Understanding The Bible |
CENTRAL POWER |
DATE | COMMENTS |
| ASSYRIA COMES TO POWER | -886 | |
| Pre-Exilic | -687 | Manasseh becomes King of Judah, (687-642), Bad King, 55 Yrs |
| Pre-Exilic | -657 | Jeremiah - Approximate birth date (670-650) |
| Pre-Exilic | -640 | Josiah becomes King of Judah, (640-608), Good (last good King of Judah) |
|
BABYLON COMES TO POWER |
-640 | |
| Pre-Exilic/Exilic | -630 | NAHUM writes to Judah (Writes: 630-612 Mason) |
| Pre-Exilic/Exilic | -630 | The book of HABAKKUK by Habakkuk (Writes: 630-612 Mason) |
| Pre-Exilic/Exilic | -627 | JEREMIAH begins public ministry, (627-574), under the reigns of Josaih, Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoaichin, and Zediciah (Kings of Judah), Writes concerning Judah and the Nations (Jeremiah 1+2) in THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH |
| Pre-Exilic/Exilic | -625 | The book of ZEPHANIAH by Zephaniah (Writes: 625) |
| Pre-Exilic/Exilic | -622 | Book of LAW discovered |
| Pre-Exilic/Exilic | -620 | Habakkuk begins prophetic ministry |
| Pre-Exilic/Exilic | -612 | Assyrian Capital of Nineveh sacked by Babylonians |
| Pre-Exilic/Exilic | -608 | Jehoahaz becomes King of Judah, (608), Bad King, 3 mo. (he was taken to Egypt by Pharaoh Neco) |
| Pre-Exilic/Exilic | -608 | Jehoikim becomes King of Judah, (608-597), Bad King, 11 Yrs |
| Exilic | -612 | Fall of Nineveh |
| Exilic | -605 | Judah begins being taken into Babylonian Captivity (605-536 70 year Captivity, Whitcomb) (Babylon overthrows Asyria) |
| Exilic | -605 | DANIEL begins public ministry, (605-536), under the reigns of Zedekiah of Judah and Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, concerning Israel and the Gentile Nations, (Daniel Ch. 2+9) in THE BOOK OF DANIEL |
| Exilic | -597 | Jehoiachin becomes King of Judah, (597), Bad, 3 Mo. |
| Exilic | -595 | THE LAST KING OF JUDAH - Zedekiah becomes King of Judah (597-586), Bad, 11 Yrs, most of his kingship was as a Babylonian Vassal State |
| Exilic | -592 | EZEKIEL begins public ministry, (593-559), under the reigns of Zedekiah of Judah and Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, writes concerning the Whole House of Israel (and Judah), (Ezekiel Ch. 2-3), in THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL |
| Exilic | -586 | Jeremiah taken to Egypt |
|
PERSIA COMES TO POWER |
-586 |
Judah taken into Captivity by Nebuchadnezzar (Babylon),
and The Destruction of Jerusalem |
| Exilic | -586 | The book of LAMENTATIONS by Jeremiah |
| Exilic | -580 | 1 Jerusalem Falls to Babylon |
| Exilic | -580 | 2 Temple Destroyed by Babylon |
| Exilic | -580 | 3 Babylonian Captivity Complete |
| Exilic | -580 | Judah 70 Years in Babylonian Captivity begins |
2023-08-14 update