572 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE, Nabopolasser reigns in Babylon 22 years....... bocce cece eect eeaes Psammetik I. reigns in Egypt about this time. He is succeeded by Neko I]... . ccc cc ccc cece cee cece ec ceeeevaeves Josiah is slain in battle against Neko, king of Egypt, and is succeeded by Jehoahaz.... cc cc cc cece cee cece cece teen tee eeceeeeees Jehoiakin, in whose reign Habakkuk prophesied, reigns............. Nineveh destroyed by the Medes and Babylonians................. Nebuchadnezzar takes Jerusalem, and carries Daniel and his compan- panions into Babylon.......... cee ccc cee e eee eees From this time, according to the common computation, the 70 years’ captivity begins. Daniel interprets Nebuchadnezzar’s dream, and is consequently pro- moted to a high office in the government................ eee Darius, the Mede, is Dorn. ... 2... eee ee ce ce eee eens Darius, the Mede, enters on his reign over the Chaldeans...........3 Jechoniah, son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, is carried to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar, with many JewS......... cece eee cee eee tenes Ezekiel is called to the prophetic office........ 0... ce eee eee ee ee Zedekiah, successor of Jechoniah, forms an alliance with the Egyptian king, Hophra, and revolts against Nebuchadnezzar.............. Draco, the lawgiver of Athens, lives about this time. Ezekiel prophesies in Babylon........... cc eee cece eee eee e eens Nebuchadnezzar besieges Jerusalem, takes the city, destroys it with the Temple, carries Zedekiah to Babylon, and sends the remaining inhabitants of Judea beyond the Euphrates. Thus ended the king- dom of Judah, 388 years from the secession..............0 eee Obadiah prophesies at this time... .. cece cee cee eee eee eee Solon, the lawgiver of Athens, about this time; also Anacharsis, Thales, and Adsop flourished. PERIOD VII. 602 598 600 538 598 594 592 590 586 AM 8382 8395 3398 3399 3402 34068 3404 3466 3406 3410 3412 3414 3418 From the beginning of the Babylonish Captivity to the birth of Christ, 586 years. B. C. A.M. Gedaliah is made governor of the people left in Judea, and is murdered 584 8420 Ezekiel prophesies in Chaldea, and foretells the restoration of the cap- TIVE JEWS... ce cece ee cee cece e eect eee Lecce eee cece cease Tyre besieged by Nebuchadnezzar.......... cee ccc eee ewes Nebuchadnezzar erects a golden image, and by a decree requires for it universal Worship...... cc ce cece cece cere eee e ence eee eee Servius Tullus, king of Rome.....cccccccccccecccccecccnnetceeenes Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of trouble, which Daniel interprets as por- ' tending great calamity... ..... 1. cee cece cece cree eee eeees His singular insanity and restoration........... ccc cece eee eee eee He dies, and is succeeded by his son, Evilmerodach................. He releases Jehoiachin from prison...........5... beeen cceececoes He is slain, and succeeded by Neriglissar........ccccecceseesseeces 8417 $418 3424 8426 3434 3435 3442 3443 8444