KINGS AND PROPHETS

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ISRAEL-JUDAH CIVIL WARS: ZECHARIAH & SHALLUM

BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY:
JEROBOAM – REHOBOAM 1 KINGS 14:30 PHASE 1 DANIEL 605 B.C. (TO BABYLON)
ELAH & ZIMRI JEHOAHAZ MENAHEM
ASSYRIA DEFEATS ISRAEL PHASE 2 EZEKIEL 597 B.C. (TO BABYLON)
JEROBOAM – ABIJAM 1 KINGS 15:7, 2 CHR 13 10 NORTHERN TRIBES GO INTO CAPTIVITY
BAASHA – ASA 1 KINGS 15:16, 15:32 PHASE 3 JEREMIAH 586 B.C. (TO EGYPT)
(LAND REPOPULATED WITH SAMARITANS)
JEHOASH – AMAZIAH 2 CHR 25:17-24
PEKAH – AHAZ 2 CHR 28:5-6 OMRI JORAM JEHOASH PEKAHIAH 1ST 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)
ISRAEL JEROBOAM
I
BAASHA AHAB JEHU JEROBOAM II
722 B.C. 538 B.C. FALL OF
10 TRIBES PEKAH BABYLON
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 XERXES
NEBUCHADNEZZAR
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
ELIJAH
UNITED KINGDOM DEFEATS EGYPT AT CARCHEMISH
CAMBYSES 478 B.C. ESTHER BECOMES QUEEN

SAUL DAVID SOLOMON

931 B.C. ELISHA HOSHEA NAHUM
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.
JUDAH ASA JOASH AMAZIAH UZZIAH AHAZ HEZEKIAH MANASSEH JOSIAH
JERUSALEM &
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
Abijam (Abijah) “Mixed-Bag” Ahaz “Wicked” PROPHETS TO ISRAEL (NORTHERN KINGDOM)
DISCOVERED RETURN UNDER
Asa “Good/Mixed-Bag” Hezekiah “Good” EZRA
PROPHETS TO JUDAH (SOUTHERN KINGDOM)
Jehoshaphat “Good” Manasseh “Wicked/Good”
Joram (Jehoram) “Bad” Amon “Wicked” PROPHETS TO ASSYRIA 609 B.C. 536 B.C. 1ST RETURN 445 B.C. 3RD RETURN
Ahaziah (Jehoahaz) “Wicked” Josiah “Good” JOSIAH SLAIN UNDER ZERUBBABEL UNDER NEHEMIAH
Athaliah (Queen) “Wicked” Jehoahaz “Wicked” PROPHET TO EDOM IN BATTLE
AT MEGIDDO
Joash (Jehoash) “Good/Wicked” Jehoiakim “Wicked” 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