A Class-Book of Old Testament History

by G. F. Maclear

APPENDIX.

I.
THE PATRIARCHS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS.

Terah		Haran		Iscah
				Milcah
				Lot		Moab
						Ammon
		Nahor		Bethuel		Laban		Leah
								Rachel
						Rebekah
		Abraham		(of Hagar) Ishmael
				(of Sarah) Isaac		Esau
						Jacob		(of Leah)
								Reuben
								Levi
								Issachar
								Simeon
								Judah
								Zebulun
								Dinah
								(of Bilhah)
								Dan
								Naphtali
								(of Zilpah)
								Gad
								Asher
								(of Rachel)
								Joseph		Ephraim
										Manasseh
								Benjamin

II.
LEVI AND THE PRIESTHOOD.

Levi		Kohath		Amram		Miriam
						Aaron		Nadab
								Abihu
								Eleazar	—	16 courses of Priests.
								Ithamar	—	8 courses of Priests.
						Moses
		Gershon
		Merari

III.
KINGS OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL.

	B.C.
Saul	1095
David	1055
Solomon	1015

Division of the Kingdom, B.C. 975.

KINGDOMS OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL.

LINES OF POLICY.	KINGS OF JUDAH.		B.C.	KINGS OF ISRAEL.		DYNASTIES.
I. B.C. 975–918 Period of mutual hostility.	1	Rehoboam	975	1	Jeroboam		I.
	2	Abijah	958
	3	Asa	955
			954	2	Nadab
			953	3	Baasha		II.
			930	4	Elah
			929	5	Zimri		III.
			929	6	Omri		IV.
			918	7	Ahab
II. B.C. 918–884 Period of mutual alliance, and hostility to Syria.	4	Jehoshaphat	914
			898	8	Ahaziah
			896	9	Jehoram
	5	Jehoram	892
	6	Ahaziah	885
	7	(Athaliah)	884	10	Jehu		V.
	8	Joash	878
			856	11	Jehoahaz
			841	12	Jehoash
III. B.C. 884–588 Renewal of mutual hostilities, gradual decline of both kingdoms before the power of Assyria.	9	Amaziah	839
			825	13	Jeroboam II.
	10	Uzziah	810	1st interregnum of about 11 years*
			783
			773	14	Zachariah
			772	15	Shallum		VI.
			772	16	Menahem		VII.
			761	17	Pekahiah
			759	18	Pekah		VIII.
	11	Jotham	758
	12	Ahaz	742
			737	2nd interregnum
			730	19	Hoshea		IX.
	13	Hezekiah	726
			721	Capture of Samaria and captivity of Israel.
	14	Manasseh	698
	15	Amon	643
	16	Josiah	641
	17	Jehoahaz	610
	18	Jehoiakim	610
	19	Jehoiachin or Coniah	599
	20	Zedekiah	599
		Jerusalem destroyed	588
* See Clinton’s Epitome, p. 133.

IV.
THE PROPHETS.

GENERAL DIVISION.		PROBABLE CHRON. ORDER.		PERIOD ILLUSTRATED BY THEIR PROPHECIES.
				B.C.	KINGS OF ISRAEL.	KINGS OF JUDAH.
Major Prophets		Prophets.
		i. Before the Babylonian Captivity.
Four.
1	Isaiah	*1	Jonah	840–784	Jehoash, Jeroboam II.	Joash, Amaziah
2	Jeremiah	2	Joel	810–795	Jeroboam II.	Joash
3	Ezekiel	3	Amos	810–785	Jeroboam II.	Uzziah
4	Daniel	4	Hosea	800–725	Jeroboam II.–Hoshea	Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz
		5	Isaiah	758–699	Pekahiah–Captivity	Ahaz, Hezekiah
———		6	Micah	765–698	Menahem–Captivity	Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah
Minor Prophets.		ii. Near to and during the Captivity.
Twelve		1	Nahum	720–698	Captivity of Israel	Manasseh, Amon, Josiah
1	Hosea	2	Zephaniah	640–609		Josiah, Jehoahaz
2	Joel	3	Habakkuk	612–598		Josiah–Zedekiah
3	Amos	4	Jeremiah	628–585		Jehoahaz–Captivity
4	Obadiah	5	Daniel	606–534		The Captivity
5	Jonah	†6	Obadiah	588–583		Captivity of Judah
6	Micah	7	Ezekiel	595–574		Zedekiah, Captivity
7	Nahum
8	Habakkuk	iii. After the return from the Captivity.
9	Zephaniah
10	Haggai
11	Zechariah	1	Haggai	520–518		The Rebuilding of the Temple
12	Malachi	2	Zechariah	520–510		Rebuilding and Dedication
		3	Malachi	420–397		2nd Reformation of Nehemiah
						Close of the Canon
* The order of the first six Prophets is much disputed, but the one above given seems to receive most support.
† By some the prophecies of Obadiah are referred to the reign of Hezekiah, B.C. 726–698.

