1004 David becomes king over all Israel
971 Solomon ascends the throne
966 Solomon begins to build the Temple in Jerusalem
931 Rehoboam becomes king of Israel and Judah
931 Jeroboam rebels; sets Up a rival kingdom in the north
913 Abijam becomes king of Judah
911 Asa becomes king of Judah
910 Nadab becomes king of Israel
909 Bausha becomes king of Israel
886 Elah becomes king of Israel; Zimri becomes king of Israel
885 Tibni becomes king of Israel
880 Omri becomes king of Israel
874 Ahab becomes king of Israel
873 Jehoshaphat becomes king of Judah
858 Elijah begins to prophesy
853 Ahaziah becomes king of Israel
853 Jehoram becomes king of Judah
852 Joram becomes king of Israel
852 Elisha begins to prophesy
841 Jehu becomes king of Israel
841 Ahaziah becomes king of Judah
841 Athaliah seizes the throne of Judah
835 Joash becomes king of Judah
830 Joel prophecies
814 Jehoahaz becomes king of Israel
798 Jehoash becomes king of Israel
796 Amaziah becomes king of Judah
790 Uzziah becomes co-regent of Judah
783 Jonah begins his ministry
782 Jeroboam II becomes king of Israel
767 Uzziah becomes full king of Judah
764 Amos begins to prophesy
755 Hosea begins to prophesy
753 Zechariah becomes king of Israel
752 Shallum becomes king of Israel
752 Menahem becomes king of Israel
745 Tiglath-pileser III becomes king of Assyrian and begins expanding the Assyrian empire into Syria and Canaan.
742 Pekahiah becomes king of Israel
740 Pekah becomes king of Israel
739 Uzziah dies
739 Isaiah begins to prophesy1Isaiah ministered during the reigns of four Judean kings (Isa_1:1): Uzziah (792-740 B.C.), Jotham (750-732 B.C.), Ahaz (735-715 B.C.), and Hezekiah (715-686 B.C.). See 2 Kings 15:1-7, 32-38; 16:1-20; 18-20; and 2 Chronicles 26-32 for the biblical accounts of these kings’ reigns. The prophet began his ministry in the year that King Uzziah (or Azariah) died, namely, 740 or 739 B.C. (Isa. 6:1). Dr. Thomas Constable. Isiah.
739 Jotham becomes king of Judah
736 Micah begins to prophesy
735 Ahaz becomes king of Judah
732 Hoshea becomes king of Israel
729 Hezekiah becomes coregent with his father, Ahaz
727 Tiglath-pileser III dies
726 Shalmaneser V becomes king of Assyria
720 Ahaz dies
722 Shalmaneser V dies.
722 Sargon II becomes king of Assyria
722 Samaria falls: The ten tribes of Israel go into captivity
716 Hezekiah becomes king of Judah
715 Hosea ministers (a guess).2”Hosea began his ministry during the end of the prosperous but morally declining reign of Jeroboam II of Israel. He prophesied until shortly after the fall of Samaria in 722 B.C.” LASB
705 Sargon II of Assyria dies in battle. Hezekiah rebels against Assyria
705 Sennacherib becomes king of Assyria
704 Sennacherib becomes king of Assyria.
701 Judah invaded by the Assyrian king, Sennacherib
697 Manasseh becomes coregent with his father, Hezekiah
686 Manasseh becomes king of Judah 686-642 B.C
681 Sennacherib king of Assyria dies.
648 Nahum predicts the fall of Nineveh
642 Amon becomes king of Judah
640 Josiah becomes king of Judah
634 Zephaniah begins to prophesy
627 Jeremiah begins to prophesy
619 Habakkuk begins to prophesy
612 Nineveh falls
609 Pharaoh Necho II kills Josiah at Megiddo. Judah becomes an Egyptian vassal.
609 Jehoahaz becomes king of Judah. The people’s choice.
609 Jehoiakim becomes king of Judah. He is enthroned by Necho II.
605 Nebuchadnezzar becomes king of Babylon
605 The Babylonians invade Judah. Daniel begins to prophesy
597 Jehoachin becomes king of Judah
597 Zedekiah becomes king of Judah
593 Ezekiel begins to prophesy
586 The Babylonians destroy Jerusalem and the Temple
586 The Jews deported to Babylon
586 Gedaliah becomes governor of Jerusalem
586 The rabbis preempt the priests as the holders of divine truth
553 Belshazzar becomes regent in Babylon
550 Cyrus becomes king of Persia
550 The temple of Artemis erected at Ephesus
550 Confucius begins to teach
539 Babylon falls to the Medes and Persians
539 Darius the Mede rules in Babylon
538 Zerubbabel and Joshua lead a small party back to Palestine
536 The Temple started in Jerusalem
530 Cambyses becomes king of Persia
521 Smerdis becomes king of Persia
521 Darius I Hystapses becomes king of Persia
520 Zechariah begins to prophesy
520 Haggai begins to prophesy
520 Construction of the Jerusalem Temple resumed
516 The Temple completed
486 Xerxes becomes king of Persia
484 Herodotus the historian born
480 The Greeks defeat Xerxes at Salamis
479 The Greeks defeat Xerxes at Thermopalye
478 Esther becomes queen of Persia
478 Esther saves the Jews of the empire from extermination
464 Artaxerxes Longimanus becomes king of Persia
458 Ezra takes a small contingent of Jews back to Palestine
445 Nehemiah takes a small contingent of Jews back to Palestine
443 Nehemiah and Ezra read the Scriptures to the Jews
443 The beginnings of the Midrash; the Sopherim (Scribes) flourish
436 Malachi begins to prophesy
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