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BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY: ISRAEL-JUDAH CIVIL WARS: ZECHARIAH & SHALLUM PHASE 1 DANIEL 605 B.C. (TO BABYLON) JEROBOAM – REHOBOAM 1 KINGS 14:30 ASSYRIA DEFEATS ISRAEL JEROBOAM – ABIJAM 1 KINGS 15:7, 2 CHR 13 ELAH & ZIMRI JEHOAHAZ MENAHEM PHASE 2 EZEKIEL 597 B.C. (TO BABYLON) 10 NORTHERN TRIBES GO INTO CAPTIVITY PHASE 3 JEREMIAH 586 B.C. (TO EGYPT) BAASHA – ASA 1 KINGS 15:16, 15:32 (LAND REPOPULATED WITH SAMARITANS) JEHOASH – AMAZIAH 2 CHR 25:17-24 ST PEKAH – AHAZ 2 CHR 28:5-6 OMRI JORAM JEHOASH PEKAHIAH 1 RETURN UNDER ZERUBBABEL IN 536 B.C. 2ND RETURN UNDER EZRA IN 457 B.C. 3RD RETURN UNDER NEHEMIAH IN 445 B.C. NADAB HOSHEA 612 B.C. FALL OF NINEVEH (BABYLONIANS AND MEDES DEFEAT ASSYRIA) JEROBOAM ISRAEL BAASHA AHAB JEHU 722 B.C. 538 B.C. FALL OF I JEROBOAM II PEKAH BABYLON 10 TRIBES ASHURBANIPAL SINSHARISHKUN ESARHADDON ASHURETILIANI NERIGLISSAR AHAZIAH ASSYRIAN KEY OT DATES: EMPIRE EVIL-MERODACH BELSHAZZAR ABRAHAM 2166 B.C. EXODUS 1446 B.C. TIGLATH-PILESER SENNACHERIB CONQUEST OF CANAAN 1406-1399 B.C. BABYLONIAN NEBUCHADNEZZAR XERXES PERIOD OF THE JUDGES 1385-1055 B.C. EMPIRE (AHASUERUS) DARIUS II OBADIAH SMERDIS (TO EDOM) SHALMANSER JONAH NABOPOLASSAR PERSIAN CYRUS DARIUS ARTAXERXES I EMPIRE 605 B.C. NEBUCHADNEZZAR UNITED KINGDOM ELIJAH DEFEATS EGYPT AT CARCHEMISH CAMBYSES 478 B.C. ESTHER BECOMES QUEEN 931 B.C. NAHUM SAUL DAVID SOLOMON ELISHA HOSHEA SPLIT ISAIAH JEREMIAH ZECHARIAH MALACHI AMOS MICAH DANIEL 953 B.C. SOLOMON COMPLETES THE TEMPLE JOEL EZEKIEL ZEPHANIAH HAGGAI 722 B.C. TO 702 B.C. HEZEKIAH REBUILDS THE WALL HABAKKUK AROUND JERUSALEM AND BUILDS HEZEKIAH’S TUNNEL 466 B.C. WALLS OF JERUSALEM DESTROYED AGAIN JEHOAHAZ 538 B.C. 520 B.C. DECREE TO TEMPLE ABIJAM JEHOSHAPHAT AHAZIAH AMON JEHOIACHIN RETURN RESUMED JOTHAM NEHEMIAH
70 YEAR CAPTIVITY 586 B.C. JERUSALEM & JUDAH ASA JOASH AMAZIAH UZZIAH AHAZ HEZEKIAH MANASSEH JOSIAH TEMPLE ZERUBBABEL EZRA 2 TRIBES DESTROYED BY NEBUCHADNEZZAR
REHOBOAM JEHORAM 701 B.C. NEHEMIAH SENNACHERIB IN BABYLON ATHALIAH INVADES ZEDEKIAH 536 B.C. 516 B.C. (433-420) JUDAH TEMPLE TEMPLE KINGS OF JUDAH: STARTED FINISHED Rehoboam “Mixed-Bag” Jotham “Good” 622 B.C. BOOK OF THE LAW JEHOIAKIM 457 B.C. 2ND PROPHETS TO ISRAEL (NORTHERN KINGDOM) Abijam (Abijah) “Mixed-Bag” Ahaz “Wicked” DISCOVERED RETURN UNDER Asa “Good/Mixed-Bag” Hezekiah “Good” PROPHETS TO JUDAH (SOUTHERN KINGDOM) EZRA Jehoshaphat “Good” Manasseh “Wicked/Good” ST RD Joram (Jehoram) “Bad” Amon “Wicked” PROPHETS TO ASSYRIA 609 B.C. 536 B.C. 1 RETURN 445 B.C. 3 RETURN Ahaziah (Jehoahaz) “Wicked” Josiah “Good” JOSIAH SLAIN UNDER ZERUBBABEL UNDER NEHEMIAH Athaliah (Queen) “Wicked” Jehoahaz “Wicked” PROPHET TO EDOM IN BATTLE Joash (Jehoash) “Good/Wicked” Jehoiakim “Wicked” AT MEGIDDO PROPHETS DURING 70-YEAR CAPTIVITY AGAINST Amaziah “Good – ½ A Heart” Jehoiachin “Wicked” EGYPT Uzziah (Azariah) “Good/Bad” Zedekiah “Wicked” PROPHETS AFTER RETURN FROM EXILE