DECLINE, EXILE
AND RETURN
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KINGS OF |
JUDAH |
KINGS OF |
ISRAEL |
Dates |
ASSYRIA |
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Jehoshaphat |
874-50 |
Ahab |
875-854 |
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Shalmaneser III |
850-825 |
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Ahaziah |
855-854 |
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-fought Ahab |
. |
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Jehoram |
850-43 |
Joram |
854-843 |
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Ahaziah |
843 |
Jehu |
843-816 |
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(Jehu pays tribute to Shalmaneser) |
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Athaliah |
843-837 |
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Joash |
843-837 |
Jehoahaz |
820-804 |
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Shansi-adad |
825-808 |
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Amaziah |
803-775 |
Joash |
806-790 |
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Adad-nirari |
808-783 |
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Uzziah |
787-735 |
Jeroboam II |
790 |
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Shalmaneser IV |
783-771 |
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Jotham |
749-734 |
Zechariah |
748 |
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Assur-dyan |
771-753 |
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Shallum |
748 |
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Assur-lush |
753-747 |
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Ahaz |
741-726 |
Menahem |
748-738 |
735 |
Isaiah's call |
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Pekahiah |
738-736 |
734 |
Tiglath Pileser III ("Pul")( |
747-727 |
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Pekah |
748-730 |
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-conquered Israel & Syria |
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Hezekiah |
726-697 |
Hoshea |
730-721 |
721 |
Shalmaneser V |
727-721 |
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ISRAEL |
END |
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SargonII conquers Ashdod. |
722-705 |
|
-sickness |
712 |
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713 |
Sennacherib invades Judah |
705-681 |
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Manasseh |
697-642 |
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670 |
Esarhaddon deports Israel. (Is.7:8; II K.17:24; Ezra 4:2) |
680-667 |
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Amon |
641-640 |
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Assur-banipal |
667-626 |
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Josiah |
639-608 |
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626 |
(Jeremiah called) |
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Killed by Pharaoh-necho |
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Assur-etil-ilani, Sin-sar-iskun |
626-607 |
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EGYPT |
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Jehoahaz carried to Egypt. |
608 |
608 |
Pharaoh-necho sets up Jehoiakim Pharaoh-necho -Charchamish defeat |
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Jehoiakim (Eliakim) Subjugated to Babylon. |
608-597 |
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BABYLON |
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-revolted, Died- |
|
606 |
Nebuchadnezzar- |
606-561 |
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Jehoiachin (Coniah) -Taken to Babylon. |
597 |
597 |
-Jehoiachin; taken to Babylon |
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Zedekiah (Mattaniah) -revolt. To Babylon. |
597-586 |
586 |
-Zedekiah Blinded, -to Babylon |
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Gedaliah made Governor (slain) |
585 |
586 |
Evil Merodach |
561-560 |
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70 YEARS IN BABYLON |
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Neriglissar |
559-556 |
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Labash-marduk |
556 |
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Nabonidas & Belshazzar |
555-536 |
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RETURN FROM BABYLON |
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PERSIA |
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Zerubbabel & Joshua- Rebuilding temple |
|
536 |
Cyrus |
556-529 |
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-Letters to "Ahaseras"(Ezr.4:6) |
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Cambyses |
529-522 |
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-"Artaxerxes" stops work (4:7-24) |
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Pseudo-Smeridis (Impostor) |
522 |
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Haggai, Zech. command resume rebuilding |
|
520 |
Darius I (Hystastapes) approves. |
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-Temple completed |
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516 |
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Esther becomes queen of Persia |
|
478 |
Xerxes (Ahasuerus) |
485-465 |
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-saves her people |
|
473 |
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Ezra brings 2nd group to Jerusalem. |
|
475 |
Artaxerxes (Longimanus) |
465-425 |
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Nehemiah brings 3rd group to rebuild walls. |
|
444 |
Xerxes II |
424 |
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Nehemiah returns again. |
|
432 |
Darius II (Nothius) |
423-405 |
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Malachi writes |
|
430 |
Artaxerxes II (Mnemon) |
405-358 |
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Artaxerxes III (Ochus) |
358-338 |
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Arses |
338-335 |
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Darius III (Codomanus) |
335-331 |
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GREECE |
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Alexander the Great |
331 |
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