Dates

928: Division of the United Monarchy into Israel and Judah.

722: Fall of Samaria; Northern Kingdom exiled.

701: Sennacherib’s campaign against Judah.

640: Beginning of Josiah’s reign.

612: Fall of Nineveh.

609: Death of Josiah at Megiddo.

605: Babylon's victory at Carchemish.

539: Cyrus of Persia conquers Babylon, ending the exile.

597: First Babylonian deportation, including Jehoiachin.

586: Destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple.

515: Completion of the Second Temple.