Dates - OT Flashcards
1010 BC
David becomes King of Judah.
1003 BC
David becomes King of Israel & Judah.
970 BC
Solomon crowned King of Israel & Judah.
930 BC
Divided Kingdom (1 Kings 12) – Northern Kingdom and Southern Kingdom
722 BC
Israel is taken into captivity by the Assyrians. (2 Kings 17:23-24)
609 BC
Josiah dies. (2 Kings 23:29)
606 BC
This is the first of the three exiling of Judah by the Babylonians.
606 BC
What’s the second occurence for this date and the Scripture?
The date from which Jeremiah’s prophecy of 70 years of exile is taken. (2 Chronicles 36:20-22)
606 BC
What’s the third occurrence for this date and the Scripture?
Daniel is taken to Babylon at this time. (Daniel 1:1)
597 BC
This is the date of the second exiling of Judah.
586 BC
The third exiling of Judah is when God – through Nebuchadnezzar – burns and destroys the Temple and tears down the walls of Jerusalem making them rubble.
536 BC
Scripture
Cyrus becomes the King of Persia. (Ezra 1:1)
516 BC
Scripture
The Temple is rebuilt (Ezra 6:15)
486 BC
Xerxes in the Book of Esther (Artaxerxes in the Book of Nehemiah) begins to reign.
Xerxes is portrayed in two well-known movies:
300 which is about the Battle of Thermopylae
A Night With The King which is about Esther becoming Queen of Persia.
479 BC
Scripture
Esther becomes Queen. (Esther 2:16-17)
466 BC
Scripture
50 years after the Temple is rebuilt, Nehemiah goes to Jerusalem and finally rebuilds the walls of Jerusalem. (Nehemiah 2:1)
How many years after the temple is rebuilt that Jerusalem’s walls are rebuilt?
50 years
What is Xerxes called as well and in what book does he have a different name?
Artexerxes in Nehemiah
What are the 2 other names of the Temple that was rebuilt?
The Second Temple Zerubbabal’s Temple.
597 BC
Why is this date significant and what Scripture reflects this?
This is significant as the line of David to Jesus comes through Jehoiachin. (Matthew 1:11)
What happened during the 2nd exiling?
Jehoiachin is taken to Babylon.
What was the Northern Kingdom Israel also called?
Israel - “the ten lost tribes”
What was the Southern Kingdom also called?
Judah
