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Author: Ron Graham
The Assyrian Captivity —And a Chart of kings and prophets
Time ~ 7. Exile and Scattering Span ~ 200 years
Books ~ Jer, Lam, Eze, Dan, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Obadiah, [Joel] Figures ~ Jeremiah, Daniel Begins with ~ Wars upon Israel and Judah Ascendant empire ~ Babylon Of all the Times of Israel, the seventh —EXILE AND SCATTERING— is probably the
saddest. We have seen the kingdom divided, and that was sad. But worse still, we
now see the beginning of the captivities —as the larger kingdom (Israel) falls to
Assyria and its people are taken away to foreign lands.
1 Israel and Judah Conquered
When Assyria was a world power, Israel was captured and its people exiled
northward to the area whence Abraham had come so long ago.
Hezekiah was then the king of Judah, a good king who listened to Isaiah, God's
prophet, so the kingdom of Judah was spared and only Israel, the ten tribes, were
taken. But when the Babylonians came to dominate the world, Coniah was the king in
Judah. He was evil, so it was Judah's turn to be conquered. The people were exiled in
Babylon. Jerusalem and its temple were destroyed. The king Coniah became like a
shattered jar as Jeremiah had prophesied, and none of Coniah's descendants could
reign any more on David's throne in Judah.
We learn from this story that God is merciful and longsuffering, but when people
persistently depart from his word they will reap what they sow.
2 Bible Summary (2Kings 14­18)
[Similar information is given in 2Chronicles 25­27]
Kingdom of JudahAmaziah, becomes king in Judah (14)
Jehoash, king of Israel routs Judah (14)
Amaziah murdered. His 16­year­old son Azariah (Uzziah) rules instead (14 and 15)
Kingdom of IsraelJereboam II becomes king of Israel (14)
Zechariah a bad king in Israel (15)
Shallum assassinates Zechariah and rules one month (15)
Menahem assassinates Shallum, becomes king in Israel (15)
Menahem commits an atrocity at Tiphsah (15)
Menahem exacts tribute for the king of Assyria (15)
Pekahiah, another bad king in Israel (15)
Pekah assassinates Pekahiah and becomes king of Israel (15)
Kingdom of JudahJotham succeeds his father Uzziah as king of Judah (15)
Ahaz next king of Judah becomes vassal of the king of Assyria (16)
Kingdom of IsraelHoshea becomes king of Israel (17)
Hoshea offends the king of Assyria (17)
Assyria takes Israel captive (17 and 18)
An account of how Israel sinned against God and deserved to be exiled (17)
After the deportation, Samaria is resettled by foreigners (17)
Kingdom of Judah —Hezekiah commences a long and good reign over Judah (18)
3 Kings of Israel and Judah
The table below shows the kings who reigned in Israel and Judah. The chart covers
three of the Times of Israel (Kingdom, Division, and Exile). The period in focus in
this lesson starts at the flag marked ISRAEL EXILED. Note that the reigns of kings
in each kingdom often overlap because of rivalry or of co­regency.
KINGS ISRAEL
PROPHETS
Saul
David
Nathan
Solomon
KINGDOM DIVIDED
KINGS KINGS PROPHETS
ISRAEL JUDAH
Jeroboam Rehoboam Ahijah
Nadab
Abijam
Baasha
Asa
Jehu
Elah
Zimri
Elijah
Omri
Ahab
Jehoshaphat Ahaziah
Elisha
Jehoram Jehoram
Jehu
Ahaziah
(Athalia) Joash
Jehoahaz Jonah?
Jehoash
Amaziah Joel?
Amos
Jeroboam IIUzziah
Isaiah
Zachariah Shallum
Jotham
Menahem Pekahiah Pekah
Hoshea
Ahaz
ISRAEL EXILED
KINGS PROPHETS
JUDAH
Hezekiah
Manasseh
Amon
Josiah
Zephaniah
Jehoahaz
Jehoiakim
Jehoiachin (Coniah)
JUDAH EXILED
Hosea
Isaiah
Micah
Isaiah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Jeremiah
Daniel
KINGS PROPHETS
JUDAH
Zedekiah
Daniel
Obadiah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
4 The Lost Ten Tribes
The tribes of the northern kingdom are often spoken of as "the ten lost tribes".
It is claimed (and certain doctrines are based upon this claim) that no remnant of
these tribes ever returned to or remained in the promised land.
However, this is not so. For example, Anna the prophetess was of the tribe of Asher
(Luke 2:36).
Not only would some members of the ten tribes have made their way to Judah before,
during, and after the Assyrian attack, but some would have been already living
among the people of Judah and Benjamin.
In the time of Josiah, when Passover observance was restored, it was kept with "the
priests and Levites, all Judah and Israel who were present, and the inhabitants of
Jerusalem" (2Chronicles 35:17­19).
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