Intertestament History Flashcards
At the death of Ashurbanipal, ___________ revolted against Assyria in 626 B.C. and declared himself to be king of Babylon.
Nabopolassar
The Assyrians staged a last stand at _______ in 609 B.C.
Carchemish
__________ was sent to deal with the uprising in Carchemish.
Nebuchadnezzar
__________ fell to Pharaoh Necho at Megiddo.
Josiah
__________ ruled upon the throne in Jerusalem until he was deposed to Egypt and replaced on the throne by Eliakim ( name changed to Jehoiakim).
Jehoahaz
__________ prophesied that Jehoiakim would die a “different death.”
Jeremiah
__________ was carried into captivity after his rebellion against Nebuchadnezzar.
Jehoiachin / Coniah / Jeconiah
Nebuchadnezzar placed Mattaniah on the throne and changed his name to ___________.
Zedekiah
___________ was the Median king who founded the Achaemenid Dynasty.
Cyrus
___________ was the Medo-Persian king who enlarged the empire by conquering Egypt.
Cambyses
Josephus recorded that ___________ had promised God that, if he were made king, he would send all the vessels of God in Babylon to Jerusalem.
Darius
___________ was the son of Darius who is believed to be the Ahasuerus of the Book of Esther.
Xerxes I
___________ was the king under whom Nehemiah served as cupbearer.
Artaxerxes Longimanus
___________, king of Macedonia, united the city-states into one government with himself as commander-in-chief.
Phillip II
In 334 B.C., Alexander crossed the ___________ and met the Persians at the river Granicus.
Alexander the Great
