_The dates printed in heavy type are certain, at least within a unit._
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| | | | Events in Contemporary History. |
|Chronology | Probable Real | Biblical Events. +--------------------+--------------------+---------------------+
| of Ussher.| Dates. | | Babylonia. | Assyria. | Egypt.[38] |
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| 4004 |Indeterminable, |Creation of Man | | | |
|[4157][36] |but much before | | | | |
| | 7000 B.C. | |7-6000.[37] Temple | | |
| | | | of Bel at Nippur | |4777. Menes, the |
| | | | founded. | | first king of the |
| | | | | | First Egyptian |
| | | | | | Dynasty |
| | | |c. 4000.[37] lugal- | | |
| | | | zaggisi, king of | |3998-3721. Fourth |
| | | | Uruk (Erech, Gen. | | Dynasty. |
| | | | x. 10) | |3969-3908. Cheops. |
| | | | | | The Great Pyramid |
| | | | | | built |
| | | |3800.[39] Sargon of | | |
| | | | Agade, who carries | | |
| | | | his arms as far as | | |
| | | | the Mediterranean | | |
| | | | Sea. | | |
| 2348 | |The Deluge |c. 2800.[41] Ur-bau | | |
|[2501][40] | | | and Dungi, kings of| | |
| | | | Uru (Ur, Gen. xi. | | |
| | | | 28, 31) |c. 2300. Ushpia, | |
| | | | | priest of Ashur, | |
| | | | | builder of temple | |
| | | | | in the city of | |
| | | | | Ashur. | |
| | | | |c. 2225. Ilu-shuma, | |
| 1996-1821 |c. 2100 (if, as is|Abraham |c. B.C. 2130-2088. | first king of | |
|[2211-2036]| probable, the | | [42] Khammurabi | Assyria at present | |
| [40] | Amraphel of Gen. | | unifies Babylonia | (1909) known.[43] | |
| | xiv. 1 is | | and constructs in | | |
| | Khammurabi.) | | it many great works| |2098-1587. Rule of |
| | | | (see art. | | the Hyksos. |
| | | | BABYLONIA) | | |
| | | | | |1587-1328. Eighteenth|
| | | | | | Dynasty. |
| | | | | |1503-1449. Thothmes |
| | | | | | (Tethmosis) III. |
| | | | | | (leads victorious |
| | | | | | expeditions into |
| | | | | | Asia.) |
| | | | c. 1400. | |1414-1483. Amen-hotep|
| | | | Burnaburiash. Tel | | (Amenophis) III. |
| | | | el-Amarna | |1383-1365. Amen-hotep|
| | | | correspondence | | IV. |
| | | | | |1328-1202. Nineteenth|
| | | | |c. 1300. Shalmaneser| Dynasty. |
| | | | | I. (builder of | |
| | | | | Calah, Gen. x. 11.)|1300-1234. Ramses II.|
| 1491 | c. 1230 | The Exodus | .. | .. |1234-1214. Merenptab |
| | | | | | II. |
| 1099-1058 | c. 1025-1010[44] | Saul (2)[45] | | | |
| 1058-1017 | c. 1010-970 | David (40) | | | |
| 1017-977 | c. 970-933 | Solomon (40) | | |952-749 (al. 945- |
| | /--------------------------------\ | | | 745). Twenty-second |
| | / _Judah._ | _Israel._ \ | | | Dynasty 952-930[46] |
| 977 |933. Rehoboam (17)|933. Jeroboam I. | | | (Breasted 945-924). |
| 959 |916. Abijah (3) | (22) | | | Sheshonq (Shishak). |
| 956 |913. Asa (41) | | | | Shishak invades |
| 956 | .. |912. Nadab (2) | | | Judah in the fifth |
| 954 | .. |911. Baasha (24) | | | year of Rehoboam |
| | | | | | (1 Ki. xiv. 25 f.) |
| 930 | .. |888. Elah (2) | |885-860. Asshur- | |
| 929 | .. |887. Zimri (7 days)| | nazir-abal | |
| 929 | .. |887. Omri (12) | |860-825. Shalmaneser| |
| 918 | .. |876. Ahab (22) | | II. | |
| 914 |873. Jehoshaphat | | | | |
| (25) | | | | |
| 898 | .. |854. Ahaziah (2) | |854. Ahab mentioned | |
| 896 | .. |853. Jehoram (12) | | at the battle of | |
| | | | | Karkar | |
| 892 |849. Jehoram (8) | | | | |
