PERIOD V. From the Entrance of the Israelites into the Land of Canaan to the Building of Solo mon's Temple. B. C. A. M. Joshua, the successor of Moses, leads the Israelites in the conquest of Canaan 1451 2553 Disastrous battle at Ai, and its cause A division of the land commenced The tabernacle set up in Shiloh.... 1445 2559 1444 2560 Joshua assembles all Israel, renews their covenant with God, counsels them, and dies, aged 110 years. Degeneracy of Israel begins to appear 1419 2585 The war of the Benjamites 1405 2599 Israelites in subjection to the king of Mesopotamia 8 years. 1406 2598 Minos, king of Crete, promulgates his laws. Othniel delivers Israel from the king of Mesopotamia, and governs the people 40 years. 1405 2599 Israel is delivered into the hands of Eglon, king of Moab, whom they serve 18 years. 1342 2662 Isthmian games instituted by the king of Corinth 1326 2678 Ehud slays Eglon, king of Moab, and delivers Israel 1325 2679 The Israelites relapse into idolatry, are delivered into the hand of Jabin as Abner adheres to the son of Saul, but is defeated in an action with Joab the general of David.... 1060 2944 1056 2948 . 1053 2951 David establishes his dominion over all Israel.... He takes the fortress of Zion and calls it the City of David.... He brings the Ark of the Covenant to Zion. 1045 2959 He pu poses building a temple, but is directed by Nathan the prophet to leave it to his successor 1044 2960 From the Building of the Temple to the Babylonish Captivity. The dedication of the Temple The death of Solomon and succession of Rehoboam. Revolt of the ten tribes.... Jeroboam, king of Israel, establishes idolatry. The priests and pious Israelites join the kingdom of Judah 971 3033 958 3046 957 3047 955 3049 954 3050 953 3051 941 3063 924 3080 918 3086 He is slain at Ramoth Gilead, and succeeded by Ahaziah... 897 3107 Jehoshaphat associates with him his son Jehoram in the government of Judah 892 3112 Jehoram, son of Jehoshaphat, introduces idolatry into Judah. 888 3116 He dies of an incurable disease, and is succeeded by Ahaziah. Jehu slays Jehoram, and reigns over the kingdom of Israel... Athaliah murders the royal family, except Joash, and usurps the throne of Zechariah, the priest, son of Jehoiada, is stoned in the temple by order of 840 3164 Joash, king of Judah, is murdered, and succeeded by Amaziah. 839 3165 Amaziah, elated by his late victories, wages war with Jehoahash king of 826 3178 825 3179 820 3184 810 3194 784 3220 Israel, and is taken prisoner Jehoahash dies, and is succeeded by his son, Jeroboam II. 773 3231 772 3232 771 3233 Uzziah, for attempting to burn incense, is smitten with leprosy. Tiglath-Pileser invades Israel, and carries away captives to Assyria Tiglath-Pileser dies, and is succeeded by Shalmaneser, who invades Israel, and carries captive the ten tribes... 721 3283 Shalmaneser dies, and is succeeded by Sennacherib, who invades Judah... 715 3289 Esarhaddon makes himself master of Babylon and re-unites the Assyrian B. C. A. B. Josiah labors to reform abuses, and restore the true worship of God....... 630 3374 About this time Philip succeeds to the throne of Macedon. Josiah is slain in battle against Necho, king of Egypt, and is succeeded by 606 3398 Jehoiachim, in whose reign Habakkuk prophesied, reigns. Nineveh destroyed by the Medes and Babylonians 612 3392 into Babylon.... 602 3402 From this time, according to the common computation, the 70 years' captivity begins.* Daniel interprets Nebuchadnezzar's dream, and is consequently promoted to Jechoniah, son of Jehoiachim, king of Judah, is carried to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar, with many Jews.. 598 3406 Ezekiel is called to the prophetic office... 594 3410 Zedekiah, successor of Jechoniah, forms an alliance with the Egyptian king, Hophra, and revolts against Nebuchadnezzar.. 592 3412 590 3414 Draco, the lawgiver of Athens, lives about this time. Nebuchadnezzar besieges Jerusalem, takes the city, destroys it with the Temple, carries Zedekiah to Babylon, and sends the remaining inhabitants of Judæa beyond the Euphrates. Thus ended the kingdom of Judah, 388 years from the secession. Obadiah prophesies at this time. Solon, the lawgiver of Athens, lives about this time; also Anacharsis, PERIOD VII. 588 3416 From the Beginning of the Babylonish Captivity to the Birth of Christ. Gedaliah is made governor of the people left in Judæa, and is murdered... 584 3420 Ezekiel prophesies in Chaldæa, and foretells the restoration of the captive Jews... 5.87 3417 Tyre besieged by Nebuchadnezzar.... 586 3418 Nebuchadnezzar erects a golden image, and by a decree requires for it uni * According to Prideaux and Jahn, the 70 years' captivity predicted by Jeremiah are dated from B. C. 606. According to Kitto, these years are dated from B. C. 604.-Vid. p. 406. Servius Tullus, king of Rome. Nebuchadnezzar's dream of trouble, which Daniel interprets as portending great calamity His singular insanity and restoration... He dies, and is succeeded by his son, Evil-Merodach.. He releases Jehoiachim from prison.. He is slain, and succeeded by Neriglissar... Belshazzar succeeds to the throne of Babylon.. Daniel's emblematical vision of four monarchies. Croesus, the ally of Belshazzar, conquered by Cyrus, and taken prisoner... 548 3446 Cyrus besieges Belshazzar in Babylon . . . 541 3463 He takes Babylon, slays Belshazzar, and makes Cyaxares, or Darius, king Cyrus succeeds Darius as king of the Medo-Persian empire, and ends the captivity of the Jews in Babylon. . . . 536 3468 The remnant of the Jews return to Judæa, and begin to restore Jerusalem and the temple. 535 3469 Ahasuerus dies in Syria, and Artaxerxes usurps the Persian throne.. 534 3470 530 3474 522 3482 521 3483 520 3484 516 3488 506 3498 The Persians wage war against the Greeks.... 500 3504 491 3513 Darius dies, and is succeeded by his son Xerxes.. Xerxes confirms unto the Jews the privileges which had been granted them by his father Consular government established about this time in Rome. Xerxes, having relinquished his war against the Greeks, is slain, and is succeeded by Artaxerxes Longimanus, the Ahasuerus of Esther... Artaxerxes (Ahasuerus), being established in the throne of the empire, makes a great feast, he divorces Vashti, the queen. Esther, the Jewish maiden, is made his queen. Ezra is made governor of Judæa, and begins a reform.. First decemvirs at Rome..... 464 3540 462 3542 458 3546 456 3548 454 3550 452 3552 448 3556 444 3560 He rebuilds Jerusalem, and reforms existing evils... Nehemiah, after an absence at the Persian court, returns to Judæa under his |