#e <t>calendar<d>3760<n>beginning of Hebrew era<c>Mesopotamia<info>The modern Hebrew calendar begins at Creation, which is reckoned to have occurred 3,760 years before the Christian era.
#p <nat>Hebrew<o>king<n>Soloman<b>990(10)<ac>970<d>930<fa>David<c>Jerusalem<info>Soloman was David's son by Bathsheba, who had been the wife of Uriah the Hittite.<ref>1 Kings 1-11; 1 Chron 28-29; 2 Chron 1-9
// Kings of Judah
#p <nat>Hebrew<o>king<n>Rehoboam<b>970(10)<ac>930<d>913<fa>Soloman<c>Jerusalem<info>Rehoboam was 41 years old when he began to reign. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord.<ref>1 Kings 12:1-24; 1 Kings 14:21-31; 2 Chron 10-12
#p <nat>Hebrew<o>king<n>Asa<b>930(5)<ac>910<d>869<fa>Abijah<c>Jerusalem<info>He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord.<ref>1 Kings 15:9-24; 2 Chron 14-16
#p <nat>Hebrew<o>king<n>Jehosaphat<b>907(1)<ac>869<d>848<fa>Asa<c>Jerusalem<info>Jehosaphat was 35 years old when he began to reign; he was co-regent with his father Asa from 872 to 869 B.C. His son Jehoram was co-regent from 853 to 848. He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord.<ref>1 Kings 22:41-50; 2 Chron 17-21:3
#p <nat>Hebrew<o>king<n>Jehoram<b>880(1)<ac>848<d>841 Jan(6)<fa>Jehosaphat<c>Jerusalem<info>Jehoram was 32 years old when he began to reign. He killed all of his brothers when he acceeded. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord.<ref>2 Kings 8:16-24; 2 Chron 21
#p <nat>Hebrew<o>king<n>Ahaziah<b>863(1)<ac>841 Jan(6)<d>841 Dec(6)<fa>Jehoram<mo>Athaliah<c>Jerusalem<info>Ahaziah was 22 years old when he began to reign. He was the youngest son of Jehoram. (There was a king of the Northern Kingdom by the same name from 853 to 852 B.C., during this Ahaziah's youth.) He did evil in the eyes of the Lord.<ref>2 Kings 8:25-29; 2 Kings 9:29; 2 Chron 22:1-9
#p <nat>Hebrew<o>king<n>Joash<b>842(1)<ac>835<d>796<fa>Ahaziah<c>Jerusalem<info>Joash was seven years old when he began to reign. He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. However, he did not remove the high places.<ref>2 Kings 12; 2 Chron 22:10-24:27
#p <nat>Hebrew<o>king<n>Amaziah<b>821(1)<ac>796<d>767<fa>Joash<c>Jerusalem<info>Amaziah was 25 years old when he began to reign. He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. However, he did not remove the high places.<ref>2 Kings 14:1-22; 2 Chron 25
#p <nat>Hebrew<o>king<n>Uzziah<aka>Azariah<b>808(1)<ac>767<d>740<fa>Amaziah<c>Jerusalem<info>Uzziah was 16 years old when he began to reign; he was co-regent with his father Amaziah from 792 to 767 B.C. He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. However, he did not remove the high places.<ref>2 Kings 15:1-7; 2 Chron 26
#p <nat>Hebrew<o>king<n>Jotham<b>775(1)<ac>740<d>735<fa>Uzziah<c>Jerusalem<info>Jotham was 25 years old when he began to reign; he was co-regent with his father Uzziah from 750 to 740 B.C. He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord.<ref>2 Kings 15:32-38; 2 Kings 15:30; 2 Chron 27
#p <nat>Hebrew<o>king<n>Ahaz<b>755(1)<ac>735<d>715<fa>Jotham<c>Jerusalem<info>Ahaz was 20 years old when he began to reign. He did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord.<ref>2 Kings 16; 2 Chron 28
#p <nat>Hebrew<o>king<n>Hezekiah<b>740(1)<ac>715<d>686<fa>Ahaz<c>Jerusalem<info>Hezekiah was 25 years old when he began to reign. He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord.<ref>2 Kings 18:1-20:21; 2 Chron 29-32
#p <nat>Hebrew<o>king<n>Manasseh<b>709(1)<ac>686<d>642<fa>Hezekiah<c>Jerusalem<info>Manasseh was 12 years old when he began to reign; he was co-regent with his father Hezekiah from 697 to 686 B.C. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord.<ref>2 Kings 21:1-18; 2 Chron 33:1-20
