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 CHRONOLOGY,

Chronology of Ussher.

Biblical Events.

BIBLICAL

Chronological Table—Continued. Events in Contemporary History. Egypt. Assyria. Babylonia. 721-710. The Chaldaean prince, Merodach-baladan, king of Babylon (cf. 2 Ki. xx. 12 = Is. xxxix. 1) 716-666 (or 664). Twenty-fifth (Ethiopian) Dynasty 716.1 Sabako 711. Siege and capture of Ashdod (cf. Is. xx. 1) 705-681. Sennacherib 704.1 ghabitoku 701. Campaign against Phoenicia, Philistia, and Judah (2 Kings xviii. 13-xix. 35) 692 1 (ah 690). Taharqa (Tirhakah, Is. xxxvii. 9) 681-668. Esarhaddon 670. Esarhaddon conquers 666 (or 664) -525. Twenty-sixth Egypt Dynasty 668-626. Asshur-banipal 666 (ah 664). Psammetichus 663. Asshur-banipal invades Egypt, and sacks Thebes (Nah. iii. 8-10)

698

698. Manasseh (55)

643 641 629

610

641. Amon (2) 639. Josiah (31) 626. Call of the prophet Jeremiah in Josiah’s 13th Chaldcean Dynasty year (Jer. i. 2 ; xxv. 3) 625. Nabopolassar 621. Discovery of the Book of the Law (Deuteronomy) in Josiah’s JStli year (2 Kings xxiii. 3/.) 608. Jehoahaz (3 mo.)

610

608. Jehoiakim (11)

597. Jehoiachin (3 mo.) First deportation of captives (including Jehoiachin) to Babylonia, in the 8th year of Nebuchadnezzar (2 Kings xxiv. 12-16) 597. Zedekiah (11)

605. Defeat of Egyptians by N ebuchadnezzar (as his father’s general) at Carchemish (Jer. xlvi. 2) 604. Nebuchadnezzar

610. Necho 608. Battle of Megiddo, and death of Josiah (2 Kings xxiii. 29) 607. Destruction of Nineveh by the Medes, and end of the empire of Assyria

594. Psammetichus II. (Psammis) 589. Apries (Hophra, Jer. xliv. 30)

586. Destruction of Jerusalem by the Chakkeans in the 19th year of Nebuchadnezzar (2 Kings xxv. 8). Second deportation of captives to Babylonia (2 Kings xxv. 4-21) 562

536

515

457 445 434

79

- marduk (Evil 561. Jehoiachin released from prison by Evil- 561. Amel merodach, 2 Kings merodach in the 37th year of his captivity xxv. 27) (2 Kings xxv. 27-30) 559. Nergal-sharuzur (Neriglissar) 555. (9 months) Labashimarduk (Laborisoarchod) 555. Nabu-na’id (Nabonnedus, Nabonidus) 539. Capture of Babylon by Cyrus Persian Kings Judah a province of the Persian Empire 538. Edict of Cyrus, permitting the Jews to 538. Cyrus return to Palestine. Many return under the leadership of Zerubbabel (Ezra i.-ii.) 529. Cambyses 522. (7 (Pseudo-Smerdis) months) Gaumata 522. Darius Hystaspis

516. Completion of the second Temple in the 6th year of Darius (Ezra vi. 15) 490. Battle of Marathon 485. Xerxes 480. Battles of Thermopylce and Salamis 465. Artaxerxes 458. Return of exiles with Ezra, in the 7th year of Artaxerxes (Ezra vii. 7) 445. Nehemiah’s first visit to Jerusalem (Neh. i. 1; ii. 1) 432. Nehemiah’s second visit to Jerusalem (Neh. xiii. 6) Maspero’s dates (Passing of the Empires, 1900, p. 233).

570. Amasis (jointly with Apries) 564. Amasis alone

526. Psammetichus III. 525. Conquest of Egypt by Cambyses