Events Mentioned in Isaiah

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

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