APPENDIX

Relations

Kingdom of

B.C

Kingdom of

Contemporan

of the

Judah.

.

Israel.

ous Persons a

Two

Events in

Kingdom

Heathen

s to each

Countries.

other.

I. Mutual

Rehoboam.

976

Jeroboam.

hostility

Son of Solomon and

Son of Nebat.

from B.C.

Naamah. Reigned 17 years.

Reigned 22 years.

976 to

Prophet: Ahijah.

B.C. 918.

Land invaded and Jerusalem

973

Shishak, king

plundered by Shishak, and

Egypt.

Rehoboam made tributary (1

Kings 14:25, 25).

Prophets: Shemaiah and

Iddo.

Abijah or Abijam.

959

Son of Rehoboam and

Maachah. Reigned 3 years (1

Kings 15:1, 2).

Asa (1 Kings 15:9).

956

Osorkon II.

Son of Abijah. Cushite

955

Nadab (1 Kings

(= probably

invasion. War with Zerah

15:25).

Zerah), king of

the Ethiopian (2 Chronicles

Son of Jeroboam.

Egypt, the

14:9). Alliance with Ben-

Murdered by Baasha,

invader of Juda

hadad I. (1 Kings 15:18).

after a brief reign.

(2 Chronicles

Reigned 41 years

14:9).

Prophets: Oded, Azariah,

Hanani, and Jehu.

953

Baasha (1 Kings

Ben-hadad I.,

15:28).

king of Syria.

Son of Ahijah of

Issachar, He

exterminated the

entire house of

Jeroboam (1 Kings

11:29-39; 15:29).

Reigned 24 years.

Prophet: Jehu

944

The poet Hesi

in

Greece

931

Elah (1 King 16:8).

Son of Baasha. Was

assassinated, after

reigning 2 years, by

Zimri, one of his

captains, who

destroyed all the

house of Baasha" (1

Kings 16:11).

929

Zimri.

Reigned only 7 days

(1 Kings 16:10).

925

Omri.

Reigned alone 6

years (1 Kings

16:23).

924

Samaria made the

capital (1 Kings

16:24).

Invaded by the

Syrians (1 Kings

20:34).

II.

918

Ahab (1 Kings

Ethbaal, king o

Alliance

16:29,31). Son of

Tyre and Sidon

between

Omri. He changed

Ben-hadad II.,

the

the state religion,

king of

kingdoms,

and so "made a

Damascus.

and

prodigious step

common

downwards" by

hostility

introducing the

to Syria,

impure and debasing

from B.C.

worship of the

918 to

Phoenician gods.

B.C. 883.

Reigned 22 years.

Prophets: Elijah and

Micaiah.

Johoshaphat (1 Kings

915

22:41). Son of Asa and

Azubah. Joined "affinity

with Ahab" (2 Chronicles

18:1) associated with him

his son Jehoram, when 16

years of age, the two

reigning conjointly for 8

years.

Prophets: Eliezer and

Jahaziel.

900

Homer

flourished.

900

Battle at Ramoth-

gilead, in which

Ahab was slain (1

Kings 22:37).

898

Ahaziah (1 Kings

Lycurgus in

22:51, 52).

Sparta.

Son of Ahab.

Reigned 2 years.

Prophet: Elisha.

897

Jehoram or Joram.

Son of Ahab (2

Kinds 3:2). The last

king of the house of

Omri. War against

Mesha (2 Kings 3:4-

27). Was put to

death by Jehu (2

Kings 9:1-23; comp.

1 Kings 21:21), after

reigning 12 years.

Jehoram (2 Kings 8:16; 2

892

Chronicles 21:11-13). Son

of Jehoshaphat. His reign

was one of the darkest and

most unfortunate in Judean

history (2 Chronicles

21:12-20). reigned as sole

ruler 8 years.

Ahaziah.

