415 Eliashib, high priest. He and his successors direct the affairs of Judea assisted by a council of elders and priests.
413 Joiada becomes high priest.
373 Johanan murders his brother Joshua, who attempts to seize the high-priesthood. The Persian satrap interferes and fines the Jews.
350 Judea ravished by Artaxerxes III, while suppressing a Syrian revolt. The temple destroyed. Many Jews deported.
341 Jaddua becomes high priest. The age of “Wisdom” literature (Khokmah).
333 Overthrow of the Persian Empire by Alexander at the battle of Issus. Israel has a new master.
323 At death of Alexander, Judea becomes a part of the satrapy of Syria.
321 Onias I becomes high priest.
320 Conquest of Jerusalem by Ptolemy Lagus. He deports some of the inhabitants to Egypt.
314-302 Judea a Syrian province.