Chapter VII: Judah Until the Destruction of Jerusalem

(719-586 B. C. E.)

(_See the Table of the Kings of Judah and Israel, p. 127._)

Hezekiah tries to banish idolatry.

Isaiah advises neutrality between Assyria and Egypt.

Shebna dictates the foreign policy.

Micah and Isaiah predict a glorious future for
Israel.

711(about). Sennacherib invades Judah and demands tribute.
Destruction of the Assyrian army.

Hezekiah makes a treaty with Merodach-baladan, king
of Babylon.

Literature flourishes.

695. Manasseh, son of Hezekiah, king of Judah.

Idolatry flourishes.

Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, takes Manasseh captive.

Manasseh restored.

Esarhaddon COLONIZES SAMARIA WITH CUTHÆANS.

640. Amon, son of Manasseh, king of Judah.

638. JOSIAH, son of Amon, king of Judah.

_Zephaniah_ prophesies.

Scythian invasion of Judah.

627. Josiah repairs the Temple.

=Jeremiah= (b. 645-640, d. 580-570) prophesies.

621. Hilkiah, high priest, finds a copy of the =Book
of the Law= in the Temple.

Huldah prophesies.

608. Necho, king of Egypt, _defeats Josiah at Megiddo_;
Josiah killed.

Jehoahaz (Shallum), second son of Josiah, king of
Judah.

607. Jehoiakim (Eliakim), oldest son of Josiah, made
king by Necho.

Idolatry flourishes. _Habakkuk_ prophesies.

607-604 Uriah, prophet, beheaded.

Jeremiah’s life imperiled; Baruch his secretary.

600. Jehoiakim pays tribute to Nebuchadnezzar, king of
Babylon.

598. Jehoiakim allies himself with Egypt against
Nebuchadnezzar.

596. Jehoiachin, youngest son of Jehoiakim, king of
Judah.

Judah overrun by Nebuchadnezzar, Jerusalem
besieged by a Babylonian general,
Jehoiachin taken prisoner. FIRST DEPORTATION OF
JUDÆANS TO BABYLONIA.

596. Nebuchadnezzar makes Zedekiah (Mattaniah),
youngest son of Josiah, king of Judah.

593. Jeremiah advises submission to Nebuchadnezzar.

591. Zedekiah renounces allegiance to Babylonia.

587. THE FINAL SIEGE OF JERUSALEM BEGUN.

The siege of Jerusalem interrupted by the battle
between the Chaldæan army and Hophra, king of
Egypt.

586, Tammuz 9. First breach in the walls of Jerusalem.

Zedekiah taken prisoner and blinded; Seraiah, high
priest, and others beheaded by Nebuchadnezzar
at Riblah.

=586=, Ab. 9. =The Temple razed=, and =Jerusalem destroyed= by
Nebuzaradan, general of Nebuchadnezzar.

Second deportation of Judæans to Babylonia.