884

Hazael of Syria

Youngest son of Jehoram

and Athalia (2 Kings 8:25;

2 Chronicles 22:1-3). Was

put to death by Jehu (2

Kings 9:24; comp. 2

Chronicles 22:9), after

reigning 1 year.

III.

Athaliah (2 Kings 11:3).

883

Jehu (2 Kings

Renewal

Daughter of Ahab and

10:36).

of mutual

Jezebel. Usurped the throne,

Son of Nimshi. With

hostilities

and reigned 6 years. The last

him began the most

, and

survivor of the house of

powerful and the

gradual

Omri. Was put to death by

longest lived of all

decline of

Jehoiada.

the Israelite

both

dynasties. Reigned

kingdoms

28 years.

(B.C. 993

Prophet: Jonah.

to B.C.

588).

Joash or Jehoash (2 Kings

877

Pygmalion, ki

11:4; 12:1).

of Tyre.

Son of Ahaziah and Zibia.

Was slain on his sick-bed in

the castle of Milo. reigned

40 years.

Prophet : Joel

869

Carthage

founded by

Dido, the

Phoenician

queen, 143 yea

after the

building of the

temple.

855

Jehoahaz (2 Kings

13:1).

Eldest son of Jehu.

ravages of the

Syrians. Reigned 17

years.

Syrians invade Judah.

840

839

Joash or Joash (2

Kings 13:10)

Defeats the Syrians

thrice. Conquers

Judah. Reigned 16

years.

Amaziah (2 Kings 14:1).

838

Death of Elisha (2

Ben-hadad III.,

Son of Joash and Jehoaddan.

Kings 13:14).

king of Syria.

Conquers Edom. Defeat at

Beth-shemesh (2 Kings

14:13). Reigned 29 years.

823

Jeroboam II. (2

Kings 14:23).

Son of Joash. The

greatest of all the

kings of Samaria.

Reigned 41 years.

820

Empire of the

Medes founde

by Arbaces.

814

Kingdom of

Macedon

founded by

Caranus.

Uzziah or Azariah (2 Kings

809

15:1, 2).

Son of Amaziah and

Jecholiah. Reigned 52 years.

Prophet: Amos.

784

Interregnum.

A period of anarchy

of 11 years and some

months.

Prophet: Hosea.

776

The Grecian er

Computation b

Olympiads,

periods of 4

years, begins.

771

Zachariah (2 Kings

15:8).

Son of Jeroboam II.

Slain by Shallum,

Reigned 6 months.

770

Shallum (2 Kings

Pul, king of

15:13).

Assyria.

Reigned 1 month.

770

Menahem (2 Kings

15:17).

Israel invaded by

Pul. Menahem

becomes a vassal of

Assyria (2 Kings

15:19).

761

Pekahiah.

Son of Menahem (2

Kings 15:23-26).

Reigned 2 years.

Jotham (2 Kings 15:32,

759

Pekah (2 Kings

33).

15:27, 28).

Son of Uzziah and Jerusha.

Forms an alliance

Reigned 16 years.

with Rezin. War

Prophets: Micah and Isaiah.

with Judah. The

kingdom attacked by

Tiglath-pileser.

Reigned 20 years.

752

Foundation of

Rome

747

Nabonassar,

king of Babylo

Rezin, king of

Syria.

Ahaz (2 Kings 16:1).

742

Tiglath-pileser

Son of Jatham. The party in

king of Assyri

Jerusalem in favor of an

alliance with Assyria

predominates (2 Kings

16:7). Reigned 16 years.

Prophets: Isaiah and Oded.

740

Interregnum of 9

years.

735

Syracuse

founded.

747

Nabonassar,

king of Babylo

Rezin, king of

Syrain.

Ahaz (2 Kings 16:1).

742

Tiglath-pileser

Son of Jotham. The party in

king of Assyri

Jerusalem in favor of an

alliance with Assyria

predominates (2 Kings

16:7). reigned 16 years.

Prophets: Isaiah and Oded.

740

Interregnum of 9

years.

