Hebrew Scriptures Final

Fall of the Northern Kingdom of Israel

722/21 BCE

Fall of the Southern Kingdom of Judah

586/87 BCE

Conquered Israel

Assyrian Empire, Shalmaneser V and Sargon II

Conquered Judah

Babylonian Empire, Nebuchadnezzar II

Fall of the Babylonian Empire

539 BCE to Cyrus the Great of Persia

Fall of the Neo-Assyrian Kingdom's Capital City, Ashur

614 BCE

Fall of the Neo-Assyrian Kingdom's Capital City, Nineveh

612 BCE

Last king of Babylon

King Nabonidus

Son of Nabondius

Belshazzar

Cyrus Cylinder

written in Akkadian, Persia conquered the Babylonians because their chief god, Marduk, was upset with Nabonidus who wasn't worshipping him

National God of Israel

Yahweh

National God of Moab

Kemosh

National God of Ammon

Milkom

National God of Edom

Quaes/Qos

Judges 19-21

The Levite and concubine story

Eli

Priest in Shiloh, raised Samuel

Hophini and Phinehas

Eli's sons, took the Ark to battle against the Phillistines

Dagon

Philistines god, his statue fell to the Ark

Nahash the Ammonite

threatened Jabesh-gilead, defeated by Saul

Jesse

David's father

Jonathan

Saul's son and David's friend

Absalom

David's son, usurped the throne, killed Amnon, was assassinated by Joab

Joab

David's general

Solomon

David's favorite son, killed Adonijah and claimed the throne

Shimei

Saul's relative who cursed David

Amnon

David's son, raped his sister, Tamar, killed by Absalom

Ishbaal

Saul's son, killed by Baánah and Rechav with his head delivered to David

Abner

Saul's general, killed by Joab

Nabal

rich foolish man who was saved by wife Abigail from David's wrath

First king of the Southern Kingdom of Judah

King Rehoboam

First king of the Northern Kingdom of Israel

King Jeroboam I

King Ahab and Queen Jezebel

wicked rulers of Israel, worshipped Baal

King Omri

Father of Ahab, mentioned in Mesha Stele as Israeli king that subjugated the Moabites

Kurukh Monolith of Shalmaneser III

853 BCE, Assyria's king Shalmaneser III fought a coalition of Levantine states in the Battle of Qarqar

Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III

written in Akkadian, mentions King Jehu of Israel and another Levantine battle

Tel Dan Stele

9th century, mentions that Hazael of Damascus killed the king of Judah, mentions Syrian god Hadad

Elijah and Elisha

9th century prophets in Israel

Syro-Ephraimite War

735-732 BCE, Israel and Syria versus Judah and Assyria

Siege of Lachish

701 BCE, Assyrian king Sennacherib invaded Judah

Micah 6-8

implies that human sacrifice is acceptable

Amaziah

wicked priest of Bethel, his death was predicted by Amos

King Hezekiah

King of Judah after Ahaz, refuses to pay Assyrian (Sennacherib) tribute and pays the price

8th Century Prophets of Israel

Hosea and Amos

8th Century Prophets of Judah

Isaiah and Micah

7th Century Prophets of Judah

Jeremiah, Zephaniah, Nahum, Habakkuk

Nahum

delivered oracles that predicted the fall of Nineveh in 612

Habukkuk

begs God to punish Judah for their wickedness and God sends Babylonia to do it

Gomer

unfaithful wife of Hosea

Last king of Judah

Zedekiah

Babylonian Appointed Governor in Judah

Gedaliah

Lamentations

Judeans lament over the fall of Jerusalem in 586 BCE

Obadiah

The Edomites were wrong for waiting for Judah to fall to then plunder it

Ezekiel

mentions Babylonian God Tammuz and his wife, Erish

Second Temple Rebuilt

516 BCE

Second Temple Destroyed

70 CE

Zachariah

has eight visions about Judah, mentions ha-satan

Haggai

mentions first high priest Joshua and the rebuilding of Judah

King Xertes

Persian King that married Esther, 486-65

Ezra

Judean priest who preached against foreign marriage in 458

Nehemiah

wanted to rebuild the wall that Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon previously destroyed in 445

King Cyrus

Persian King, saved Judah from Babylon, 550-530

King Cambyses

Persian King, 530-522

King Darius

Persian King, persecutes Daniel for praying, 522-486

King Artaxerxes

Persian King, sent Ezra and Nehemiah to Judah, 465-424

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego

Daniel's three friends that eat kosher and survive the furnace

Alexander the Great

Greek ruler that defeated Darius III of Persia in 330s, referenced in Daniel 8

Antiochus IV Epiphanes

Greek ruler, desecrated the Second Temple in 167 BCE

Hannukah

marks the dedication of the Second Temple in 164 BCE

Ruth

Moabite woman, love story with Judean Kingsman Boaz (originally married to Mahlon)

Naomi and Elimelech

meaning 'pleasantness' and 'my God is king'

Mahlon and Chilion

meaning 'weak' and 'sick' (Naomi's sons)

Oepah

meaning 'back of the neck' (married Chilion)

Jonah

parody, Israeli Jonah warns the city of Ninevah and they repent

Proverbs

warns young men about temptation, contains other helpful sayings

Psalms

Psalm 119 is the longest chapter in the Bible

Ecclesiastes

life is meaningless and vain; fear God

Chronological Order of Persian Kings

Cyrus, Cambyses, Darius, Xerxes I, Artaxerxes I