Note: Isaiah’s ministry lasted from 740-681 BC
Timeline:
- 800 BC
- Uzziah (Azariah) (767-740 BC)
- Jotham (750-735 BC)
- Ahaz (735-715 BC)
- 735: Judah threatened by Israel & Syria
- 732: Damascus devastated by Assyria
- 728-722: Northern Israel conquered by Assyria; Israel dispersed
- Hezekiah (715-686 BC)
- 701: Assyria besieges Jerusalem under King Sennacherib
- 700 BC
- 606: Babylon overthrows Assyria
- 605: Babylon invades Jerusalem under King Nebuchadnezzar; Daniel & friends taken into exile
- 600 BC
- 586: Note: Babylon destroys Jerusalem and Solomon’s Temple; Final exiles taken to Babylon
- 539: King Cyrus of Persia conquers Babylon
- 538: King Cyrus makes decree allowing exiles to return to Jerusalem
- 500 BC
Key:
- Kings of Judah
- Assyrian Empire
- Babylonian Empire
- Persian Empire