734

Syracuse

founded.

730

Hosea (2 Kings

s17:1).

Son of Elah. Enters

into an alliance with

So, king of Egypt.

The last and best

king of Israel.

Reigned 9 years.

727

Shalmaneser IV

succeeds

Tiglath-pileser

and besieges

Samaria, makin

Hoshea

tributary.

Manasseh (2 Kings 21:1)

Son of Hezekiah. Great

national apostasy. Carried

captive to Babylon (2

Chronicles 33:11). His

repentance and restoration.

Reigned 55 years.

Prophets: Micah, Isaiah,

Sargon seizes

and probably Nahum.

the throne of

Assyria, and

takes Samaria,

the siege of

which was

begun by

Shalmaneser.

Merodach

Baladan

conquers

Babylon.

Kingdom of Judah

Contemporaneous Persons and Even

in Heathen Countries

705

Sargon murdered, and succeeded by hi

son Sennacherib.

681

Sennacherib murdered and succeeded b

his son Esarhaddon (2 Kings 19:37)

608

Assur-bani-pal, king of Egypt, was

-

succeeded by his son Necho II.

626

666

Psammetichus I., king of Egypt, was

-

succeeded by his son Necho II.

612

Amon (2 Kings 21:19).

642

Was murdered after a reign of 2 years.

Prophet: Nahum.

Joshiah (2 Kings 22:11).

640

Fall of Nineveh. Nabopolassar. father

National revival of religion.

629

Nebuchadnezzar, independent in

625

Babylon.

Finding of the book of the law Slain at

621

Megiddo. Reigned 31 years.

Prophets: Jeremiah, Zephaniah,

Habakkuk, and Huldah.

Jehoahaz or Shallum (2 Chronicles

612

Necho II., king of Egypt.

3:15).

-

Necho II. on his way to assail the

Josiah's third son. "Did evil in the sight

596

Babylonians at Carchemish, encounter

of the Lord." Reigned 3 months, when he

609

and defeated the army of Josiah near

was deposed by Necho, who took him to

Megiddo (q.v.). Josiah was fatally

Egypt (2 Kings 23:33).

wounded (2 Chronicles 35:24), and

Palestine became tributary to Egypt.

Jehoiakim or Eliakim.

609

Josiah's second son. Made king by Necho

(2 Kings 23:36). Judah becomes tributary

to Nebuchadnezzar (2 Kings 24:1).

Commencement of the 70 year's captivity.

606

Nebuchadnezzar overcame the powerf

army of the Egyptians, under Necho II

at Carchemish (Jeremiah 46:8-21), on t

Middle Euphrates. Syria and Palestin

now became tributary to Babylon (2

Kings 24:1). Daniel and other noble a

royal youths are taken captive to

Babylon.

Jehoiakim, despite the warnings of

602

Jeremiah, rebelled against

Nebuchadnezzar who marched at the head

of a large army into Syria and besieged

Jerusalem. Jehoiakim was put to death,

and Jehoiachin was placed on the throne

by Nebuchadnezzar.

Jehoiachin (Jeconiah or Coniah).

599

Being suspicious of Jehoiachin's loyalty,

Nebuchadnezzar led an army against

Jerusalem and plundered it, carrying away

many captives (2 Kings 24:10-16), among

whom were the king and all his

household. He placed Mattaniah on the

vacant throne, giving him the name of

Zedekiah. Second conquest of Jerusalem.

Reigned 3 months.

Mattaniah (Zedekiah).

599

He rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar, his

suzerain, and formed an alliance with

Hopra, king of Egypt (2 Kings 24:20;

Jeremiah 44:30; Ezekiel 17:15).

Nebuchadnezzar came "with all his host"

against Jerusalem (2 Kings 25:1). Egypt

proved again for the Jews a "bruised reed"

(2 Kings 18:21), and failed to help them.

