Kikanos
Family: Ethiopia · Role: king · First appears: The Flight
During the Youth of Moses, Balaam fled Egypt with his two sons and took refuge at Kikanos’s court in Ethiopia. In The Flight, Balaam and his sons besieged the city, cutting Kikanos off from his capital. Kikanos subdued rebellious nations in the East, but on his return his army was refused entry and lost men in a skirmish. On the following days, further assaults and attempted crossings cost more lives, and the reptiles around one side of the city killed 170 men.
Kikanos then surrounded the city for nine years, preventing anyone from entering or leaving. While the siege continued, he appointed Moses commander-in-chief of his forces. At the end of the nine years, Kikanos fell ill and died on the seventh day of his illness. Adoniah was later described as his widow, and Monarchos as his son.
Relationship record
Life events
- Balaam fled Egypt with his two sons and took refuge at the court of Kikanos, king of Ethiopia.(The Youth Of Moses · 📍 Ethiopia)
- With: Balaam
- “But Balaam, getting wind of his ill-feeling, fled from Egypt with his two sons, and betook himself to the court of Kikanos king of Ethiopia.”
- Balaam and his sons besieged the city, preventing anyone from entering or leaving.(The Flight)
- Kikanos subdued the rebellious nations of the East.(The Flight)
- “Meantime Kikanos succeeded in subjugating the rebellious nations.”
- Kikanos's returning army was denied entry to the city, and his forces fought a skirmish.(The Flight)
- “A skirmish ensued, in which Kikanos lost one hundred and thirty men.”
- Kikanos's forces continued the assault; the attempted river crossing and rafts cost him two hundred and thirty men.(The Flight)
- “This day he lost his thirty riders, who, mounted on their steeds, had attempted to swim the stream. Then the king ordered rafts to be constructed for the transporting of his men. When the vessels reached the canals, they were submerged, and the waters, swirling round and round as though driven by mill wheels, swept away two hundred men, twenty from each raft.”
- Kikanos's forces failed to assault the city through the side infested with serpents and scorpions, which killed one hundred and seventy men.(The Flight)
- “On the third day they set about assaulting the city from the side on which the snakes and scorpions swarmed, but they failed to reach it, and the reptiles killed one hundred and seventy men.”
- Kikanos surrounded the city for nine years, preventing anyone from entering or leaving.(The Flight)
- “The king desisted from attacking the city, but for the space of nine years he surrounded it, so that none could come out or go in.”
- Kikanos appointed Moses commander-in-chief of his forces.(The Flight)
- With: Moses
- “So deep was the king's affection for him that he appointed him to be commander-in-chief of his forces.”
- Kikanos died after a mortal illness lasting seven days.(The Flight)
- “At the end of the nine years Kikanos fell a prey to a mortal disease, and he died on the seventh day of his illness.”
The Flight
- subordinate: Moses “So deep was the king's affection for him that he appointed him to be commander-in-chief of his forces.”
The King Of Ethiopia
- married with Adoniah “the Ethiopian queen, the widow of Kikanos.”
- child: Monarchos “Monarchos, the son of Kikanos, king over them”
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Extracted from the original text of The Legends of the Jews, Volume II. Made with Rho MD.