Chapter VI: Judah and Israel Until the Capture of Samaria

(977-719 B. C. E.)

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

=977.= Rehoboam king of Judah.

Jeroboam king of Israel; rules at Shechem.

Rehoboam allies himself with the king of Damascus.

Shemaiah, prophet, averts a civil war.

972. Shishak, king of Egypt, ally of Jeroboam, enters
Jerusalem.

Jeroboam institutes calf-worship at Bethel and Dan;
Ahijah prophet.

960. Abijam, son of Rehoboam, king of Judah.

957. Asa, son of Rehoboam, king of Judah.

955. Nadab, son of Jeroboam, king of Israel.

954. Baasha destroys the house of Jeroboam, and rules at
Tirzah.

Asa forbids the worship of Astarte in Judah.

Baasha, assisted by Ethiopians and Syrians, makes
war upon Asa.

933. Elah, son of Baasha, king of Israel.

932. The house of Baasha exterminated by Zimri.

932-928. Civil war between Omri and Tibni.

928. Omri, the first king in Samaria, introduces the
worship of Baal and Astarte.

Alliance between Israel and Phœnicia. Jezebel
marries Ahab.

922. AHAB king of Israel.

920 (about). =Elijah= and the prophets persecuted by Jezebel.

918. Jehoshaphat king of Judah.

Micah (I) (Michaiah) prophesies.

904. Ahab victorious over Ben-hadad II, king of Aram
(Syria).

Alliance between Jehoshaphat and Ahab.

901. Ahaziah, son of Ahab, king of Israel.

899. Jehoram, son of Ahab, king of Israel.

Jehoram and Jehoshaphat defeat Mesa of Moab.

894. Joram, son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah.

888. Ahaziah, son of Joram and Athaliah, king of Judah.

_Elisha_ and Jehu.

887. Jehu kills Jehoram and exterminates the house of
Omri; his followers kill Ahaziah.

Jehu king of Israel.

Athaliah queen of Judah; she has male members of the
house of David executed.

881. JOASH, son of Ahaziah, only surviving male
descendant of David in the direct line, king of
Judah.

864. The Temple repaired.

Hazael, king of Syria, conquers the trans-Jordanic
provinces of Israel.

860. Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel.

Joash submits to Hazael.

845. Jehoash, son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.

Samaria besieged by Ben-hadad III; Jehoash
victorious.

843. Amaziah, son of Joash, king of Judah.

Amaziah victorious over the Idumæans.

840. Death of Elisha.

Amaziah of Judah taken prisoner by Jehoash of Israel
at Beth-Shemesh; Jerusalem ransacked and its walls
destroyed.

830. Jeroboam II, son of Jehoash, king of Israel.

Jeroboam II re-conquers districts taken by the
Aramæans.

_Jonah_ prophesies.

815. Amaziah killed at Lachish.

The Idumæans invade Judah, and sell Judæan captives
as slaves. _First dispersion of Judæans._

805. Uzziah, son of Amaziah, king of Judah.

Earthquake and drouth.

Uzziah re-conquers districts lost since Solomon’s
time.

Jeroboam II takes Damascus and Hamath; peoples
become tributary to him.

Luxury in Samaria under Jeroboam II.

800(about). _Amos_, _Joel_, and _Hosea (I)_ prophesy.

769. Zechariah, son of Jeroboam II, king of Judah.

768. Shallum kills Zechariah and exterminates the house
of Jehu.

Shallum king of Israel.

768. Menahem kills Shallum and reigns over Israel.

Uzziah usurps the offices of the high priest in the
Temple.

_Pul, king of Assyria, invades the kingdom of
Israel_, acquires booty, and carries off
prisoners.

757. Pekahiah, son of Menahem, king of Israel.

756. Pekah kills Pekahiah.

755. Pekah king of Israel.

=Isaiah= utters his first prophecy.

754. Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah.

_Zechariah (I)_ prophesies.

739. Ahaz, son of Jotham, king of Judah.

Pekah allies himself with Rezin of Damascus against
Tiglath-pileser II.

Ahaz disregards the warning of Isaiah and offers to
become a vassal of Tiglath-pileser II.

738. FIRST DEPORTATION OF ISRAELITISH CAPTIVES TO
ASSYRIA by Tiglath-pileser II.

Ahaz introduces Assyrian worship into Judah.

_Micah (II)_ prophesies.

736. Pekah killed by Hoshea.

727. _Hoshea_ last king of Israel.

Shalmaneser IV, king of Assyria, invades Israel.

Hosea (II) prophesies.

Hoshea refuses the yearly tribute to Shalmaneser IV.

724. HEZEKIAH, son of Ahaz, king of Judah.

=719.= Shalmaneser IV =captures Samaria=, puts an end to
the kingdom of Israel, and DEPORTS MOST OF ITS
SUBJECTS--THE SO-CALLED =Ten Lost Tribes=--TO
ASSYRIAN PROVINCES.