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[O.T. CHRONOLOGY
Chronological Table—Continued.
| Chronology of Ussher. |
Biblical Events. | Events in Contemporary History. | ||
| Babylonia. | Assyria. | Egypt. | ||
| 643 641 629 624 610 610 599 599 588 562 536 515 457 445 434 |
641. Amon (2) 639. Josiah (31) 626. Call of the prophet Jeremiah in Josiah's 13th year. (Jer. i. 2, xxv. 3) 621. Discovery of the Book of the Law (Deuteronomy) in Josiah's 18th year (2 Kings xxiii. 3 ff.) 608. Jehoahaz (3 mo.) 608. Jehoiakim (11) 597. Jehoiachin (3 mo.) First deportation of captives (including Jehoiachin) to Babylonia, in the 8th year of Nebuchadnezzar (2 Kings xxiv. 12-16) 597. Zedekiah (11) 586. Destruction of Jerusalem by the Chaldaeans in the 19th year of 19th year of Nebuchadnezzar (2 Kings xxv. 8). Second deportation of captives to Babylonia (2 Kings xxv. 4-21) 561. Jehoiachin released from prison by Evil-merodach in the 37th year of his captivity (2 Kings xxv. 27-30) Judah a province of the Persian Empire return to Palestine. Many return under the leadership of Zerubbabel (Ezra i.-ii.) 516. Completion of the second Temple in the 6th year of Darius (Ezra vi. 15) 458. Return of exiles with Ezra, in the 7th year of Artaxerxes (Ezra vii. 7) 445. Nehemiah's first visit to Jerusalem (Neh. i. 1, ii. 1) 432. Nehemiah's second visit to Jerusalem (Neh. xiii. 6) c. 350. Many Jews carried away captive to Hyrcania and Babylonia, probably on account of a revolt against the Persians || align="left" | Chaldaean Dynasty 605. Defeat of Egyptians by Nebuchadrezzar (as his father's general) at Carchemish (Jer. xlvi. 2) 604. Nebuchadrezzar 568. Nebuchadrezzar invades Egypt (cf. Jer. xliii. 8-13) 561. Amēl-marduk (Evil- merodach, 2 Ki. xxv. 27) 559. Nergal-sharuzur (Neriglissar) 555. (9 months) Lābashi-marduk (Laboriso-archod) 555. Nabu-na'id (Nabon-nēdus, Nabonidus) 539. Capture of Babylon by Cyrus Persian Kings 529. Cambyses 522. (7 mo.) Gaumāta (Pseudo-Smerdis) 522. Darius Hystaspis 490. Battle of Marathon 485. Xerxes 480. Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis 465. Artaxerxes 423. Darius II. (Nothus) 404. Artaxerxes II. (Mnemon) 359. Artaxerxes III. (Ochus) 338. Arses 336. Darius III. (Codomannus) 333. Persian Empire overthrown by Alexander the Great || align="left" | 670. Esarhaddon conquers Egypt 668–626 Asshur-banipal (Assur-bani-pal) 663. Asshur-banipal invades Egypt, and sacks Thebes (Nah. iii. 8-10 607. Destruction of Nineveh by the Medes, and end of the empire of Assyria. || align="left" | 664–525. Twenty-sixth Dynasty. 664. Psammetichus I. 610. Necho 608. Battle of Megiddo, and death of Josiah. (2 Kings xxiii. 29) 594. Psammetichus II. (Psammis) 589. Apries (Hophra, Jer. xliv. 30) 570. Amasis II. (jointly with Apries) 564. Amasis alone 526. Psammetichus III. 525. Conquest of Egypt by Cambyses | |||
