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OT1.3
Oak Hill OT1.3 Historical Dates for Prophets and Kings
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| King Saul | 1050-1010 (40 years) |
| King David | 1010-970 (40 years) |
| King Solomon | 970-930 (40 years) |
| Kingdom divides | 930 |
| Rehoboam – First King of Judah | 930-913 (17 years) |
| Jeroboam I – First King of Israel | 930-909 (22 years) |
| Asa – King of Judah | 910-869 (41 years) |
| Hoshea – King of Israel | 732-723 (9 years) |
| Elijah – Prophet to Israel | 873-853 |
| Elisha – Prophet to Israel | 853-793 |
| Obadiah – Prophet to Israel | 848-841 |
| Amos – Prophet to Israel | 783-743 |
| Isaiah – Prophet to Judah | 740-680 |
| Samaria falls to Assyrian Shalmaneser V | 722 |
| Micah – Prophet to Judah | 753-700 |
| Hezekiah – King of Judah | 715-686 (29 years) |
| Josiah – King of Judah | 640-609 (31 years) |
| Josiah’s reform | 614 |
| Jeremiah – Prophet to Judah | 626-586 |
| Jehoiachim of Judah becomes a vassal of Nebuchadnezzar | 605 |
| Jerusalem falls to Babylon | 597 |
| Jerusalem destroyed and captives taken | 586 |
| Ninevah falls to Babylon | 612 |
| Assyrian Sennacherib’s unsuccessful siege of Jerusalem (recorded on Taylor Prism) | 701 |
| Assyrian Shalmeneser III subdues Ahaz and Jehu (recorded on The Black Obelisk) | 841 |
| Babylon falls to Persia and Jews allowed to return home to rebuild temple | 539 |
| The 2nd temple completed (Prophets Haggai and Zechariah) | 516 |
| King Cyrus of Persia permits exiles to return home (recorded on Cyrus Cylinder) | 559-529 |
| Ezra in Jerusalem | 458 |
| Nehemiah in Jerusalem to rebuild walls | 445 |
| Malachi and close of OT | 445 |
| Ezekiel - Prophet to Judah | 622-570 |
| Tiglath-Pileser III, King of Assyria cf. 2 Kgs 15 (as shown on the Astartu relief) | 743-732 |
| Epic of Atrahasis (Ancient flood tablet) | 1600 |
| Epic of Gilgamesh (Ancient creation and flood tablet) | 1700 |
| Assyrians invade Judah (Siege of Lachish reliefs) | 702-701 |
| Hittite covenant treaties (tablet) | 1300 |
| Egyptian King mentions a people referred to as 'Israel' (depicted on the Merneptah Stele) | 1208 |
| Mention of Belshazzar cf. Daniel (Nabonidus cylinder) | 556-539 |
| Kings Ahab of Israel and Ben-Hada of Aram fight Shalmaneser III of Assyria cf. 1 Kgs 22 (depicted on the Kurkh Stele) | 853 |