - ↑ Amarna Letters EA -256 - ↑ http://www.hittites.info/history.aspx?text=history%2fMiddle+Empire.htm - ↑ http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsMiddEast/AnatoliaHittites.htm -
