Shoshenq I

Pharaoh of Egypt

  • Fame54.1
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Lived -1000–-924, aged 76
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    -1000–-924
    Aged 76
Summary
Updated 2026-06-08

Pharaoh who united Egypt under a new dynasty and left his name carved into two very different canons: the Bubastite Portal at Karnak and—most scholars believe—the Hebrew Bible as Shishak.

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Hedjkheperre Setepenre Shoshenq I reigned around 943–922 BC and founded the Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt, consolidating power after centuries of fragmentation. His military campaigns became legend, documented in stone on the Bubastite Portal at Karnak where his exploits were carved for eternity. He's widely identified as the Shishak of Hebrew scripture, a rare convergence of Egyptian monumentalism and biblical record. The throne passed, but the inscriptions stayed—one civilization's conqueror etched into another's sacred text.

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    wikidata · wikidata.org
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