HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

4000 BC - ADAM

3000 BC - ENOCH

2400 BC - FLOOD

2200 BC - BABEL, JAREDITES

2000 BC - ABRAHAM

ISAAC

JACOB (ISRAEL)

JOSEPH AND 11 BROTHERS

BONDAGE

1400 BC - MOSES

JUDGES

1100 BC - SAUL

DAVID

SOLOMON

975 BC -         REHOBOAM - JUDAH

JEROBOAM - ISRAEL

721 BC - ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE INTO ASSYRIA

608 BC - EGYPT (NECHO) TO FIGHT FADING ASSYRIA

    JOSIAH TIRES TO STOP NECHO - DIES TRYING

    JEHOAHAZ-REPLACES FATHER-REIGNS 3 MO.-DEPORTED TO EGYPT

    JEHOIAKIM REPLACED BROTHER-RULES UNDER NECHO 3 YRS.

605 BC - BABYLON (NEBUCHADNEZZAR) DEFEATS EGYPT AT CARCHEMISH

    BABYLON NOW RULES JUDAH-1ST DEPORTATION TO BABYLON

   

601 BC - BABYLON LOSES BATTLE VS. EGYPT-JEHOIAKIM REBELS VS.          BABYLON-NO TAXES

598 BC - JEHOIAKIM DIED-ASSASSINATED?-BURIAL OF ASS (JER. 22:18)

597 BC - ZEDEKIAH - SON OF JOSIAH-21 YRS OLD-DIDN'T LISTEN TO           JEREMIAH

588 BC - JAN. JERUSALEM UNDER SIEGE-SUMMER-EGYPTIANS ENTER LAND-              JULY 24TH? WALLS BREACHED JUST AS FOOD RAN OUT-ZEDEKIAH              FLED TOWARDS THE JORDAN,WAS CAPTURED & TAKEN TO SYRIA-                           HIS SONS WERE KILLED BEFORE HIS EYES AND THEN THEY                    BURNED HIS EYES OUT & TOOK HIM IN CHAINS TO BABYLON

    JERUSALEM WAS UNINHABITABLE-CAPITAL AT MIZPAH

538 BC - PERSIA CONQUERED BABYLON-CYRUS ALLOWED JEWS TO RETURN