#p <nat>Hebrew<o>king<n>Amon<b>664(1)<ac>642<d>640<fa>Manasseh<c>Jerusalem<info>Amon was 22 years old when he began to reign. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord.<ref>2 Kings 21:19-26; 2 Chron 33:21
#p <nat>Hebrew<o>king<n>Josiah<b>648(1)<ac>640<d>609 May(6)<fa>Amon<c>Jerusalem<info>Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign. He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. Josiah died at Megiddo.<ref>2 Kings 22:1-23:30; 2 Chron 34-35
#p <nat>Hebrew<o>king<n>Jehoahaz<b>632(1)<ac>609 May(6)<depo>609 Aug(6)<d>570(20)<fa>Josiah<c>Jerusalem<mov>609<c>Egypt<info>Jehoahaz was 23 years old when he began to reign. (There was an earlier king of the Northern Kingdom by the same name from 814 to 798 B.C.) He did evil in the eyes of the Lord. Jehoahaz succeded his father, Josiah, but after three months the Egyptians replaced him with Jehoiakim (another son of Josiah) as a vassal king. Jehoahaz was deported to Egypt.<ref>2 Kings 23:31-35; 2 Chron 36:1-4
#p <nat>Hebrew<o>king<n>Jehoiakim<aka>Eliakim<b>634(1)<ac>609 Aug(6)<d>598 Dec<fa>Josiah<c>Jerusalem<info>Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he began to reign. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord. Jehoiakim was loyal to Egypt until their defeat by Babylon in 605 B.C. Jehoiakim was a vassal of Nebuchadnezzar from 604 to 602 B.C. In 601, he changed his loyalty back to Egypt. In 598, Nebuchadnezzar sent his army to punish Jehoiakim, but Jehoiakim died before the army arrived.<ref>2 Kings 23:34-24:7; 2 Chron 36:4-8
#p <nat>Hebrew<o>king<n>Jehoiachin<b>616(1)<ac>598 Dec<depo>597 Mar 16<d>550(20)<fa>Jehoiakim<c>Jerusalem<mov>597<c>Babylon<info>Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he began to reign. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord. Jehoiachin was taken prisoner to Babylon in 597.<ref>2 Kings 24:8-17; 2 Chron 36:8-10
#e <t>surrender<d>597 Mar 16<n>Jehoiachin surrenders Jerusalem<c>Jerusalem<info>Nebuchadnezzar replaced Jehoiachin after only three months of reign, deported him and 10,000 other leaders from the city to Babylon, looted the city, and placed Zedekiah as a vassal king over Judah.<ref>2 Kings 24:10-16
#p <nat>Hebrew<o>king<n>Zedekiah<aka>Mattaniah<b>618(1)<ac>597 Apr<depo>586<d>570(10)<fa>Josiah<c>Jerusalem<mov>586<c>Babylon<info>Zedekiah was 21 years old when he began to reign. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord. Zedekiah was appointed by Nebuchdnezzar, who changed his name from Mattaniah. After the fall of Jerusalem in 586, Zedekiah was blinded and taken captive to Babylon.<ref>2 Kings 24:18-25:26; 2 Chron 36:10-14
#e <t>uprising<d>588<n>Zedekiah revolts against Babylon<c>Jerusalem<info>Zedekiah was convinced by Egypt to revolt with a coalition of other states (Tyre and Ammon) against Babylon in 588 B.C.
// Prophets
// 444-432 era of Nehemia
#p <nat>Hebrew<o>prophet<n>Isaiah<d>680(5)<c>Jerusalem<info>Jeremiah began ministy in 627, and died in Egypt.
#p <nat>Hebrew<o>prophet<n>Ezekiel<b>623<c>Jerusalem<info>Ezekiel began his ministry in 593 B.C.
//Joel (609-586 B.C.)
#p <nat>Hebrew<o>prophet<n>Daniel<b>615(5)<d>525(5)<c>Jerusalem<mov>605<c>Babylon<info>Daniel was among a group of Hebrews deported from Jerusalem in either 605 or 597 B.C. to Babylon
#e <t>prophesy<au>Daniel<n>Daniel 7<d>553<c>Babylon<info>This was during the first year of Belshazzar's reign.<ref>Dan 7
#e <t>prophesy<au>Daniel<n>Daniel 8<d>551<c>Babylon<info>This was during the third year of king Belshazzar.<ref>Dan 8
#e <t>prophesy<au>Daniel<n>Daniel 9<d>538 Jan (12)<c>Babylon<info>This was during the first year of Darius' reign.<ref>Dan 9
#e <t>prophesy<au>Daniel<n>Daniel 10<d>536(1)<c>Babylon<info>This was the third year of Cyrus' conquest of Babylonia.<ref>Dan 10
// Post-exile
#e <t>translation<n>Septuagint<d>205(75)<c>Alexandria<info>The Septuagint is a Greek translation of the Hebrew scriptures.
