OT Prophets (Joel - Malachi)

Prophets

Joel - Prophet to Judah

835 BCE - 796 BCE

Jonah - prophet to Ninevah (Assyria) and Israel

793 BCE - 753 BCE

Amos - prophet to Judah and Israel

760 BCE - 750 BCE

Hosea - prophet to Israel

753 BCE - 715 BCE

Micha - prophet to Judah and Israel (Samaria)

742 BCE - 687 BCE

Isaiah - prophet to Judah

740 BCE - 681 BCE

Nahum - prophet ofJudah, prophecied against Ninevah

663 BCE - 654 BCE

Zephaniah - prophet to Judah

640 BCE - 621 BCE

Jeremiah - prophet to Judah

627 BCE - 586 BCE

Habakkuk - prophet to Judah

612 BCE - 589 BCE

Daniel - prophet to exiles of Judah in Babylon

605 BCE - 536 BCE

Obadiah - prophecied against Edom

598 BCE - 580 BCE

Ezekiel - prophet to exiles of Judah in Babylon

593 BCE - 571 BCE

Haggai - prophet to Judah's remnant that returned to Jerusalem

520 BCE - 519 BCE

Zechariah - prophet to Judah's remnant that returned to Jerusalem

520 BCE - 480 BCE

Malachi - prophet to Judah's remnant that returned to Jerusalem

445 BCE - 430 BCE

Kings of Israel

King Jehu

841 BCE - 813 BCE

King Jehoahaz

814 BCE - 797 BCE

King Jehoash

798 BCE - 782 BCE

King Jeroboam II

793 BCE - 752 BCE

King Zechariah

753 BCE - 753 BCE

King Menahem

752 BCE - 742 BCE

King Shallum

752 BCE - 752 BCE

King Pekahiah

742 BCE - 740 BCE

King Pekah

740 BCE - 732 BCE

King Hoshea

732 BCE - 723 BCE

Kings of Judah

Queen Athaliah

841 BCE - 835 BCE

King Joash

835 BCE - 795 BCE

King Amaziah

796 BCE - 767 BCE

King Azariah (Uzziah)

792 BCE - 740 BCE

King Jotham

750 BCE - 734 BCE

King Ahaz

735 BCE - 719 BCE

King Hezekiah

715 BCE - 686 BCE

King Manasseh

697 BCE - 642 BCE

King Amon

642 BCE - 640 BCE

King Josiah

640 BCE - 609 BCE

King Jehoahaz

609 BCE - 609 BCE

King Jehoiakim

609 BCE - 598 BCE

King Jehoiachin

598 BCE - 598 BCE

King Zedekiah

597 BCE - 586 BCE

Major Events in Judah and Israel

Israel pays tribute to Assyria

841 BCE - 841 BCE

Jonah preaches in Ninevah

785 BCE - 775 BCE

722 BC - End of Northern Kingdom / Assyria defeats Israel

722 BCE - 721 BCE

Defeated by the Assyrians

701 BC Assyrian King Sennacherib tries unsuccessfully to destroy Jerusalem.

701 BCE - 701 BCE

God defends the city and King Hezekiah.

586 BC - Judah defeated and taken captive to Babylon by Nebuchandnezzar

586 BCE - 586 BCE

Defeated by the Babylonians and first wave carried off to captivity.

Exile in Babylon

586 BCE - 538 BCE

538 BC - Cyrus' decree to return to Jerusalem

538 BCE - 538 BCE

538 BC Returning exiles begin to re-build the Temple

538 BCE - 537 BCE

538 - First group returns to Jerusalem under Zerubbabel

538 BCE - 537 BCE

520 BC Temple building resumes and is dedicated on March 12, 515

520 BCE - 515 BCE

Esther becomes queen of Xerxes and saves Jewish people

485 BCE - 465 BCE

458 BC Ezra restores Jerusalem's walls

458 BCE - 457 BCE

458 BC - Second group returns under Ezra

458 BCE - 457 BCE

432 BC - Final group returns under Nehemiah

432 BCE - 431 BCE

Rulers of Assyria, Babylon, and Egypt

Sheshonq III rules Egypt

825 BCE - 773 BCE

Adad-irari III king of Assyria

810 BCE - 783 BCE

Shalmaneser IV King of Assyria

783 BCE - 773 BCE

Nubian/Kush Dynasty begins in Egypt

747 BCE - 716 BCE

Tiglathpileser III King of Assyria

744 BCE - 727 BCE

Sargon II King of Assyria

721 BCE - 705 BCE

Sennacherib king of Assyria

704 BCE - 681 BCE

Esarhaddon king of Assyria

680 BCE - 669 BCE

Ashurbanipal king of Assyria

668 BCE - 627 BCE

Saite Dynasty in Egypt

664 BCE - 525 BCE

Nebopolassar starts Neo-Babylonian Empire

625 BCE - 605 BCE

Pharoah Neco

610 BCE - 595 BCE

Nebuchadnezzar II rules Babylon

604 BCE - 562 BCE

Psamtik II rules in Egypt

595 BCE - 589 BCE

Cyrus the Great - starts Persian Empire

559 BCE - 530 BCE

Psamtik - conquered by Persia

526 BCE - 525 BCE

Darius I rules Persian Empire

522 BCE - 486 BCE

Xerxes rules Persian Empire

485 BCE - 465 BCE

Artaxerxes rules Persian Empire

464 BCE - 424 BCE

Major Events in Assyria, Babylon, and Egypt

Assyrian Empire

850 BCE - 609 BCE

Egyptian Late Dynastic Period and Saite Dynasty

850 BCE - 522 BCE

729 Babylonians occupied by Assyria

729 BCE - 729 BCE

671 Egypt conquered by Assyria

671 BCE - 671 BCE

651 Egypt expells Assyria

651 BCE - 651 BCE

625 BC Nebopolassar of Babylon overthrows the Assyrians

625 BCE - 625 BCE

Ninevah (capital of Assyria) falls

612 BCE - 612 BCE

Neo-Babylonian Empire

609 BCE - 539 BCE

Egyptian ruler Psamtik II supports Zedekiah (of Judah's) revolt

595 BCE - 589 BCE

586 Nebuchadnezzar II conquers and destroys Jerusalem

586 BCE - 585 BCE

539 BC - Fall of Babylon to Cyrus of Persia

539 BCE - 539 BCE

Persian Empire

539 BCE - 333 BCE

Persian Kingdom defeated by Alexander the Great in 333 (Greek rule).

525 Fall of Thebes in Egypt

525 BCE - 525 BCE

Persians rule Egypt

522 BCE - 486 BCE

485 BC Babylon destroyed by Xerxes, king of Persia

485 BCE - 485 BCE

333 BC Alexander the Great (Greece) conquers Persian Empire

333 BCE - 333 BCE