FROM BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE TO THE BABYLONISH CAPTIVITY, 400 YEARS
FROM BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE TO THE BABYLONISH CAPTIVITY, 400 YEARS
|B.C.|A.M.|
The dedication of the Temple|1003|3001|
The death of Solomon and succession of Rehoboam|975|3029|
Revolt of the ten tribes|…|…|
Jeroboam, king of Israel, establishes idolatry|974|3030|
The priests and pious Israelites join the kingdom of Judah|…|…|
Shishak, king of Egypt, invades Judea|971|3033|
Rehoboam dies, and is succeeded by Abijah|958|3046|
Abijah conquers Jeroboam with great slaughter|957|3047|
Asa succeeds Abijah, who reigns 40 years|955|3049|
Jeroboam, king of Israel, succeeded by Nadab|954|3050|
Nadab is slain by Baasha, who usurps the kingdom|953|3051|
Asa conquers Zerah the Ethiopian, who invades Judea|941|3063|
Omri, king of Israel makes Samaria his capital|924|3080|
Omri dies, and is succeeded by his son Ahab|918|3086|
Jehoshaphat succeeds his father Asa, as king of Israel|914|3090|
He reforms the religion of his kingdom|912|3092|
Elijah predicts a famine, and is fed by ravens|910|3094|
Homer and Hesiod live about this time.|||
Elijah's challenge to the prophets of Baal|906|3098|
Ahab, king of Israel, seizes the vineyard of Naboth|899|3105|
He is slain at Ramoth Gilead, and succeeded by Ahaziah|897|3107|
Jehoshaphat associates with him his son Jehoram in the government of Judah|892|3112|
Jehoram, son of Jehoshaphat, introduces idolatry into Judah|888|3116|
He dies of an incurable disease, and is succeeded by Ahaziah|885|3119|
Jehu slays Jehoram, and reigns over the kingdom of Israel|884|3120 |
Athaliah murders the royal family, except Joash, and usurps the throne of Judah|…|…|
Jehoiada the priest anoints Joash king, and slays Athaliah|878|3126|
Carthage is built by Queen Dido|869|3188|
The Ninevites repent at the preaching of Jonah|862|3142|
Joash orders the repair of the temple|856|3148|
Jehu dies, and is succeeded by his son Jehoahaz|…|…|
Zechariah, the priest, son of Jehoiada, is stoned in the temple by order of Joash|840|3164|
Joash, king of Judah, is murdered, and succeeded by Amaziah|839|3165|
Amaziah, elated by his late victories, wages war with Jehoahash king of Israel, and is taken prisoner|826|3178|
Jehoahash dies, and is succeeded by his son, Jeroboam II|825|3179|
Death of Sardanapalus, and fall of the Assyrian empire|820|3184|
Amaziah, king of Judah, is slain, and is succeeded by Azariah|810|3194|
Jeroboam II, after a reign of 41 years, dies|784|3220|
After the death of Jeroboam II an interregnum of 22 years.
During his reign lived and prophesied Jonah, Hosea, and Amos. Zechariah, son of Jeroboam, obtains the kingdom|773|3231|
He is killed by Shallum, who is soon killed by Menahem|772|3232|
Menahem dies, and is succeeded by his son Pekahiah|||
Pul, king of Assyria, invades and subdues Israel|771|3233|
Uzziah, for attempting to burn incense, is smitten with leprosy|765|3239|
Pekahiah, successor to Menahem, is killed by Pekah|755|3249|
Macedonian empire begins about this time.|||
Isaiah, Hoses, Amos, and Micah, prophesy|...|...|
Rome founded about this time.|||
Ahaz succeeds his father Jotham, 17th year of Pekah|742|3262|
Tiglath-Pilezer invades Israel, and carries away captives to Assyria|740|3264|
Hoshea, having slain Pekah, king of Israel, reigns|730|3274|
Tiglath-Pilezer dies, and is succeeded by Shalmaneser, who invades Israel, and carries captive the ten tribes|721|3283|
Shalmaneser dies, and is succeeded by Sennacherib, who invades Judah|715|3289|
Hezekiah's sickness and miraculous recovery|713|3291|
Sennacherib invades Judah, and is suddenly destroyed|710|3294|
His son, Esarhaddon, succeeds to the throne|706|3298|
Hezekiah dies, and is succeeded by his son Manasseh|694|3310|
Esarhaddon makes, himself master of Babylon and re-unites the Assyrian and Babylonian empires|677|3327|
He takes Manasseh prisoner, and carries him to Babylon|671|3333|
Manasseh, on repentance, is restored to his kingdom|…|...|
He dies, and is succeeded by Ammon, his son|639|3365|
Ammon is murdered, and his son, Josiah, reigns|637|3367|
Josiah labors to reform abuses, and restore the true worship of God|630|3374|
About this time Philip succeeds to the throne of Macedon.|||
Byzantium is built about this time.|||
Jeremiah begins to prophesy|624|3380 |
Nabopolasser reigns in Babylon 22 years|622|3382|
Psammetik I reigns in Egypt about this time|||
He is succeeded by Neko II|609|3395|
Josiah is slain in battle against Neko, king of Egypt, and is succeeded by Jehoahaz|606|3398|
Jehoiakim, in whose reign Habakkuk prophesied, reigns|…|…|
Nineveh destroyed by the Medes and Babylonians|612|3392|
Nebuchadnezzar takes Jerusalem, and carries Daniel and his companions into Babylon|602|3402|
From this time, according to the common computation, the 70 years' captivity begins.|||
Daniel interprets Nebuchadnezzar's dream, and is consequently promoted to a high office in the government|598|3406|
Darius, the Mede, is born|600|3404|
Darius, the Mede, enters on his reign over the Chaldeans|538|3466|
Jeconiah, son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, is carried to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar, with many Jews|598|3406|
Ezekiel is called to the prophetic office|594|3410|
Zedekiah, successor of Jeconiah, forms an alliance with the Egyptian king, Hophra, and revolts against Nebuchadnezzar|592|3412|
Draco, the lawgiver of Athens, lives about this time.|||
Ezekiel prophesies in Babylon|590|3414|
Nebuchadnezzar besieges Jerusalem, takes the city, destroys it with the Temple, carries Zedekiah to Babylon, and sends the remaining inhabitants of Judea beyond the Euphrates. Thus ended the kingdom of Judah, 388 years from the secession|586|3418|
Obadiah prophesies at this time|||
Solon, the lawgiver of Athens, about this time; also Anacharsis, Thales, and Aesop flourished.|||