Approximate Date	Palestine	Babylonia	Assyria	Egypt
c. 2200 or ? 2000 B.C.	Abram	Hammurabi, c. 2000 or 2200 B.C.	Irishum, c. 2000	Shepherd Kings; Dyn. xv, xvi, xvii.
c. 1900 B.C.	Isaac			"
c. 1840 B.C.	Jacob		Ishme-Dagon, c. 1840	"
c. 1750 B.C.	Joseph The oppression		Shamshi-Ramman, c. 1820	" Thothmes III
c. 1490 B.C.	Moses and the Exodus or, the oppression and	The Rule of the Kassites	Asshur-ben-nishesu, c 1450	Amenhotep II Ramses II
c. 1230 B.C.	Moses and the Exodus			Merenptah

Dates (B.C.)	Palestine	Babylonia	Assyria	Egypt
1095	Saul (Acts 13:21) Naas, King of Ammon (I Sam 11:1) Agag, King of Amalec (I Sam 15:32)	Nebuchadenazzar I c. 1145-1122 Marduk-nadin-akhe c.1100	Tiglath-Pileser I	Dyn. xxi
1055	David reigns at Hebron
1047	David reigns at Jerusalem Hiram, King of Tyre Hanun, King of Ammon
1015	Solomon
1012	The Temple is begun (III Kings 6:1)

Dates	Revised Dates	Juda	Israel	Babylonia	Assyria	Egypt	Other Persons and Events
975	953 or 930	Roboam (the Schism)	Jeroboam			Shishak (Sesac.) Dyn. xxii c. 989-967	Ahias the Prophet (III Kings 11:29; 14)
969	949	Jerusalem taken by Sesac. (III Kings 14:25)					Shemeias the Prophet (II Chron 12:5, 15)
957	932	Abiam
955	929	Asa
954	927		Nadab			Zerah (? Osorkon) Dyn. xxii (II Chron 15)	The Prophets: Azarias (II Chron 15:1) Hananias (II Chron 16:7) Jehu (III Kings 16:1) Addo (II Chron 12:15; 12:22)
953	925		Baasa
930	901		Elah				Benhadad I, King of Syria
929	899		Zimri Amri Samaria founded (III Kings 16:24)				Ethbaal, King or Sidon
Dates	Revised Dates	Juda	Israel	Babylonia	Assyria	Egypt	Other Persons and Events
918	875		Achab The Syrians invade Israel (IV Kings 20)		Assur-nasir-pal 884-860		Mesha, King of Moab Elias, the Prophet (III Kings 17; IV Kings 2 Micheas, son of Jemia (III Kings 22:8) Hazael, King of Syria
914	871	Josaphat	Battle of Ramoth-Gilead (III Kings 22)		Shalmaneser II, 859-825, Defeats Achab at battle of Qarqar, 853-
898	853		Ochozias				Eliseus, the Prophet (IV Kings 2-13)
897	851		Joram
893	848	Joram
885	844	Ochozias
884	843	Athalia	Jehu
878	837	Joas
856			Joachaz
842	798		Joas				(?) Joel the Prophet
Dates	Revised Dates	Juda	Israel	Babylonia	Assyria	Egypt	Other Persons and Events
841	797	Amasias Jerusalem taken by Joas, King of Israel (IV Kings 14:13)
826	790		Jeroboam II		Samsi-Ramman II 825-812	Dyn. xxiii c. 820 (?)	Jonas, the Prophet (IV Kings 14:25)
811	763	Azarias			Rimmon-Nirari III 812-783 took Damascus c. 800 Shalmaneser III 782-773		First Olympiad 776
773	749		Zacharias		Assur-Dan III 773-755	Dyn. xxiv Bocchoris, 772-729 defeated by Sabaka of Dyn. xxv
772	748		Sellum		Assur-Nirari II 755-745
Dates	Revised Dates	Juda	Israel	Babylonia	Assyria	Egypt	Other Persons and Events
763			Menahen
761			Phaceia
759			Phacee
758	740	Joatham		Nabonassar 747-734			Isaiah the Prophet Rome founded 753
742	734	Achaz			Tiglath-Pileser III 745-728		Rezin, King of Syria
730			Osee	Merodach-Baladan c. 730-710	Shalmaneser IV 728-722
726		Ezechias
721	722		Samaria taken by Sargon End of the Northern Kingdom ____________		Sargon 722-705		Micah the Prophet
720						Battle of Raphia. Egypt defeated by Assyria.
712		Illness of Ezechias		Babylonian Ambassadors visit Ezechias
705					Sennacherib 705-681