V.
ISRAEL IN CONNECTION WITH THE SURROUNDING NATIONS.

1. THE LATER ASSYRIAN EMPIRE.

B.C.	CONTEMPORANEOUS KINGDOMS.
	ASSYRIA.	BABYLON.	EGYPT.	JUDAH.	ISRAEL.
742	Tiglath-Pileser invades Babylon	Nabonassar
741				Ahaz	Pekah
740	Takes tribute from Pekah Defeats Rezin				Pekah tributary
737				Pays homage to Tiglath-Pileser at Damascus	Pekah slain
730					Hoshea
726	Accession of Shalmaneser	Elulæus		Hezekiah	Submission to Shalmaneser (2 K.xvii. 3)
725			Sabaco I.? So		Alliance with So (2 K. xvii. 4)
723	Siege of Tyre				Siege of Samaria
722	Rebellion of Sargon
721	Sargon takes Samaria	Merodach Baladan			Samaria taken
715	Attacks Arabia		Sabaco II.? Wars with Sargon		Captivity of Israel
713				Hezekiah’s illness Embassy of Merodach Baladan
711	Takes Ashdod	Attacked by Sargon		(See p.434 [n.])
702	Sennacherib expels Merodach Baladan	Belybus
700	Advances against Philistia and Egypt			First attack of Sennacherib on Jerusalem—makes Hezekiah tributary
699?	Defeated before Pelusium	Asshur-Nadin		Second attack
698				Manasseh
690			Tirhakah
680	Accession of Esarhaddon (2 K. xix. 37)	Esarhaddon
676?		Manasseh brought to Babylon (See p. 445[n.])		The captains of Esarhaddon remove Manasseh to Babylon
660?	Assur-bani-pal	Saosduchinus
664			Psammetichus
647	Asshur-emit-ili	Cinneladanus
643				Amon
630	Scythian invasion			Josiah
625	Destruction of Nineveh by Cyaxares	Nabopolassar
⁂ This and the following Tables are framed from those given in Rawlinson’s Herodotus, Vol. I.pp. 489, 530, Clinton’s Epitome, and Prideaux’s Connection of Sacred and Profane History.

B.C.	BABYLONIA.	MEDIA.	EGYPT.	LYDIA.	JUDAH.
625	Nabopolassar	8th year of Cyaxares	39th year of Psammetichus	Alyattes	15th year of Josiah
615		Cyaxares attacks Lydia		Attacked by Cyaxares
610	Makes peace between Cyaxares and Alyattes		Neco (2 K. xxiii. 28)	Peace made
609	Attacked by Neco		Invades Syria Defeats Josiah		Jehoahaz Jehoiakim
606	Sends Nebuchadnezzar against Nico		Defeated at Carchemish		Submits to Nebuchadnezzar
604	Nebuchadnezzar
602					Rebels
599	Besieges Tyre
597	Besieges Jerusalem	Assists Nebuchadnezzar			Jehoiachin 3 mo. Zedekiah
595		Astyages
594	Psammetichus II.
588	Second siege of Jerusalem		Apries (Ezek. xvii. 15)		Attacked by Nebuchadnezzar
586	Takes Jerusalem				Taken prisoner
585	Takes Tyre
581	Invades Egypt				Captivity of Judah
570	Second Invasion of Egypt		Deposed by Nebuchadnezzar (Jer. xliv. 30; Ezek. xxix. xxx. xxxii.)
561	Evil-Merodach				Jehoiachin released
560				Crœsus
559	Neriglissar	Defeated by Cyrus at Pasargadæ
556	Laborosoarchod
555	Nabonadius, Alliance with Crœsus
546				Defeated by Cyrus
539	Associated with Belshazzar
538	Conquered by Cyrus

