B.C. TABLE OF IMPORTANT HISTORICAL EVENTS 745 B.C. to 568 B.C. 745-727 Tiglath-pileser III, king of Assyria. Revival of Assyrian power. 743-740 Assyrian campaigns against Arpad, in Syria. 738 Assyrian campaign against Hamath, in Syria. 735-715 Ahaz, king of Judah. 735 Alliance of Northern Israel and Syria against Judah. Ahaz appeals to Tiglath-pileser, thus becoming a vassal of Assyria and subject to tribute. 734 Tiglath-pileser destroys Damascus, invades Northern Israel, and deports large numbers of the inhabitants. Hoshea becomes king of Israel as a vassal of Assyria. 727-722 Shalmaneser IV, king of Assyria. 725 Rebellion of Syria and Israel against Assyria. 724-721 Siege of Samaria; its capture by Sargon. 721-705 Sargon, king of Assyria. 720 Sargon captures Hamath, in Syria. End of Northern Israel. 720-710 Merodach-baladan, king in Babylon, a province of Assyria, becomes hostile to Assyria. 715-688 Hezekiah, king of Judah. 712-700 Shabaka, king of Egypt. Shabaka incites revolt in Palestine and Syria against Sargon. 711 Sargon invades Syria and Palestine and captures Ashdod. 705-681 Sennacherib, king of Assyria. Merodach-baladan again for a little while active in Babylon against 705 Revolt in Palestine. 701 Sennacherib invades Palestine; overruns Judah and besieges Jerusalem; defeats Egyptian army at Altaqu; raises the siege of Jerusalem and returns to Assyria; Judah tributary to Assyria. 690 Destruction of Babylon by Assyria. 688-663 Tirhaka, king of Egypt; revival of Egyptian power. Four Assyrian campaigns against Tirhaka of Egypt with varying 668-626 Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria. 668 Ashurbanipal captures Memphis, in Egypt, which had revolted. 661 Height of Assyria's power. Ashurbanipal plunders Thebes and controls Egypt. 639 Josiah becomes king of Judah. ΙΟΙ 626 Scythian hordes overrun western Asia. Beginning of prophetic activity of Jeremiah and Zephaniah. 621 Discovery of the law book. Inauguration of the reformation by King Josiah. 608 Pharaoh Necho invades Palestine and is intercepted by King Josiah at Megiddo, where Josiah is slain. Jehoahaz is crowned king of Judah by the people and reigns for three Pharaoh deposes Jehoahaz, carries him to Egypt, and places 606(?) Nineveh, the capital of Assyria, falls under the joint attack of the Medes and the Babylonians. The Assyrian empire comes to an end. Nahum, the prophet, celebrates her downfall in a paean of triumph. 605 Pharaoh Necho, advancing to seize upon the territory of the fallen Assyrian, is met at Carchemish on the Euphrates by Nebuchadnezzar, son of Nabopolassar, king of Babylon, and defeated. Pharaoh retires from western Asia and Palestine. Jehoiakim transfers his allegiance from Egypt to Babylonia. 600 Jehoiakim, weary of paying tribute, revolts from Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar sends his allies from among the neighbors of Judah to attack Jehoiakim. 597 Jehoiakim dies and is succeeded by Jehoiachin. 597 After Jehoiachin has reigned three months Nebuchadnezzar in person besieges Jerusalem, captures the city, deports Jehoiachin and ten thousand of the leading citizens to Babylon, and places Zedekiah on the throne as his vassal. Habakkuk, the prophet, seeks to reassure Judah. 588 Zedekiah, instigated by Pharaoh Hophra, revolts from Babylon and Jerusalem is subjected to a three-years' siege by Nebuchadnezzar. Jeremiah counsels surrender. Pharaoh Hophra seeks to relieve Jerusalem by invading Palestine, but is driven back by Nebuchadnezzar. 586 Jerusalem falls. Large numbers of the people are taken into exile in Babylonia. Numbers flee to Egypt. Gedaliah is appointed governor by Nebuchadnezzar. Jeremiah remains with Gedaliah at Mizpeh. Gedaliah is assassinated by Ishmael, one who refuses to submit to Large numbers, fearing the vengeance of Babylon, flee to Egypt and 573 Nebuchadnezzar captures Tyre, after a siege of thirteen years. 568 Nebuchadnezzar invades Egypt and renders impossible further activity on her part in Palestine. |