| 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.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |