Kings of the Southern Kingdom - Judah. Judah LENGTH OF REIGN YEARS OF REIGN

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1 Kings of the Southern Kingdom - Judah C Judah C KING LENGTH OF REIGN YEARS OF REIGN CHARACTER REFERENCE Rehoboam Abijah Asa Jehoshaphat Jehoram Ahaziah Athaliah Joash Amaziah Uzziah Jotham Ahaz Hezekiah Manasseh Amon Josiah Jehoahaz Jehoiachin 17 years 3 years 41 years 25 years 8 years 1 year 6 years 40 years 29 years 52 years 16 years 16 years 29 years 55 years 2 years 31 years 3 months 11 years 3 months 11 years B.C B.C B.C B.C B.C. 843 B.C B.C B.C B.C B.C B.C B. C B.C B.C B.C B.C. 608 B.C B.C. 597 B.C B.C. Mostly Mostly bad Devilish Mostly Mostly Wicked Among best Among Worst Among Worst Among best Wicked 2 Chronicles Chronicles 13 2 Chronicles Chronicles Chronicles 21 2 Chronicles 22: Chronicles 22:10-23:21 2 Chronicles 24 2 Chronicles 25 2 Chronicles 26 2 Chronicles 27 2 Chronicles 28 2 Chronicles Chronicles 33: Chronicles 33: Chronicles Chronicles 36:1-4 2 Chronicles 36:5-8 2 Chronicles 36: Chronicles 36

2 PROPHETS Chronology of the Prophets After the Fall of Samaria in 722 B.C. - Part 1 APPROX. B.C. DATES KINGS OFJUDAH FOREIGN KINGS Nahum 650 Manasseh Assyria: Ashurbanipal Zephaniah 640 Josiah Jeremiah Josiah, Jehoahaz,, Jehoiachin,, Exile Governor: Gedaliah Nabopolassar Habakkuk 609 Nabopolassar Daniel Jehoiachin Neriglissar Labashi-Marduk Evil-Merodach Nabonidus Cyrus Probably Cambyses

3 PROPHETS Chronology of the Prophets After the Fall of Samaria in 722 B.C. - Part 2 APPROX. B.C. DATES KINGS OFJUDAH FOREIGN KINGS Ezekiel Haggai 520 Governor: Zerubbabel Darius I Zechariah ? Governor: Nehemiah Darius I Malachi 433 Governor: Nehemiah Darius IL

4 Dispersion Kings in the Bible KINGDOM KING REIGN BIBLE REFERENCE Assyria Tiglath-Pileser III B.C. 2 Kings 15:29; 16:7-10; 1 Chronicles 5:6-26 Assyria Sargon II B.C. 2 Kings 17:3; 19:9; Isaiah 20:1 Assyria Sennacherib B.C. Assyrian Captivity of Northern Kingdom Assyria Esarhaddon B.C. Isaiah 36:37; 2 Kings 18-19; 2 Chronicles 32 Assyria Ashurbanipal B.C. 2 Kings 19:37; Ezra 4:2; Isaiah 37:38 Babylon Nebuchadneezar II B.C. Babylonian Captivity of Southern Kingdom 2 Kings 24-25; Jeremiah 21; Daniel 1:5 Babylon Nabonidus B.C. Daniel 5 Babylon Belshazzar?-539 B.C. Medo-Persian Cyrus & Darius B.C. Daniel 6; Isaiah 44:28; 45:1; 2 Chronicles 36 Medo-Persian Cambyses B.C. Ezra 4:6 (Ahasuerus) Medo-Persian Artaxerxes B.C. Esther (Ahasuerus)

5 Interesting Facts About Nebudchadnezzar & the Babylonian Empire n was the son of Nabopolassar. n was placed at the head of his father s armies in 609 B.C. n took Palestine away from the ontrol of Egypt in 606 B.C. n took some Jewish captives to Babylon in 606 B.C. Among them was Daniel. n In 606 B.C., became co-regent with his father, Nabopolassar. n became the sole ruler of Babylon in 604 B.C. n reigned for 45 of the 70 years that the Babylonian Empire stood. n broke the power of Egypt in the famous battle of Carchemish in 605 B.C. n crushed a new rebellion in Pales tine in 597 B.C. and took King Jehoiachin and many more captives to Babylon, Among them was Ezekiel. n In 586 B.C. burned Jerusalem and took more captives to Babylon. n s army besieged Tyre for thirteen years ( B.C.)n In 582 B.C. invaded and conqueredmoab, Ammon, Edom, and Lebanon. n In 581 B.C. again took captives from Judah. n In 572 B.C. invaded and plundered Egypt. n In the 2nd year of s reign as sole ruler, which was Daniel s 3rd year in Babylon, he experienced his dream of the great image. Daniel 2 n In Daniel 4 was smitten with a mental condition in which he saw himself as a wild beast and tried to act like one. n died in 561 B.C. n Daniel exerted a powerful influence over, and three times the king called on the God of Daniel. 1. Daniel 2:47 2. Daniel 3:29 3. Daniel 4:34 n The city of Babylon was massive with: Walls 60 miles around 15 miles on each side 300 feet high 80 feet thick Extending some 35 feet below the ground