Izates bar Monobaz

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Izates bar Monobaz

Izates II or Izates bar Monobaz (also known as Izaates) (ca. 1-55 CE) was a proselyte

Proselyte

Proselyte, from the Koine Greek p??s???t??/proselytos, is used in the Septuagint for "stranger", i.e. a "newcomer to Israel"; a "sojourner in the land", and in the New Testament for a Conversion to Judaism from Ancient Greek religion....
to Judaism

Judaism

Judaism is a set of beliefs and practices originating in the Hebrew Bible , as later further explored and explained in the Talmud and other texts....
who became King of the Parthian

Parthian

Parthian may be:A demonym "of Parthia", a region of north-eastern Iran* Parthian language, a now-extinct Middle Iranian language* Parthian shot, an archery skill famously employed by Parthian horsemen...
client kingdom of Adiabene

Adiabene

Adiabene was an ancient Assyrian people semi-independent monarchy in Mesopotamia, with its capital at Arbil . Its rulers converted to Judaism in the 1st Century....
. He was the son of Queen Helena of Adiabene

Helena of Adiabene

Helena was queen of Adiabene and wife of Monobaz I. With her husband she was the mother of Izates bar Monobaz and Monobaz II. She died about 56 CE....
and Monobaz I

Monobaz I

Monobaz I was king of the Parthian client state of Adiabene in the 20s and 30s of the 1st century CE. He was the husband of Queen Helena of Adiabene. With Helena he fathered Izates bar Monobaz and Monobaz II....
. During his youth he was sent by his father to the court of King Abennerig of Characene

Characene

Characene, also known as Mesene, was a kingdom within the Parthian Empire at the head of the Persian Gulf. Its capital was Charax , "The Fort of Hyspaosines"....
in Charax Spasinu

Charax Spasinu

Charax Spasinu, or Charax Pasinu, Charax Spasinou , Alexandria , and Antiochia in Susiana was an ancient port at the head of the Persian Gulf, and the capital of the ancient kingdom of Characene....
. While in Charax Izates became acquainted with a Jew

Jew

A Jew is a member of the Jewish people, an ethnoreligious group that traces its ancestry to the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East....
ish merchant named Ananias

Ananias of Adiabene

Ananias of Adiabene was a Jewish merchant and mendicant proselytizer, probably of Hellenistic origin, who, in the opening years of the common era, was prominent at the court of Abinergaos I, king of Characene....
, who familiarized him with the tenets of the Jewish religion, in which he became deeply interested.

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Izates II or Izates bar Monobaz (also known as Izaates) (ca. 1-55 CE) was a proselyte

Proselyte

Judaism

Judaism is a set of beliefs and practices originating in the Hebrew Bible , as later further explored and explained in the Talmud and other texts....
who became King of the Parthian

Parthian

Adiabene

Helena of Adiabene

Helena was queen of Adiabene and wife of Monobaz I. With her husband she was the mother of Izates bar Monobaz and Monobaz II. She died about 56 CE....
and Monobaz I

Monobaz I

Characene

Characene, also known as Mesene, was a kingdom within the Parthian Empire at the head of the Persian Gulf. Its capital was Charax , "The Fort of Hyspaosines"....
in Charax Spasinu

Charax Spasinu

Jew

A Jew is a member of the Jewish people, an ethnoreligious group that traces its ancestry to the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East....
ish merchant named Ananias

Ananias of Adiabene

Symacho

Symacho was the daughter of King Abinergaos I of Characene. She was converted to Judaism by Ananias of Adiabene. Symacho married Izates bar Monobaz during the latter's sojourn in Charax as a youth....
who had been converted to Judaism through the efforts of Ananias. Unbeknownst to him, his mother roughly contemporaneously converted to Judaism. On returning home and ascending the throne on the death of his father, Izates discovered the conversion of his mother; and he himself intended to adopt Judaism, and even to submit to circumcision

Circumcision in the Bible

Male circumcision, when practiced as a rite, has its foundations in the Bible, in the Covenant #Abrahamic Covenant, such as , and is therefore practiced by Jews and Muslims and some Christians, those who constitute the Abrahamic religions....
. He was, however, dissuaded from this step both by his teacher Ananias and by his mother, but was ultimately persuaded thereto by another Jew, Eleazar.

For some time Izates enjoyed peace; and he was so highly respected that he was chosen as arbitrator between the Parthian king Artabanus

Artabanus II of Parthia

Artabanus II of Parthia ruled the Parthia from about 10 to 38. He was the son of a princess of the Arsacid Dynasty who lived in the East among the Dahan nomads....
and his rebellious nobles. But when several of Izates' relatives openly acknowledged their conversion to Judaism, some of the nobles of Adiabene secretly induced Abia

Abia (disambiguation)

Abia may refer to:* Abia , genus of conifer-feeding sawflies* Abia State, state in southeastern Nigeria* Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, in Austin, Texas, United States...
, an Arab

Arab

An Arab is a person who Identity as such on linguistic or cultural grounds. The plural form, Arabs , refers to the Ethnocultural group at large....
king, to declare war against him. Izates defeated his enemy, who in despair committed suicide. The nobles then conspired with Vologases

Vologases I of Parthia

Vologases I of Parthia ruled the Parthia from about 51 to 78. Son of Vonones II of Parthia by a Greeks concubine, he succeeded his father in 51 AD....
, King of Parthia, but the latter was at the last moment prevented from carrying out his plans, and Izates continued to reign undisturbed for twenty-four years.

Izates died around 55 CE. His mother Helena survived him for only a short time. He left twenty-four sons and twenty-four daughters. Izates was succeeded by his brother Monobaz II

Monobaz II

Monobaz II or Monobaz bar Monobaz was the son of Helena of Adiabene and Monobaz I. Like his brother Izates bar Monobaz and his mother, Monobaz became a convert to Judaism....
, who sent Izates' remains and those of Queen Helena to Jerusalem

Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
for burial.