©2020 Mike Whyte - this document may be used freely for personal study, preaching, and teaching. No part of it may be used under any circumstances The Life and Times of Isaiah for commercial purposes or to attain personal gain or advantage. Assyrian Kings: Ashur-dan III Ashur-nirari V Shalmaneser V Esarhaddon (771-754) (753-746) Tiglath-pileser III (745-727) (726-722) Sargon II (721-705) Sennacherib (704-681) (680-669) Babylonian Kings: Pulu (Pul, Tiglath-pileser III) Merodach-baladin Belibni Ashur-nadin-shumi (699-694) Nergel-ushezib Mushezib-marduk Nabonassar (747-734) (728-727) (721-710, again 703) (702-700) son of Sennacherib (693) (692-689) Egyptian Kings: Dynasty 22, 23, & 24 many concurrent Pharaohs - before 716 Dynasty 25 (Nubian): Piankhi (747-716) Shabaqo (716-702) Shabitqo (702-690) Tirhakah (690-664) North Israelite Kings: Zechariah (752) Menahem Pekahiah Pekah Hoshea Jeroboam II (781-753) Shallum (752) (752-741) (741-739) (739-731) (731-724) South Israelite Kings: Jotham (739-730) Ahaz (730-715) Hezekiah (715-686) Manasseh (686-643) (co-regent with (co-regent with (co-regent with Ahaz (co-regent with Uzziah (767-739) Uzziah from 750) Jotham from 735) from 728) Hezekiah from 697)

714 - alliance led by 701 - 2Kg18:13-16, Is36:1 first invasion of 688 - 2Kg18:17-36, Assyria weak until 732 - 2Kg15:29 Tiglath-pileser 725 - 2K17:3-6 Hoshea Ashdod, including Sennacherib: Egyptian army comes to support 19:1-35//Is36:2-22, 681 - Tiglath-pileser destroys Damascus, reduces withholds tribute; seeks Egypt weak until Piankhi Edom, Moab, and Ekron (defeated at Eltekah), many cities and 37:1-36 second 2Kg19:36-37 North Israel, takes Gilead and support from Egypt; 686 - 2Kg21:2- Makes Golden Age Israel plans rebellion towns destroyed, Hezekiah besieged in invasion of //Is37:37-38 Galilee, takes many captives Shalmanesser lays siege 16, 2Chr33:2-9 possible against Sargon Jerusalem (Jerusalem NOT taken); many Sennacherib; death of 735 - 2Chr28:5-8 Manasseh 731 - 2Kg15:30 Hoshea 721 - Sargon captives taken Tirhakah Sennacherib 2Kg15:37,16:5-6 ‘Syrio- becomes a kills Pekah, Tiglath- completes siege, approaches to Born in Ephraimite War’ - Rezin of 711 - Is20:1-6 Sargon willing Assyrian Died in pileser establishes takes many 689 - Sennacherib support Hezekiah, Jerusalem Aram and Pekah of North takes Ashdod, crushes vassal - reverts Jerusalem Hoshea as vassal king captives sacks Babylon but is defeated ~765 Israel attack South Israel the rebellion to idolatry of ~675 Ahaz

701 - Isaiah opposes rebellion; 688 - Isaiah 686 - Isaiah out of Hezekiah strips palace and Nothing 740 - 735 - Isaiah 734 - Ahaz 730 - Ahaz 715 - Hezekiah commences reform; 705 - at counsels favour with Manasseh temple to pay tribute to Assyria is known calling by counsels requests established cleanses temple; restores temple service; the death Hezekiah to trust due to his reversion to of early holds passover; extends control into of Sargon, YHWH and resist idolatry; denounces ‘The Holy Ahaz to help from as vassal of 703 - Hezekiah’s illness; Babylonian life - may One of trust YHWH Tiglath-pileser Tiglath-pileser North Israel 2Chr29:3-36, 30:1-37, 31:1; Hezekiah Sennacherib; idolatry in Is40:-66: have been ‘Egypt Party’ pressures Hezekiah to seek withholds envoys 2Kg20:1-9, Is38:1-8,21-22, God destroys the perhaps killed by Israel’ Ahaz refuses 2Kg16:7-8 2Kg16:10-18 39:1-8, 2Chr32:24,31 a cousin Is6:1-13 Is7:1-25 2Chr28:16-21 2Chr28:22-25 support from Egypt and rebel against tribute Assyrian army Manasseh of Uzziah Assyria; Isaiah preaches trust in YHWH 2Kg18:7 Is36:-39: Golden After 753, in Continued Is13:-23: not individually Is24:-29: not Is30:-35: the same Is40:-66: the greatest transition to post- Before his Age: full decline in until Ahaz in datable with the exception of individually datable; it message as 24:-29; it outpouring of prophetic Assyria; Assyria’s death, Isaiah North Israel South Israel 14:29-32 which is 715 and is the conclusion of applies to the period revelation in the Bible; fate is sealed with help 20:1-6 which is 711; this is 13:-23: (therefore, it around 705; 32:10 is most the next phase of God’s (Is37:22-29,33- from his the general time frame to applies to the period likely dated to 702; plan after Babylon - 35); Babylon is on disciples Is2:-5: early which the entire section 715-711); God is in Hezekiah has declared Persia (Cyrus) the next Is7:-12: generally the horizon as the (Is8:16, preaching - applies: Hezekiah is total control - his plan rebellion against Assyria; representative of ‘world Is1: is an applies to the next 30:8, 34:16 ) commencing reform in is inexorable; ‘world the ‘Egypt party’ has the city’; Cyrus will initiate perhaps largely representative of assembles introduction time of Ahaz rebellion against Assyria; city’ will be upper hand; Isaiah the contemporary return during the time of ‘world city’; his book; to the entire there are ‘parties’ urging destroyed, the preaches trust in YHWH which is a type of the Jotham; may Hezekiah’s Is40:-66: book - likely Is7:1-9 735 coalition with both Babylon messianic kingdom not Egypt; Hezekiah seems ultimate return creating have originally strengths and perhaps assembled at Is8:1-10 before and Egypt; Isaiah (World Tomorrow) to have capitulated and the New Israel; the circulated as an weaknesses are never the time the 732 demonstrates clearly God is will be inaugurated; leaned on Egypt ‘suffering servant’ - the independent laid bare; God presented the book as a Is9:1-21 after 732 in total control of history - the New Israel will be (2Kg18:21, Is36:6); Isaiah work of Israel, the document; Is5:13 proceeds at full orally, whole was but before 721 trust in Assyria, Babylon, or created; and shows the fate of Egypt by Messiah, and the New alludes to speed with his written down assembled Is11:1-16 around Egypt is futile; only YHWH salvation will be YHWH - the one in control Testament Church; the Tiglath-pileser in plan in spite of the only 730 can provide deliverance taken to all humanity of history Kingdom of God 732 failure of Israel