The last and best
king of Israel.
Reigned 9 years.
727 Shalmaneser IV.
succeeds
Tiglath-pileser,
and besieges
Samaria, making
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,
and probably Nahum.Sargon seizes
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 Events
in Heathen Countries
705 Sargon murdered, and succeeded by his
son Sennacherib.
681 Sennacherib murdered and succeeded by
his son Esarhaddon (2 Kings 19:37).
608- 626
Assur-bani-pal, king of Egypt, was
succeeded by his son Necho II.
666- 612
Psammetichus I., king of Egypt, was
succeeded by his son Necho II.Amon (2 Kings 21:19).
Was murdered after a reign of 2 years.
Prophet: Nahum.
642Joshiah (2 Kings 22:11).
National revival of religion.
640
629
625Fall of Nineveh. Nabopolassar. father of
Nebuchadnezzar, independent in
Babylon.
Finding of the book of the law Slain at
Megiddo. Reigned 31 years.
Prophets: Jeremiah, Zephaniah,
Habakkuk, and Huldah.
621