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OT1.3
Oak Hill OT1.3 Historical Dates for Prophets and Kings
Question | Answer |
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King Saul | 1050-1010 (40 years) |
King David | 1010-970 (40 years) |
King Solomon | 970-930 (40 years) |
Kingdom divides | 930 |
Rehoboam – First King of Judah | 930-913 (17 years) |
Jeroboam I – First King of Israel | 930-909 (22 years) |
Asa – King of Judah | 910-869 (41 years) |
Hoshea – King of Israel | 732-723 (9 years) |
Elijah – Prophet to Israel | 873-853 |
Elisha – Prophet to Israel | 853-793 |
Obadiah – Prophet to Israel | 848-841 |
Amos – Prophet to Israel | 783-743 |
Isaiah – Prophet to Judah | 740-680 |
Samaria falls to Assyrian Shalmaneser V | 722 |
Micah – Prophet to Judah | 753-700 |
Hezekiah – King of Judah | 715-686 (29 years) |
Josiah – King of Judah | 640-609 (31 years) |
Josiah’s reform | 614 |
Jeremiah – Prophet to Judah | 626-586 |
Jehoiachim of Judah becomes a vassal of Nebuchadnezzar | 605 |
Jerusalem falls to Babylon | 597 |
Jerusalem destroyed and captives taken | 586 |
Ninevah falls to Babylon | 612 |
Assyrian Sennacherib’s unsuccessful siege of Jerusalem (recorded on Taylor Prism) | 701 |
Assyrian Shalmeneser III subdues Ahaz and Jehu (recorded on The Black Obelisk) | 841 |
Babylon falls to Persia and Jews allowed to return home to rebuild temple | 539 |
The 2nd temple completed (Prophets Haggai and Zechariah) | 516 |
King Cyrus of Persia permits exiles to return home (recorded on Cyrus Cylinder) | 559-529 |
Ezra in Jerusalem | 458 |
Nehemiah in Jerusalem to rebuild walls | 445 |
Malachi and close of OT | 445 |
Ezekiel - Prophet to Judah | 622-570 |
Tiglath-Pileser III, King of Assyria cf. 2 Kgs 15 (as shown on the Astartu relief) | 743-732 |
Epic of Atrahasis (Ancient flood tablet) | 1600 |
Epic of Gilgamesh (Ancient creation and flood tablet) | 1700 |
Assyrians invade Judah (Siege of Lachish reliefs) | 702-701 |
Hittite covenant treaties (tablet) | 1300 |
Egyptian King mentions a people referred to as 'Israel' (depicted on the Merneptah Stele) | 1208 |
Mention of Belshazzar cf. Daniel (Nabonidus cylinder) | 556-539 |
Kings Ahab of Israel and Ben-Hada of Aram fight Shalmaneser III of Assyria cf. 1 Kgs 22 (depicted on the Kurkh Stele) | 853 |