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Age 8 of 14

Assyrian Captivity of Israel

722 – 612 BC

Dating: Assyrian and Babylonian records; 2 Kings 17

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Israel was carried away into Assyria because they sinned against the LORD (; ). Strangers were settled in Samaria (). Judah continued under Hezekiah and his successors until the rise of Babylon.

Key events

  1. c. 720 BC

    Samaria resettled

    The king of Assyria brings men from Babylon, Cuthah, Ava, Hamath and Sepharvaim into Samaria (; ).

  2. c. 715 BC

    Hezekiah's Passover invites Israel

    Hezekiah sends to all Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, to keep the passover ().

  3. c. 701 BC

    Hezekiah's tunnel

    Hezekiah brings water into the city (; ). The Siloam Inscription records the tunnel's completion.

  4. 681 BC · fixed by historical record

    Sennacherib slain

    Sennacherib is smitten by his sons as he worships in the house of Nisroch ().

  5. Reign of Manasseh

    Manasseh taken to Babylon

    The captains of the host of Assyria bind Manasseh and carry him to Babylon; he humbles himself ().

  6. 612 BC · fixed by historical record

    Fall of Nineveh

    Nineveh falls to the Babylonians and Medes, as recorded in the Babylonian Chronicles. Nahum is the burden of Nineveh ().

Rulers and empires

681–669 BC

Esarhaddon

668 – c. 631 BC

Ashurbanipal

626–605 BC

Nabopolassar

Prophets

  • NahumNinevehWrote: Nahum

    The burden of Nineveh ().

Books written during or about this period

2 Kings (ch. 17–23) · 2 Chronicles (ch. 29–35) · Isaiah · Micah · Nahum · Zephaniah