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CHRONOLOGY OF THE DOUBLE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL, c. 940-639 b.c.
*** c. = circa: it refers only to the accession of the kings of Judah and Israel; the years are exact so far as they concern the Assyrian data. A date opposite the mere name of a king signifies the year of his accession.
| JUDAH. | ISRAEL. | THE PROPHETS. | SYRIA, ETC. | ASSYRIA. | |||||||||||||
| 940 c. | Disruption of the Kingdom. | ||||||||||||||||
| Rehoboam. | Jeroboam I. | ||||||||||||||||
| Establishment of calf images in N. Israel. | |||||||||||||||||
| 923 c. | Abijam. | ||||||||||||||||
| 920 c. | Asa. | ||||||||||||||||
| 918 c. | ... | Nadab. | |||||||||||||||
| 915 c. | ... | Baasha. | |||||||||||||||
| 891 c. | ... | Elah. | |||||||||||||||
| 888 c. | ... | Zimri. Omri. | |||||||||||||||
| 876 c. | ... | Ahab. | Revolt of Mesha of Moab: the Moabite Stone (circa 860). | ||||||||||||||
| 874 c. | Jehoshaphat. | ... | Elijah. | ||||||||||||||
| 854 | ... | First contact of Israel | . . . | and Syria with Assyria at the Battle of Ḳarḳar. | 854 | ||||||||||||
| 853 c. | ... | Ahaziah. | |||||||||||||||
| 852 c. | ... | Joram. Invades Moab with Judah and Edom. | |||||||||||||||
| 850 | ... | ... | ... | Campaigns in all these 3 yrs by Shalmaneser II. of Assyria against Dadidri or Hadadezer of Damascus. | 850 | ||||||||||||
| 849 c. | Jehoram. | ... | ... | 849 | |||||||||||||
| 846 | ... | ... | ... | Revolt of Edom from Judah (2 Kings viii. 20 ff.). | 846 | ||||||||||||
| 844 c. | Ahaziah. | ||||||||||||||||
| 842 c. | Athaliah. | Jehu. | Elisha. | ... | Tribute from Jehu. | 842 | |||||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | War of Hazael with Assyria. | ... | ||||||||||||
| 839 | ... | ... | ... | War of Hazael with Assyria. | 839 | ||||||||||||
| 836 c. | Joash. | ... | ... | Hazael subdues Gilead (Amos i. 3); attacks Gath, but is bought off from Jerusalem. | ... | 836 | |||||||||||
| 814 c. | ... | Jehoahaz. | ... | ... | 814 | ||||||||||||
| 812 | ... | ... | ... | ... | Accession of Ramman-Nirari. | 812 | |||||||||||
| 806 | ... | ... | ... | Arpad, campaign against, by Assyria. | 806 | ||||||||||||
| 803 | ... | ... | ... | Damascus, under Meri, besieged and taken by Assyria. A year of pestilence. | 803 | ||||||||||||
| 798 c. | ... | Joash. | |||||||||||||||
| 797 c. | Amaziah. | ||||||||||||||||
| 783 c. | ... | Jeroboam II. | ... | ... | Shalmaneser III. | 783 | |||||||||||
| 778 c. | Uzziah (Azariah). | ||||||||||||||||
| 775 | ... | Jeroboam re-conquers Moab, Gilead, and part of Aram. | ... | ... | Expedition to Cedar Country. | 775 | |||||||||||
| 773 | ... | ... | Damascus, campaign against, by Assyria. | 773 | |||||||||||||
| 772 | ... | ... | Hadrach, campaign against, by Assyria. | 772 | |||||||||||||
| 765 | ... | ... | A pestilence. | Accession of Assur-dan-il. | 765 | ||||||||||||
| 763 | Total eclipse of the sun on June 15th visible in Syria and at Nineveh. | 763 | |||||||||||||||
| 759 | ... | ... | ... | A pestilence in Western Asia. | ... | 759 | |||||||||||
| 755 | ... | ... | ... | Hadrach suffers attack from Assyria. | 755 | ||||||||||||