Jerusalem was besieged for a year and a

half, and was visited with dire distress,

famine, and pestilence. The defenses of the

city gave way, and the Babylonian army

entered it. The doomed city drank the cup

of God's fury to the dregs. The king and

all his followers were taken captive, and

brought to Riblah. There his son was put

to death in his presence, and his own eyes

were than put out, and he became a

captive in Babylon to the day of his

death. (Jeremiah 52:11). The second

captivity. Reigned 11 years.

Prophet: Ezekiel.

596

Psammetichus II., king of Egypt.

-

591

594

Solon at Athens

591

Hophra, king of Egypt.

-

572

Gedaliah.

588

Appointed governor by Nebuchadnezzar

(2 Kings 25:22). Was killed by Ishmael.

Jerusalem destroyed. Many of the people

carried captive to Babylon. The third

captivity. The rest fled to Egypt (2 Kings

25:26). Judah lies desolate (2 Chronicles

36:21; Zechariah 7:14).

Palestine.

Rome

562

Nebuchadnezzar dies, after a reign of 4

years, and is succeeded by his son Evil

merodach.

558

Media and Persia united into one

kingdom under Cyrus.

559

Neriglissar (probably = Nergal -

Sharezer), Nebuchadnezzar's son-in-la

succeeds Evil-merodach.

555

Nabonidus, the last king of Babylon.

Belshazzar, his son, latterly associated

with him as king. Belshazzar command

at Babylon while his father Nabonidus

took the field against Cyrus.

538

During the siege of Babylon by Cyrus,

Belshazzar made a great feast, and that

night the city was taken, and Belshazz

was slain, the empire passing to the

Medes and Persians. Then Darius the

Mede "took the kingdom," Cyrus makin

him governor of the Medo-Persian

empire, with the title of King. Daniel

cast into the den of lions.

Palestine becomes a province of the

536

Cyrus's first year, on the death of Dariu

Persian empire. Return of the first caravan

Issues his edict in favor of the Jewish

"of the children of the province" — i.e., of

captives (Ezra 1:1-4; 6:3-5; comp Isaia

Judea — under Zerubbabel, whom Cyrus

44:28).

made tirshatha or governor of Judea. Only

about 50,000 Jews returned on this

occasion.

Rebuilding of the temple begun.

535

Daniel sees the vision recorded in ch. 10-

534

12. The Samaritans oppose the building of

the temple.

529

Tarquinius Superbus at Rome.

Ahasuerus (Cambyses, Cyrus's son)

succeeds Cyrus as king of Persia (Ezra

4:6).

The temple completed and dedicated in

515

the sixth year of Darius.

490

Battle of Marathon.

486

Xerxes I. (Ahasuerus of Esther).

483

In the third year of his reign, he holds a

great assembly previous to his invasio

of Greece, and divorces Queen Vashti.

Probably not till after his return from th

disastrous invasion did he marry

Hadassa (Esther).

480

Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis.

The Jews are under persian governors.

479

Battle of Platea. Sea-fight of Mycale.

Many abuses appear among them.

478

Esther made queen.

466

Xerxes slain by two of his courtiers,

succeeded by his son Artaxerxes

(Longimanus).

Ezra obtains a commission from

457

Artaxerxes (Longimanus) and leads a

second company of exiles back to

Jerusalem (Ezra 7:8).

Nehemiah, cupbearer of Artaxerxes,

446

appointed governor of Jerusalem Is

opposed by Sanballat and Tobiah.

Nehemiah returns to persia.

433

Nehemiah revisits Jerusalem, and reforms

432

many abuses.

431

Peloponnesian War begins.

432

Socrates, Xenophon, and Thucydides a

Athens.

Death of Nehemiah

413

Ezra and the Great Synagogue, including

354

Demosthenes.

the prophets Haggai, Zechariah, and

Malachi, probably gathered together the

several books which form the Old

Testament cannon.

Temple built on Gerizim by the

322

Alexander the Great takes the city of

Samaritans

Tyre.