History of Ancient Israel
Main
Biblical Date of the Exodus
1450 BCEDecline in Canaanite City-States
1200 BCESaul's Reign
1049 BCE - 1006 BCEReign of King David
1005 BCE - 970 BCEDivided Monarchy
925 BCE - 722 bceJeraboam I becomes first king of Israel
Omride Dynasty
885 BCe - 843 BCEOmri --> Ahab
Josiah's Reign
639 BCE - 609 BCEBabylonian Exile
586 BCE - 539 BCEDestruction of Jerusalem --> Cyrus II ends exile
Secondary Events
Egypt controls Canaan
1500 BCE - 1200 BCEAlternative Date for Exodus
1250 BCEIshbaal
1005 BCESaul's son who wants to be king
Nathan
1000 BCE - 900 BCEDavid's Prophet; foretold the collapse of David's kingdom after he had the affair with Bathsheba
Ataliah
900 BCE - 800 BCEOmride Princess; Marraige Alliance
Elijah
900 BCE - 800 BCeProphet; ended the Omride dynasty
Elisha
843 BCE - 800 BCEelijahs successor
Jehu
843 bce - 800 bceJehu defeats Omrides (but is a weak king himself)
Hosea, Amos and Isaiah
800 BCE - 700 BCEHosea and Amos were more criquers of social stuff; Isaiah was the PROPHET
Syro-Ephramitic Alliance
735 BCEAhaz
734 BCe - 727 BCEKing of Judah; Isaiah told him to stick with Assyria, thus Judah was saved
Sennacherib Campaign Against Babylon
705 BCESennacherib was an Assyrian Prince
Josiac Reforms
622 BCENebachudnezzer II's Reign
605 BCE - 562 BCEResponsible for the destruction of temple and exile of Judah
Second Temple Rebuilt
516 BCEConstructed after Cyrus released Jews from Exile in Babylon
Ezra
480 BCE - 444 BCE• Led a group of exilees back to Jerusalem, only to discover that the Jerusalemites had been marrying foreign women
• She condemned them