| 885 |842. Ahaziah (1) | | | | |
| 884 |842. Athalia (6) |842. Jehu (28) | |842. Jehu pays | |
| | | | | tribute to | |
| | | | | Shalmaneser II. | |
| 878 |836. Jehoash (40) | | | | |
| 856 | .. |814. Jehoahaz (17) | | | |
| 841 | .. |798. Jehoash (16) | |825-812. Shamshi- | |
| | | .. | | Adad (Hadad) | |
| 839 |797. Amaziah (29) | .. | |812-783. Adad- | |
| 823 | .. |783. Jeroboam II. | | Nirari IV. | |
| | | (41) | | | |
| 810 |779. Uzziah(52) | .. | | | |
| |c. 750. Jotham | | | | | | |
| | (16) as regent | |747-733. Nabonassar |745-727. Tiglath- | |
| | (2 Ki. xv. 5) | | | Pileser IV. | |
| 773 | |743. Zecharia (6 | | | |
| | | mo.) | | | |
| 772 | .. |743. Shallum | | | |
| | | (1 mo.) | | | |
| 772 | .. |743. Menahem (10) | | | |
| 758 |740. Jotham, sole | | | | |
| | ruler | | | | |
| 761 | .. |738. Pekabiah(2) | .. |738.Menahem pays | |
| 759 | .. |737. Pekah(20) | | tribute to Tiglath-| |
| 742 |736.[47] Ahaz (16)| | | pileser IV. (cf. 2 | |
| | | | | Ki. xv. 19) | |
| 730 | |733. (or 732) | |733 (or 732). Assas-| |
| | | Hoshea (9) | | sination of Pekah, | |
| | | | | and succession of | |
| | | | | Hoshea mentioned by| |
| | | | | Tiglath-pileser | |
| | | | | III. | |
| | | | |732.Capture of | |
| | | | | Damascus by | |
| | | | | Tiglath-pileser IV.| |
| | | | | (2 Ki. xvi. 9; cf. | |
| | | |729-724. Tiglath- | Is. viii. 4, xvii. | |
| | | | pileser, under | 1) | |
| 726 |728. Hezeiah (29) | | the name of Pulu |727-722. Shalmaneser| |
| | [47] | | (cf. 2 Ki. xv. 19),| IV. | |
| | | | king of Babylon. | | |
| | | | .. |722-705. Sargon | |
| 721 | |722. Fall of | |722. Capture of | |
| | | Samaria and end of| | Samaria in Sargon's| |
| | | northern kingdom. |721-710. The | accession-year | |
| | | Chaldaean prince, | | |
| | | Merodach-baladan, | | | |
| | | king of Babylon | | |
| | | (cf. 2 Kings xx. 12| | |
| | | = Is. xxxix. 1) | | |
| | | | |715-663. Twenty-fifth|
| | | | | (Ethiopian) Dynasty |
| | | | |715.[48] Sabako |
| | | | | (Shabaka) |
| | | |711. Siege and | |
| | | | capture of Ashdod. | |
| | | | (cf. Is. xx. 1) | |
| | | |705-681. Sennacherib| |
| | | | | 707.[48] Shabataka |
| | | |701. Campaign | |
| | | |against Phoenicia, | |
| | | | Philistia and Judah| |
| | | | (2 Kings xviii. 13-| |
| 698 |698. Manasseh (55) | | |693.[48] Taharqa |
| | | | | (Tirhakah, Is. |
| | | | | xxxvii. 9) |
| | |681-668. Esarhaddon | | |
| | Biblical Events. | | | |
| | /--------------------------------\ | | | |
| | / \ | |670. Esarhaddon | |
| | | | conquers Egypt |664-525. Twenty-sixth|
| | | |668-626 Asshur- | Dynasty. |
| | | | banipal (Assur- | |
| | | | bani-pal |664. Psammetichus I. |
| | | | (Assur-bani-pal) | |
| | | |663. Asshur-banipal | |
| | | | invades Egypt, and | |
| | | | sacks Thebes | |
| | | | (Nah. iii. 8-10) | |
| 643 |641. Amon (2) | | | |
| 641 |639. Josiah (31) | | | |
| 629 |626. Call of the prophet Jeremiah in | | | |
| | Josiah's 13th year. (Jer. i. 2, xxv. | | | |
| | 3) | Chaldaean Dynasty | | |
| | |625. Nabopolassar | | |
| 624 |621. Discovery of the Book of the Law | | | |
| | (Deuteronomy) in Josiah's 18th year | | | |
| | (2 Kings xxiii. 3 ff.) | | | |
| | | | |610. Necho |
| 610 |608. Jehoahaz (3 mo.) | .. | .. |608. Battle of |
| | | | | Megiddo, and death |
| | | | | of Josiah. (2 Kings |
| | | | | xxiii. 29) |
