History of Ancient Israel (dates & events) - LA
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 2200-1800 BC | Age of the Patriarchs (Genesis 12-50) |
| 1450 BC | The early date for Israel's exodus from Egypt (Exodus 1-15) |
| 1400 BC | Israel's conquest of Canaan (Joshua) |
| 1400-1050 BC | Israel's tribal confederacy (Judges) |
| 1050-931 BC | Israel's united kingdom (1 Samuel 8-1 Kings 11) |
| 1050 BC | Saul becomes king (1 Samuel 10) |
| 1000 BC | David becomes king (2 Samuel 2-5) |
| 970 BC | Solomon becomes king (1 Kings 1-2) |
| 966 BC | Solomon founds the first Jerusalem Temple (1 Kings 8) |
| 930-722 BC | Divided kingdoms of Judah & Israel (1 Kings 12-2 Kings 25) |
| 874-853 BC | The Reign of Ahab in the northern kingdom of Israel (1 Kings 16-22) |
| 735-732 BC | The Syro-Ephramite War (=Aram and northern Israel) against Jerusalem during the days of Ahaz of Judah (2 Kings 16; 2 Chronicles 28; Isaiah 7) |
| 722 BC | Samaria and the northern kingdom of Israel falls to the Assyrians (2 Kings 17) |
| 721-586 BC | The period of the kingdom of Judah remaining alone (2 Kings 18-25) |
| 714-712 BC | The Ashdod Revolt against Assyria (Isaiah 20) |
| 705-701 BC | The Neo-Assyrian threat of king Sennecharib against Jerusalem during the days of king Hezekiah of Judah (2 Kings 18; Isaiah 36-37; 2 Chronicles 32) |
| 640-609 BC | The Reign of Josiah (2 Kings 22-23) |
| 605 BC | Nebuchadnezzar II defeats Assyria and Egypt at the Battle of Carchemish and establishes Babylonian control of the ANE (Jeremiah 46) |
| 597 BC | Nebuchadnezzar II besieges Jerusalem and deports the elite including Ezekiel (2 Kings 24:8-17) |
| 586 BC | Nebuchadnezzar II besieges Jerusalem for seventeen months, destroys city and Temple, deports many more Judeans to Babylonia (2 Kings 25; Jeremiah 39; 52; 2 Chronicles 36) |
| 586-539 BC | The Babylonian exile of Judah (2 Kings 25) |
| 539 BC | Cyrus the Great conquers the Babylonian Empire (Isaiah 44:28; 45:1) |
| 538-432 BC | Persian restoration of Judah and Jerusalem; exiles from Babylon return to Judea to rebuild Jerusalem and the temple (2 Chr 36:22-23; Ezra) |
| 538 BC | Cyrus decrees first return of Judean exiles under Sheshbazzar (Ezra) |
| 516 BC | Second Jerusalem temple is finished and dedicated (Ezra, Haggai, Zechariah) |
| 458 BC | Second group of Judean exiles returns under Nehemiah (Nehemiah) |
| 330-64 BC | Hellenistic Age |
| 330 BC | Alexander the Great conquers the Persian Empire |
| 175-164 BC | Antiochus IV Epiphanes oppresses Judea |
| 168 BC | Antiochus IV Epiphanes desecrates the Jerusalem Temple |
| 167-164 BC | The Maccabean revolt against Antiochus IV Epiphanes |
| 165 BC | Judas the Maccabee reconsecrates the Jersualem temple, which gives birth to the festival of Chanukah |
| 141-63 BC | Judean period of independence under the Hasmoneans |
| 63 BC-AD 395 | Roman Empire |
| 63 BC | Pompey conquers Jerusalem |
| 37-4 BC | Herod the Great is king of Judea |
| AD 66-70 | First Jewish War against Rome - temple in Jerusalem destroyed |
| AD 73 | Romans conquer Jewish rebels at Masada |
| AD 132-135 | Second Jewish Revolt against Rome - Jewish resistance completely crushed |
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