Appendix 4. Timeline Related to Isaiah's Prophecies

by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson

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Here's a summary timeline that will help you plot major events during this time. Since Isaiah's later prophecies concern the period of Exile and Restoration, I've included some of those events, too. Note: these dates are approximate and may vary by a few years.

783-742 BC	Uzziah reigns in Judah
742-735	Jotham reigns in Judah
745-727	Tiglath-pileser of Assyria
738	Tiglath-pileser campaigns in Philistia, and Northern Palestine
736	Jerusalem threatened by Israel and Syria; Ahaz becomes a vassal of Tiglath-pileser
732-716	Ahaz reigns in Judah
726-722	Shalmaneser reigns in Assyria
721-704	Sargon reigns in Assyria
721	Samaria falls, northern kingdom of Israel/Ephraim is deported
720	Sargon defeats Egyptians at Raphia
715-687	Hezekiah reigns in Judah
730-656	Rise of 25^th (Ethiopian) Dynasty in Egypt
	Egypt encourages Philistia to rebel
711	Sargon puts down rebellion in west
704	Sargon dies; Hezekiah rebels against Assyria
704-681	Sennacherib reigns in Assyria
701	Sennacherib campaigns in the West. Defeats Tyre, defeats the Egyptian army at Eltekeh, defeats Philistine cities, defeats 46 Judean cities including Lachish. Hezekiah pays tribute; Sennacherib sends troops to Jerusalem, then a letter. Assyrian army suffers epidemic and withdraws. Hezekiah is sick, promised 15 more years of life.
687/6	Hezekiah dies, succeeded by evil son Manasseh
609	Reforming King Josiah of Judah killed by Egyptian forces at the Battle of Megiddo.
605	At the Battle of Carchemish, Nebuchadnezzar II, king of Babylon. defeats the combined armies of Assyria and Egypt, signaling the end Assyrian might and Egyptian intervention.
604	First wave of exiles deported from Judah to Babylon including Daniel.
597	Jerusalem is defeated. Second group of exiles is deported to Babylon.
587	Jerusalem is destroyed. Third and final group of exiles is deported to Babylon. Kingdom of Judah ceases to exist.
539	Babylon falls to Cyrus II, king of Persia.
538	Cyrus allows first wave of Jews to return to Jerusalem.
537-520	Temple rebuilt in Jerusalem.

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