Judah after the Fall of the Northern Kingdom

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JUDAH AFTER THE FALL OF THE NORTHERN KINGDOM
DATE (BC) JUDAH PROPHETS EGYPT ASSYRIA MEDES BABYLON
722

Ahaz (735-715);

Vassal of Assyria

Isaiah

Micah

Sargon II (722-705)
715

Hezekiah (715-687)

Hezekiah’s rebellion

against Assyria

Sennacherib’s (705-681) Campaign against Judah

Chaldean chieftain

Merodach-baladan

700

Sennacherib’s

Campaign (701)

Manasseh (687-642)

Tirhakah

(690-664)

Sennacherib destroys Babylon Esarhaddon (681-669) attacks Egypt
675

Corruption and pagan

practices promoted by Manasseh grip Judah

Psammeticus

(664-610)

Ashurbanipal II

(669-627); sack of

Thebes (663)

650 Josiah (640-609)

Jeremiah

(627-582)

Death of Ashurbanipal II (627)

Nabopolassar seized

throne of Babylon (626)

625

Josianic reform

“Book of Law” (621)

Nahum Sin-shar-ushkun

Cyaxares

(623-584)

615

Death of Josiah (609)

Jehoiakim (609-598)

Zephaniah

Habakkuk

Neco II

(610-594)

Asshur sacked (614)

Ashur-uballit II; Nineveh destroyed (612) Haran falls (610)

605

Rebellion against

Babylon

Nebuchadnezzar

(605-562) Battle of

Carchemish

600
598/97

1st siege of Jerusalem and deportation

(Jehoiachin 598-597)

Ezekiel

Apries

(Hophra)

(589-570)

1st campaign against

Judah

587/86

2nd siege of

Jerusalem; destruction of temple

2nd campaign against Judah; destruction of the temple