Chapter VIII: The Captivity

(586-516 B. C. E.)

BABYLONIAN KINGS.

605. Nebuchadnezzar,
561. Evil-merodach,
559. Neriglissar,
556. Laborosoarchod,
555. Nabonad and Belshazzar.

PERSIAN KINGS.

558. Cyrus,
529. Cambyses,
522. Pseudo-Smerdis,
521. Darius I Hystaspis.

586. Gedaliah appointed governor of the remnant of Judah
by Nebuchadnezzar.

586. Jeremiah at Mizpah with Gedaliah.

Gedaliah murdered by Ishmael, son of Nethaniah.

Obadiah prophesies against Edom, which possesses
itself of southern Judæa.

Jeremiah and Baruch in Egypt with Johanan, son of
Kareah.

582. THIRD DEPORTATION OF JUDÆANS TO BABYLONIA by
Nebuchadnezzar.

=Ezekiel= (620-570) prophesies.

561(about). Jehoiachin honored by Evil-merodach.

_Descendants of the Ten Tribes deported by the
Assyrian kings mingle with the captives from
Judah._

555(about). The historical books of the Bible compiled in
Babylonia; literature flourishes.

Nabonad of Babylonia persecutes the exiles.

The =Babylonian Isaiah= prophesies.

538. CYRUS takes Babylon, and PERMITS THE EXILES
IN BABYLONIA TO RETURN TO PALESTINE.

537. ZERUBBABEL AND JOSHUA BEN JEHOZEDEK LEAD THE FIRST
RETURN.

Foundation of the second Temple laid.

520. _Haggai_ and _Zechariah (II)_ prophesy.

516. THE SECOND TEMPLE CONSECRATED.