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J 753 BC. Rome is founded.
K 725 BC. Hoshea, the last king
of Israel, requests assistance
from King So of Egypt, when he
is forced to pay tribute to Assyria.
Help does not come, and Hoshea
is imprisoned for his treachery
(2 Kings 17:4).
Q 605–538 BC. Several waves
of Judah’s citizens are exiled to
Babylon and return 70 years later.
A
1000 BC
B C D E
F
H
900 BC
G
I
L 722 BC. Israel goes into captivity
in Assyria.
M 701–698 BC. Tirhakah, co-regent
of Egypt and later the pharaoh, is
allied with Hezekiah, a righteous
king of Judah. Tirhakah was the
son of Piye, a Nubian king
(modern-day Sudanese) who
conquered Egypt.
N 663–654 BC. The prophet
Nahum contrasts earthly strength
with God’s power, mentioning
Thebes, Ethiopia, Put, and Libya
(Nahum 3:8-9). Put may have
been the land of Punt, which is
the coastal region of modern-day
Somalia. These nations were
known for their wealth and power,
but none were a match for God.
O 626–539 BC. Babylonian
Empire.
800 BC
J
K
L
700 BC
M
N
O
600 BC
P Q
R S
500 BC
T
400 BC
U
V
300 BC
200 BC
W
Pharoah Neco II (P).
P 609 BC. Egyptian Pharaoh
Neco II of the Twenty-sixth
Dynasty kills King Josiah of Judah
on the battlefield (2 Kings 23:29).
Ebed-Melech Saves the Prophet
Jeremiah (R).
R 588 BC. King Zedekiah’s guards
throw the prophet Jeremiah into a
cistern. A Cushite man (modernday Sudanese) named EbedMelech pulls Jeremiah out and
saves him (Jeremiah 38:6-13).
God blesses Ebed-Melech, promising to deliver him from the
Babylonian siege.
S 586 BC. The people of Judah
flee to Egypt to escape Babylon,
even though Jeremiah prophesied
that Babylon would also conquer
Egypt, which was fulfilled when
Nebuchadnezzar invaded Egypt
in 568–567 BC. The Judeans take
Jeremiah with them to Africa.
T 549–331 BC. Persian Empire.
U 400–6 BC.* The period between
the Old and New Testaments where
the Bible is silent.
100 BC
X
1 BC
* approximately