Editing Ithobaal I (section)

==Sources and chronology==
Primary information related to Ithobaal comes from Josephus's citation of the Phoenician author Menander of Ephesus, in ''Against Apion'' i.18. Here it is said that the previous king, [[Phelles]], “was slain by Ithobalus, the priest of Astarte, who reigned thirty-two years, and lived sixty-eight years; he was succeeded by his son Badezorus ([[Baal-Eser II]]).”

Based on the work of [[Frank Moore Cross|F. M. Cross]]<ref>F. M. Cross, “An Interpretation of the Nora Stone,” ''Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research'' 208 (Dec. 1972) 17, n. 11.</ref> and other scholars<ref>J. M. Peñuela, “La Inscripción Asiria IM 55644 y la Cronología de los Reyes de Tiro”, ''Sefarad'' 13 (1953, Part 1) 217-37; 14 (1954, Part 2) 1-39.</ref><ref>William H. Barnes, ''Studies in the Chronology of the Divided Monarchy of Israel'' (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1991) 29-55.</ref> who take 825 BC as the date of [[Dido (Queen of Carthage)|Dido's]] flight from her brother [[Pygmalion of Tyre|Pygmalion]], after which she founded the city of [[Carthage]] in 814 BC, Ithobaal was born in 915 BC, killed King Phelles and assumed the throne in 883 BC, and died in 847 or 846 BC.