Dates for Exam 3 Flashcards
(35 cards)
1020
Saul becomes king
1000
David becomes king
960
Solomon becomes king
922
Division of the Kingdoms (North=Israel & South= Judah)
875
Ashurnasirpal II of Assyria presses to the Mediterranean from Mesopotamia . Assyria becomes a big threat to other nations. scouting out more people to pay them tribute
869
Beginning of the Aramean Wars (syria): Syria and Israel were continously fighting for land control until assyria comes and then they stick together
842
Syria, Israel, Judah pay tribute to Assyria
796
Adad-nirai III of Assyria overruns Damascus. Israel and Syria stop paying tribute and then Damascus (capital of syria is done). Israel continues to pay tribute and they don’t destroy them because Adad had to go back to his own country
745
Assyrian prosperity (from a military and economic perspective)
735-732
Syro-Ephraimitic Crisis: Israel and Syria wanted Judah to join in a coalition against assyria but ahaz said no (Lord told him to trust in God but he didn’t) Ahaz pays Assyria to get rid of Israel and Syria.
734
Fall of syria
722
Fall of Israel
714-711
Ashdod rebellion: Hezekiah listended to Isaiah and didn’t join the coalition against Assyria and instead trusted God. (during time isaiah went naked for 3 years)
705
Hezekiah joined an anti-assyrian coalition and fortified judah towns (made siloam tunnels.
701
God protected Hezekiah and killed 185,000 assyrians that had surrounded judah
621
Fall of Ninevah (Assyria)
611
597
1st deportation and beginning of the Babylonian Exile
587
2nd Deportation, fall of Jerusalem and the temple was destroyed
539
cyrus of persia overruns babylon
538
rebuilding of temple, allows captives to return
609
605
601