Dates (B.C.)	Juda	Babylonia	Assyria	Egypt	Other Persons and Events
701				Battle of Eltekeh, Egypt defeated by Assyria Tirhaka, Dyn. xxv, c. 700-668
689		Babylon taken by Sennacherib
687	Manasses
681			Esarhaddon 681-668
668			Assur-bani-pal 668-626	Psammetichus I 670 Thebes taken by Assyria, 666
642	Amon				Nahum the Prophet
640	Josias
Dates (B.C.)	Juda	Babylonia	Assyria	Egypt	Other Persons and Events
625		Nabopolassar 625-604 (Founder of the Neo-Babylonian Empire)			Jeremiah Huldah Zephaniah
609	Joachaz			Necho
608	Joachim				The Medes, under Astyages according to Berosus; under Cyaxeres according to Herodotus
606			Ninive is destroyed by the Medes
604		Nebuchadnezzar II 604-561			Ezechiel, Daniel, Habakkuk
597	Joachin Sedecias
594				Psammetichus II
Dates (B.C.)	Juda	Babylonia	Assyria	Egypt	Other Persons and Events
588 or 586	Destruction of Jerusalem by Babylonians		Cyrus, King of Aznan	Hophra Amasis 568	Cyaxares, King of Media 624-584 Ayattes, King of Lydia 617-560
561		Evil-Merodach 561-559		Psammetichus II
559		Neriglissar 559-555			Croesus, king of Lydia 560-546
555		Nabonidas Belshazzar, his son, co-regent with his father
538		Darius the Mede, takes Babylon (Dan 5:30-31)			Croesus, king of Lydia 560-546
555	Edict for Restoration of the Jews	Cyrus, (?) 538-529
529		Cambyses, 529-521		Egypt taken by Cambyses

Dates (B.C.)	Juda	Persia	Other Persons and Events
521	Aggeus and Zacharias prophesy	Darius I, Hystaspis	Aeschylus, born 528
490			Battle of Marathon, 490
486		Xerxes I, 486-465
480			Battle of Thermopylae, 480 Battle of Salamis, 480
465		Artaxerxes I, Longimanus, 465-424
458	Mission of Esdras
444	Mission of Nehemiah
432	2nd Mission of Nehemiah
429			Plato, 429-348
424		Darius II, Nothus, 424-404
404		Artaxerxes II, Mnemon 424-404
401			Battle of Cunaxa
382			Aristotle, b. 384 Demosthenes, b. 382
359			Philip, King of Macedonia
Dates (B.C.)	Juda	Persia	Other Persons and Events
358		Darius Ochus, 358-336
341	Jaddua, High-Priest
336		Darius Codomannus, 336-330	Philip of Macedonia slain, 336
332	Jaddua goes out to meet Alexander the Great. (Josephus, Ant. XI, viii 5)
331			Battle of Arbela, 331
330		Darius slain. End of the Persian Empire __________________________
323			Alexander the Great dies
323-301			Struggles between Alexander's generals
321	Onias I, High-Priest
320	Jerusalem taken by Ptolemy Lagi
312			Seleucus Nicator established in Syria
301			The battle of Issus, Seleucus defeats Antigonus

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NIHIL OBSTAT
Fr. R. L. Jansen, O.P.,
S. Theol. Lect.; Script. S. Licent. et Prof.

FR. V. Rowan,
S. Theol. Lect.; Script. S. Licent. et Vet. Test. Prof.
Aggreg. in Univ. Friburgensi (Helvet).

IMPRIMI POTEST
Franciscus Cardinalis Bourne,
Archiepiscopus Westmonast.