Additional Materials
Lee Campbell

An Overview of Israel's History From Division to Return

RANGE

DATE

ISRAEL

JUDAH

OTHER ISSUES

935-926

931

930

926

Jeroboam king of Israel; he has to fight many Aramaean skirmishes

Egypt invades (i.e. under Shishak)

Rehoboam king of Judah; he has to fight many skirmishes with Edom & Egypt

Jerusalem is besieged by Shishak

 

 

Egyptian king Shishak besieges Jerusalem and harries Israel

925-916

       

915-906

913

911

910

909

 

Nadab

Baasha

Abijah (aka Abijam or Abisam)

Asa (warfare with Baasha of Israel)

 

905-896

       

895-886

886

Elah then Zimri

   

885-876

885

883

Omri (he subdued Moab for 40 yrs.) he may have not been Hebrew

 

Assyrian expansionism begins under Ashurnasirpal II (883-859)

875-866

874

 

873

Ahab & Jezebel - Elijah begins his ministry against Jezebel’s Baal-Melquat cultus (c.873-852)

 

 

Jehosaphat - co-regent ‘til 870

 

 

Israel and Judah begin a formal alliance lasting until 835

865-856

859

 

Jehoram (reigned 8 yrs, )

Shalmaneser III becomes the Assyrian ruler (859-823)

855-846

853

852

Ahaziah (son of Ahab)

Johoram (aka Joram; son of Ahab)

Obadiah (post 854)

Ahaziah (son of Jehoram)

c.854 a Palestinian/Arab coalition invaded Judah and ransacked Jerusalem taking many slaves and goods from the city.

845-836

841

Jehu; killed both Joram & Ahaziah

Athaliah (wife of Jehoram; killed all the male children of Ahaziah she could find after Ahaziah's death so she'd rule)

The Armaean’s under Hazel pummeled Israel during Jehu's reign

835-826

835

 

Joash (hidden by his aunt Jehosheba til 7)

 

825-816

   

Joel (? c.875-750)

 

815-806

814

810

Jehoahaz

 

 

 

Adadnibari III becomes the Assyrian ruler (810-783); Assyria in decline

805-796

803

796

Jehoash (Elisha died during this King's reign; c. 850-800)

Joash assasinated

Amaziah (assasinated)

Assyria invades Damascus, the Aramaean capital

795-786

793

791

Jeroboam II (c.790-750)

Hosea (c.790-725)

 

Uzziah (aka Azariah); co-regent ‘til 767

Jonah (c.800-750); from Israel

785-776

783

   

Shalmaneser IV (783-773)

775-766

 

Amos (c.767-753) southerner in north

 

Ashurdan III (772-755)

765-756

763

 

Micah (c.758-710)

6/15/763 - A total solar eclipse

755-746

753

752

750

Zachariah (Shallum assassinated)

Shallum (Menahem assassinated)

Menahem

 

Jotham; co-regent ‘til 739

Ashurnirari V (754-746)

745-736

745

743

742

740

 

Assyrian head taxes initiated

Pekahiah (Pekah assassinated him)

Pekah (Hoshea assasinated him)

 

Ahaz; co-regent ‘til 731

Isaiah (c.740-680)

Tiglathpileser III (Pul; 2Ki.15:19) becomes the Assyrian ruler; expansionism begins again

This is the time of Assyrian dominion over the entire middle east

735-726

734

 

732

728

Pekah/Rezin kill 120,000 and briefly abduct another 200,000 Jews from in and around Jerusalem

Hoshea

Ahaz, under siege by Pekah-Israel & Rezin-Damascus to force an alliance with them against Assyria, asks Assyria for help.

Hezekiah; co-regent ‘til 715

 

725-716

722

Israel overrun by Assyria 724-722

 

Shalmaneser V invades (724) captures and destroys Samaria (722)

715-706

     

Sennacherib captures all of Judah's fortified cities

705-696

697

 

Manassah; this king is thought to have killed Isaiah

c.681-669 Esarhaddon

695-646

   

Nahum (c.663-627)

~50 year period; c.669-633 Ashurbanipal

645-636

642

640

 

Amon

Josiah

Zephaniah (c.640-612)

 

635-616

   

Jeremiah (c.626-585);

Jeremiah’s ministry begins

615-606

612

609f

 

Habakkuk (c.608-597)

Jehoaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin

Josiah killed by Egyptian king Neco; captured Jehoaz and set Jehoiakim (son of Josiah) up as king of Judah

Ninevah falls to Nabopolassar 612 BC

605-596

605

597

 

Jerusalem captured by Babylon on March 15-16 597 while under the leadership of Jehoiachin. Zedekiah's leadership extended from this date until 586

Daniel (c.600-530) and his cohorts transplanted to Babylon

c.605-562 Nebuchanezzar

595-586

   

Jerusalem & temple destroyed (586; 7th day of the 5th month) after Zedekiah's rebellion.

Ezekiel (c.592-570)

 

585-546

     

~40 year period; c. 556-539 BC Nabonidus & Belshazzar his son

545-536

558-529

539

538

   

Cyrus the Great of Persia (defeated the Medes with Nabonidus' help in 550BC)

Babylon falls to Persia 539 BC under Cyrus

First of 3 waves of migration back to Palestine begins under Cyrus 538

535-516

522-485

520-516

 

Temple rebuilding begins (536, finished 516, 3rd day of the 6th month; 70 years after the fall); Haggai (520) & Zechariah (520-?)

c. 529-522 BC Cambyses (subdued Egypt; lots of unrest in Palestine)

c. 521-486 BC Darius I of Persia (the Darius mentioned in Haggai)

515-486

     

~30 year period

485-476

485-464

   

c. 486-465 BC Xerxes of Persian; Esther c.483-474

475-466

       

465-456

464-424

457

   

c. 465-424 BC Artaxerxes I of Persia

2nd migration - Ezra's return under Artaxerxes I 457 BC

455-446

   

Malachi (c.515-424 ?)

 

445-436

445

   

3rd migration - Nehemiah's return under Artaxerxes I 445 BC

435-526

     

c.424-404 BC Darius II of Persia