{{Short description|King of Ashkelon in the 8th century BC}} '''Rukibtu''' ({{langx|akk|π’Š’π’Œ‘π’„’π’Œ… π’Œ‰}} ''ru-ΓΊ-kib-tu'')<ref>[http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/cbd/qpn-x-people/x000006820.html Rukibtu (KING OF ASHKELON)], Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus</ref> or '''Rukibti''' ({{langx|akk|π’Š’π’„’π’‹Ύ}} ''ru-kib-ti'')<ref>[http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/rinap3/cbd/qpn-x-people/x00000460.html Rukibtu (KING OF ASHKELON)], ORACC</ref> was a king of Ascalon in the 8th century BC, when Philistia was a dependency of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. After his predecessor Mitinti I instigated an unsuccessful rebellion against the emperor Tiglath-Pileser III in Ashkelon, Rukibtu deposed him and usurped the throne for himself. Tiglath-Pileser III's annals call him "Rukibtu, son of [...]" - the name of his father has not survived. Some scholars have suggested that his father was Mitinti I, however, kings of ignoble origins were often called "son of a nobody" in Assyrian and Babylonian sources, and with Rukibtu having usurped the throne, this possibility cannot be ruled out.<ref name="Ehrlich1996">{{cite book | author = Carl S. Ehrlich | date = 1996 | title = The Philistines in Transition: A History from Ca. 1000-730 B.C.E. | publisher = BRILL | pages = 100– | isbn = 978-90-04-10426-6 | oclc = 1014512115 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=B2eNV68WU3YC&pg=PA100}}</ref>

Rukibtu died sometime between the reigns of Shalmaneser V and Sargon II. He was succeeded by Sidqa, who also instigated a failed revolt against Assyrian authority. Sennacherib then deposed Sidqa, and placed Rukibtu's son Ε arru-lu-dari on the throne of Ashkelon.

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{{s-start}} {{succession box |before=Mitinti I |title=King of Ashkelon |years=c. 732 BCE - ? BCE |after=Sidqa}} {{s-end}} {{royal-stub}}

Category:Philistine kings Category:8th-century BC monarchs Category:Ascalon Category:Ancient kings of Ascalon