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New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)

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Chart: Prophets and Kings of Judah and of Israel (Part 2)

Kings of the Southern Kingdom (Continued)

777 B.C.E.

Jotham: 16 years

762

Ahaz: 16 years

746

Hezekiah: 29 years

716

Manasseh: 55 years

661

Amon: 2 years

659

Josiah: 31 years

628

Jehoahaz: 3 months

Jehoiakim: 11 years

618

Jehoiachin: 3 months, 10 days

617

Zedekiah: 11 years

607

Jerusalem and its temple are destroyed by the invading Babylonians under Nebuchadnezzar. Zedekiah, the last earthly king in the Davidic line, is dethroned

Kings of the Northern Kingdom (Continued)

c. 803 B.C.E.

Zechariah: recorded reign of only 6 months

Zechariah began to reign in some sense, but evidently the kingship was not fully confirmed as his until c. 792

c. 791

Shallum: 1 month

Menahem: 10 years

c. 780

Pekahiah: 2 years

c. 778

Pekah: 20 years

c. 758

Hoshea: 9 years from c. 748

c. 748

It seems that Hoshea’s rule became fully established or possibly received the backing of the Assyrian monarch Tiglath-pileser III in c. 748

740

Assyria conquers Samaria, subjugates Israel; northern ten-tribe kingdom of Israel comes to its end

  • List of Prophets

  • Isaiah

  • Micah

  • Zephaniah

  • Jeremiah

  • Nahum

  • Habakkuk

  • Daniel

  • Ezekiel

  • Obadiah

  • Hosea