Shoshenq I
★Also known as: Sheshonq I, Sheshonk I
Believed to be the biblical Shishak who sacked Jerusalem. Reunified Egypt briefly.
Reign
943 BC–922 BC
943 BC – 922 BC
Dynasty
Twenty-second Dynasty
Period
Third Intermediate
c. 1070 BC – 664 BC
Alternate Names
Sheshonq ISheshonk I
Royal Names in Hieroglyphs
Prenomen (Throne Name)
ḥḏ-ḫpr-rꜥ"Bright Is the Manifestation of Ra"
Nomen (Birth Name)
ššnq"Shoshenq"
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