CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. Athaliah murders the royal family, except J oash, and usurps the “e throne of Judah ......... 0c. ecccc cece ccccucueueseteees wee Jehoida the priest anoints Joash king, and slays Athalia............ . 878 Carthage is built by Queen Dido... .... ccc cece ccc cc cacccccnceas 869 The Ninevites repent at the preaching of Jonah.............0ceee0: 862 Joash orders the repair of the temple.............cccecccecccececs 856 Jehu dies, and is succeeded by hisson Jehoahaz..........-...2-00e- Zechariah, the priest, son of Jehoida, is stoned inthe temple by order — Of Joash... ccc ccc cc eee e cece een eeceeeeeeeees 840 Joash, king of Judah, is murdered, and succeeded by Amaziah....... 839 Amaziah, elated by his late victories, wages war with Jehoahash king of Israel, and is taken prisoner ............ cece eee ee eee eeees 826 Jehoahash dies, and is succeeded by hisson, Jeroboam II......... .. 825 Death of Sardanapalus, and fall of the Assyrian empire.......... 820 Amaziah, king of Judah, is slain, and is succeeded by Azariah....... 810 Jeroboam 1I., after a reign of 41 years, dies.... ....... 2.0 ee os 784 After the death of Jeroboam II, an interregnum of 22 years. During his reign lived and prophesied Jonah, Hosea, and Amos: Zechariah, son of Jeroboam, obtains the kingdom.................. 773 He is killed by Shallum, who is soon killed by Menahem........... 772 Menahem dies, and is succeeded by his son Pekahiah ............... Pul, king of Assyria, invades and subdues Israel.............0.. eee 771 Uzziah, for attempting to burn incense, is smitten with leprosy....... 765 Pekahiah, successor to Menahem, is killed by Pekah............... “55 Macedoniaemn pire begins about this time. Isaiah, Hosea, Amos, and Micah, prophesy..........++eeseseeeeees Rome founded about this time. Ahaz succeeds his father Jotham, 17th year of Pekah............... 742 Tiglath-Pilezer invades Israel, and carries away captives to Assyria.. 740 Hoshea, having slain Pekah, king of Israel, reigns.............---- 730 Tiglath-Pilvzer dies, and is succeeded by Shalmanezer, who invades Israel, and carries captive the ten tribes........+.-+se+sseeeee 721 Shalmanezer dies, and is succeeded by Sennacherib, who invades Judah 715 Hezekiah’s sickness and miraculous reCOVeTy....... eee eee ee cence 713 Sennacherib invades Judah, and is suddenly destroyed........ ..... 710 His son, Erarhaddan, succeeds to the throne.....----+sseeeeeeeees 706 Hezekiah dies, and is succeeded by his son Manasseh..........-.06. 694 Erarhaddan makes himself master of Babylon and re-unites the Assy- | . rian and Babylonian empires.......+-+eeeereeer secretes teres 677 He takes Manasseh prisoner, and carries him to Babylon..... ..... 671 Manasseh, on repentance, is restored to his kingdom......... sees. vee He dies, and is succeeded by Ammon, His SON... . ce eee eee eee wees 639 Ammon is murdered, and his son, Josiah, reigns .....+++++++eseeeee 637 Josiah labors to reform abuses, and restore the true worship of God .. cccccccccccccecceteecesengecees Geeeeecesees arenes 6380 About this time Philip succeeds to the throne of Macedon. Byzantium is built about this time. sod Seremiah begins to prophesy.....sceeescceceessececresesereseees # 571 A. M 3126 8135 3142 3148 3164 3165 3178 3179 3184 3194 8220 - 3231 3232 3233 3239 3249 8262 8264 3274 8283 3289 8291 3294 3298 . 3310 8397 | 3333 3365 8367 3374 3880