| 754 | ... | ... | Amos. | Arpad suffers attack from Assyria. | 754 | ||||||||||||
| 753 | ... | ... | ... | ... | Accession of Assur-Nirari. | 753 | |||||||||||
| 745 | ... | ... | ... | ... | Accession of Tiglath-Pileser III. | 745 | |||||||||||
| 743 | ... | Zechariah, son of Jeroboam (6 mo.). Shallum (1 mo.). Menahem. | ... | Arpad besieged, and after two or three years taken by Assyria. | 743 | ||||||||||||
| 742 | ... | ... | ... | 742 | |||||||||||||
| 741 | ... | ... | Hosea. | 741 | |||||||||||||
| 740 736? | "The year King Uzziah died." Jotham sole ruler. | ... | |||||||||||||||
| 738 | ... | Menahem is | . . . | mentioned as tributary to Assyria. | 738 | ||||||||||||
| 737 c. | ... | Pekahiah. | |||||||||||||||
| 736 c. | Ahaz. | Pekah, the Gileadite. | |||||||||||||||
| 735 | Ahaz is attacked both by Pekah and | . . . | by Rezin of Damascus (Isa. vii.). | ... | 735 | ||||||||||||
| 734 | ... | Captivity of Gilead, Galilee, etc., | . . . | . . . | by Assyria (Isa. viii., ix.). | 734 | |||||||||||
| 733 | ... | ... | ... | Damascus besieged and taken by Assyria. | 733 | ||||||||||||
| 732 | Ahaz pays homage | . . . | . . . | at Damascus to the King of Assyria. | 732 | ||||||||||||
| 731 | ... | ... | ... | ... | Tiglath-Pileser becomes King of Babylon under the name of Pul. | 731 | |||||||||||
| 730 c. | ... | Hoshea. | |||||||||||||||
| 727 c. | Hezekiah. | ... | Isaiah. | ... | Shalmaneser IV. | 727 | |||||||||||
| 725 | ... | Siege of Samaria begins. | |||||||||||||||
| 722 or 1 | ... | Fall of Samaria. | ... | ... | Sargon takes Samaria. | 722 or 1 | |||||||||||
| 720 or 19 | ... | ... | ... | Gaza overthrown by Sargon as he marches past Judah and defeats Egypt at Raphia. | 720 or 19 | ||||||||||||
| 715 | ... | Samaria peopled | . . . | . . . | by subjugated tribes deported from Assyria. | 715 | |||||||||||
| 711 | ... | ... | ... | Ashdod taken by . . . | Sargon. | 711 | |||||||||||
| 709 | ... | ... | ... | ... | Sargon takes Babylon from Merodach-Baladan. | 709 | |||||||||||
| 705 | ... | ... | Micah. | ... | Death of Sargon. | 705 | |||||||||||
| 704 | ... | ... | ... | ... | War with Merodach-Baladan. | 704 | |||||||||||
| 701 | Invasion of Judah . . . Deliverance of Jerusalem. | . . . | and of all Syria . . . Siege of Ekron. Battle of Eltekeh. | by Sennacherib. | 701 | ||||||||||||
| 695 c.22 This date is very uncertain. It may have been 690, or according to some 685. | Manasseh. | ... | Asarhaddon succeeds. | ||||||||||||||
| 681 | ... | ... | ... | ... | Sennacherib murdered. | 681 | |||||||||||
| 678 | ... | ... | ... | Phœnicia subdued by | Asarhaddon. | 678 | |||||||||||
| 676 | Manasseh | tributary to . . . | . . . | . . . | Assyria. | 676 | |||||||||||
| 671 | ... | ... | ... | Tyre taken by . . . | Asarhaddon on his march to Egypt and conquest of Memphis. | 671 | |||||||||||
| 668 | ... | ... | ... | ... | Assurbanipal. | 668 | |||||||||||
| 666 | Manasseh | and the | . . . | other Syrian kings . . . | tributary to Assyria. | 666 | |||||||||||
| 641 c. | Amon. | ... | ... | Tyre assists . . . the Phœnician Arvad. | Assurbanipal against | 641 | |||||||||||
| 639 c. | Josiah. | ||||||||||||||||
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