XVIII. THE FATHERHOOD AND HUMANITY OF GOD 290
1. THE PEOPLE AND THEIR FATHER JACOB (xii.). 2. THE LAST JUDGMENT (xiii.-xiv. 1).
HOSEA i.-iii.; iv. 11 ff.; ix. 10 ff.; xi. 8 f.
XXIX. THE REASONABLENESS OF TRUE RELIGION 419
CHRONOLOGY OF THE DOUBLE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL, _c._ 940-639 B.C.
*** _c._ = _circa_: it refers only to the accession of the kings of Judah and Israel; the years are exact so far as they concern the Assyrian data. A date opposite the mere name of a king signifies the year of his accession.
-------+-------------+-----------------+---------+------------------------------+-----------------------+----- | JUDAH. | ISRAEL. | THE | SYRIA, ETC. | ASSYRIA. | | | |PROPHETS.| | | -------+-------------+-----------------+---------+------------------------------+-----------------------+----- 940_c._|Disruption of the Kingdom. | | | | |Rehoboam. |Jeroboam I. | | | | | |Establishment of | | | | | | calf images in | | | | | | N. Israel. | | | | 923_c._|Abijam. | | | | | 920_c._|Asa. | | | | | 918_c._| ... |Nadab. | | | | 915_c._| ... |Baasha. | | | | 891_c._| ... |Elah. | | | | 888_c._| ... |Zimri. Omri. | | | | 876_c._| ... |Ahab. |} | Revolt of Mesha of Moab: the | | 874_c._|Jehoshaphat. | ... |} Elijah.| Moabite Stone (_circa_ 860).| | 854 | ... |First contact of |} | Israel and Syria with | Assyria at the Battle | 854 | | |} | | of Karkar. | 853_c._| ... |Ahaziah. |}} | | | 852_c._| ... |Joram. | } | | | .... | ... | Invades Moab w. | } | | | | | Judah and Edom. | } | | | 850 | ... | ... | } ... | }Campaigns in all these 3 yrs| by Shalmaneser II. of |{ 850 849_c._|Jehoram. | ... | } ... | } Assyria against Dadidri or | Hadadezer of Damascus.|{ 849 846 | ... | ... | } ... | }Revolt of Edom from Judah | ... |{ 846 844_c._|Ahaziah. | | } | (2 Kings viii. 20 ff.). | | 842_c._|Athaliah. |Jehu. | }Elisha.| ... | Tribute from Jehu. | 842 ... | ... | ... | } ... | War of Hazael with | Assyria. | ... 839 | ... | ... | } ... | War of Hazael with | Assyria. | 839 836_c._|Joash. | ... | } ... | }Hazael subdues Gilead (Amos | ... |{ 836 814_c._| ... |Jehoahaz. | } ... | } i. 3); attacks Gath, but is| ... |{ 814 | ... | ... | } ... | } bought off from Jerusalem. | |{ 812 | ... | ... | } ... | ... | Ac. of Ramman-Nirari. | 812 806 | ... | ... | } ... | Arpad, campaign against, by | Assyria. | 806 803 | ... | ... | } ... | Damascus, under Meri, besieged and taken by Assyria. | 803 ... | ... | ... | } ... | A year of pestilence. | ... | ... 798_c._| ... |Joash. | } | | | 797_c._|Amaziah. | | | | | 783_c._| ... |Jeroboam II. | ... | ... | Shalmaneser III. | 783 778_c._|Uzziah | | | | | | (Azariah). | | | | | 775 | ... |}Jeroboam | ... | ... | Expedition to | | |}re-conquers | | | Cedar Country. | 775 773 | ... |}Moab, Gilead, | ... | Damascus, campaign against, | by Assyria. | 773 772 | ... |}and part of | ... | Hadrach, campaign against, | by Assyria. | 772 765 | ... |}Aram. | ... | A pestilence. | Ac. of Assur-dan-il. | 765 | | | | Hadrach, campaign against, | by Assyria. | 763 |Total eclipse of the sun on June 15th | visible in Syria and at | Nineveh. | 763 759 | ... | ... | } ... | A pestilence in Western Asia.| ... | 759 755 | ... | ... | } ... | Hadrach suffers attack from | Assyria. | 755 754 | ... | ... | } Amos. | Arpad suffers attack from | Assyria. | 754 753 | ... | ... | } ... | ... | Ac. of Assur-Nirari. | 753 745 | ... | ... | } ... | ... | Accession of | | | | } | | Tiglath-Pileser III. | 745 743 | ... |Zechariah, son of|} ... | } | | 743 | |Jeroboam (6 mo.).|} ... | } ... | | | |Shallum (1 mo.). |} ... | } Arpad besieged, and after | two or three years | | |Menahem. |} Hosea. | } | taken by Assyria. | 742 | ... | ... |} ... | } | | 742 741 | ... | ... |}} ... | } | | 741 740 |"The yr King | ... |}} | | | 736? |Uzziah died."| |}} | | | |Jotham sole ruler. |}} | | | 738 | ... |Menahem is |}} | mentioned as tributary to | Assyria. | 738 737_c._| |Pekahiah. |}} | | | 736_c._|Ahaz. |Pekah, the | } | | | | |Gileadite. | } | [(Isa. vii.).| | 735 |Ahaz is attacked both by Pekah | } | and by Rezin of Damascus | ... | 735 734 | ... |Captivity of Gil-| } | | etc., by Assyria | | | ead, Galilee, | } | | (Isa. viii., ix.). | 734 733 | ... | ... | } ... |Damascus besieged and taken by| Assyria. | 733 732 |Ahaz pays homage | } | at Damascus to the King of | Assyria. | 732 731 | ... | ... | } ... | ... |Tiglath-Pileser becomes| 731 730_c._| ... |Hoshea. | } | | King of Babylon under| | | | } | | the name of Pul. | 727_c._|Hezekiah. | ... | }Isaiah.| ... | Shalmaneser IV. | 727 725 | ... |Siege of Samaria | } | | begins. | 722 | ... |Fall of Samaria. | } ... | ... | Sargon takes Samaria. | 722 or 1 | | | } | | | or 1 720 | ... | ... |}} ...