B.C.	JUDEA.	PERSIA.	GREECE.
537		Supremacy of Cyrus
536	Return of the Jews The Altar set up	Decree for the return of the Jews
534	Interruption of the Samaritans
529		Death of Cyrus
525		Accession of Cambyses
522		Darius Hystaspes
520	Prophecies of Haggai and Zechariah Building of the Temple resumed
516	Temple dedicated
510			Expulsion of the Pisistratidæ
499		Burning of Sardis by the Ionians
493		Darius declares war against Greece
490			Battle of Marathon
485		Accession of Xerxes (Ahasuerus)
480			Battle of Salamis
479		Returns defeated from Greece Era of Esther and Mordecai
466			Battles at the Eurymedon
465		Death of Xerxes
464		Accession of Artaxerxes	Themistocles goes to Persia
458	Ezra comes to Jerusalem Last prophecies of Zechariah
449		Artaxerxes makes peace with the Athenians	Victory of the Athenians at Salamis in Cyprus
444	Nehemiah rebuilds the walls of Jerusalem Opposition of Sanballat
433		Nehemiah returns to Persia
432			Peloponnesian war begins
428	Return and further reformations by Nehemiah
423		Accession of Darius Nothus
420	Prophecies of Malachi
413?		Final return of Nehemiah

VI.
TABLES OF WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND MONEY.

	lbs.	oz.	dwts.	grs.
The gerah, 1⁄20th of a shekel	0	0	0	12
Bekah, 1⁄2 a shekel	0	0	5	0
The shekel	0	0	10	0
The maneh = 60 shekels	2	6	0	0
The talent = 50 maneh = 3000 shekels	125	0	0	0

2. Scripture Measures of Length reduced to English Measure.

								Eng. feet.	inches.
A digit, Jer.lii. 21								0	0·912
4	A palm, Exod.xxv. 25							0	3·648
12	3	A span, Exod.xxviii. 16						0	10·944
24	6	2	A cubit, Gen.vi. 15					1	9·888
96	24	12	4	A fathom, Acts xxvii. 28				7	3·552
144	36	18	6	1½	Ezekiel’s reed, Ezek.xl. 3–5			10	11·328
192	48	24	8	2	1⅓	An Arabian pole		14	7·104
1920	480	240	80	20	13	10	Schœnus, or Measuring line, Ezek.xl. 3	145	11·040

3. The Long Scripture Measures.

						Eng. miles.	paces.	feet.
A cubit						0	0	1·824
400	A stadium or furlong, Luke xxiv. 13					0	145	4·6
2000	5	A Sabbath day’s journey, Acts i. 12				0	729	3·0
4000	10	2	An eastern mile, Matt.v. 41			1	403	1·0
12000	30	6	3	A parasang		4	153	3·0
96000	240	48	24	8	A day’s journey	33	172	4·0

4. Scripture Measures of Capacity for Liquids, reduced to English Wine Measure.

							gal.	pints.
A caph							0	0·625
1⅓	A log, Lev.xiv. 10						0	0·833
5⅓	4	A cab					0	3·333
16	12	3	A hin, Exod.xxx. 24				1	2
32	24	6	2	A seah			2	4
96	72	18	6	3	A bath, or ephah, 1 Kings vii. 26; John ii.		7	4
960	720	180	60	30	10	A kor or homer, Ezek.xlv. 14; Isaiah v. 10	75	0

5. Scripture Measures of Capacity for things Dry reduced to English Corn Measure.

							pks.	gal.	pints.
A gachal							0	0	0·1416
20	A cab or chœnix, 2 Kings vi. 25; Rev.vi. 6						0	0	2·8333
36	1⅘	An omer, Exod.xvi. 36					0	0	5·1
120	6	3⅓	A seah, Matt.xiii. 33				1	0	1
360	18	10	3	An ephah, Ezek.xlv. 11			3	0	3
1800	90	50	15	5	A letech, Hos.iii. 2		15	1	7
3600	180	100	30	10	2	A homer or kor, Num.xi. 32; Hosea iii. 2.	31	1	6

6. Jewish Money reduced to English Standard.

					£	s.	d.
A gerah, Exod. xxx.					0	0	1·3687
10	A bekah, Exod.xxxviii. 26				0	1	1·6875
20	2	A shekel, Exod.xxx. 13; Isa.vii. 23			0	2	3·375
1200	120	60	A maneh or minah Hebraica		6	16	10·5
60000	6000	3000	50	A talent	342	3	9
A solidus aureus, or sextula, was worth					0	12	0½
A siculus aureus, or gold shekel, was worth					1	16	6
A talent of gold was worth					5475	0	0

In the preceding table, silver is valued at 5s. and gold at £4 per oz.

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