| 610 |608. Jehoiakim (11) | | | |
| | | |607. Destruction of | |
| | | | Nineveh by the | |
| | | | Medes, and end of | |
| | | | the empire of | |
| | | | Assyria. | |
| | |605. Defeat of | | |
| | | Egyptians by Nebuc-| | |
| | | hadrezzar (as his | | |
| | | father's general) | | |
| | | at Carchemish (Jer.| | |
| | | xlvi. 2) | | |
| | |604. Nebuchadrezzar | | |
| 599 |597. Jehoiachin (3 mo.) First | | | |
| | deportation of captives (including | | | |
| | Jehoiachin) to Babylonia, in the 8th | | | |
| | year of Nebuchadnezzar (2 Kings xxiv.| | | |
| | 12-16) | | | |
| 599 |597. Zedekiah (11) | | | |
| | | | |594. Psammetichus II.|
| | | | | (Psammis) |
| | | | |589. Apries (Hophra, |
| | | | | Jer. xliv. 30) |
| 588 |586. Destruction of Jerusalem by the | | | |
| | Chaldaeans in the 19th year of 19th | | | |
| | year of Nebuchadnezzar (2 Kings xxv. | | | |
| | 8). Second deportation of captives to| | | |
| | Babylonia (2 Kings xxv. 4-21) |568. Nebuchadrezzar | |570. Amasis II. |
| | | invades Egypt (cf. | |(jointly with Apries)|
| | | Jer. xliii. 8-13) | | |
| | | | |564. Amasis alone |
| 562 |561. Jehoiachin released from prison |561. Amel-marduk | | |
| | by Evil-merodach in the 37th year of | (Evil-merodach, 2 | | |
| | his captivity (2 Kings xxv. 27-30) | Ki. xxv. 27) | | |
| | |559. Nergal-sharuzur| | |
| | | (Neriglissar) | | |
| | |555. (9 months) | | |
| | | Labashi-marduk | | |
| | | (Laboriso-archod) | | |
| | |555. Nabu-na'id | | |
| | | (Nabon-nedus, | | |
| | | Nabonidus) | | |
| | |539. Capture of | | |
| | | Babylon by Cyrus. | | |
| | | | | |
| |Judah a province of the Persian Empire| Persian Kings. | | |
| | | | | |
| 536 |538. Edict of Cyrus, permitting the |538. Cyrus | | |
| | Jews to return to Palestine. Many | | | |
| | return under the leadership of | | | |
| | Zerubbabel (Ezra i.-ii.) | | | |
| | |529. Cambyses | | |
| | | | |526. Psammetichus | |
| | | | | III. |
| | | | |525. Conquest of |
| | | | | Egypt by Cambyses. |
| | |522. (7 mo.) Gaumata| | |
| | | (Pseudo-Smerdis) | | |
| | |522. Darius | | |
| | | Hystaspis | | |
| 515 |516. Completion of the second Temple | | | |
| | in the 6th year of Darius (Ezra vi. | | | |
| | 15) | | | |
| | |490. Battle of | | |
| | | Marathon | | |
| | |485. Xerxes | | |
| | |480. Battles of | | |
| | | Thermopylae and | | |
| | | Salamis | | |
| | |465. Artaxerxes. | | |
| 457 |458. Return of exiles with Ezra, in | | | |
| | the 7th year of Artaxerxes (Ezra vii.| | | |
| | 7) | | | |
| 445 |445. Nehemiah's first visit to | | | |
| | Jerusalem (Neh. i. 1, ii. 1) | | | |
| 434 |432. Nehemiah's second visit to | | | |
| | Jerusalem (Neh. xiii. 6) | | | |
| | |423. Darius II. | | |
| | | (Nothus) | | |
| | |404. Artaxerxes II. | | |
| | | (Mnemon) | | |
| | |359. Artaxerxes III.| | |
| | | (Ochus) | | |
| |c. 350. Many Jews carried away captive| | | |
| | to Hyrcania and Babylonia, probably | | | |
| | on account of a revolt against the | | | |
| | Persians | | | |
| | |338. Arses | | |
| | |336. Darius III. | | |
| | | (Codomannus) | | |
| | |333. Persian Empire | | |
| | | overthrown by | | |
| | | Alexander the | | |
| | | Great | | |
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_Palestine now becomes a province, first of the empire of Alexander,
and afterwards of that of one or other of Alexander's successors._