Misc. Flashcards
3rd year of Cyrus
536 BC
Josiah dies fighting Neco
609 BC
3rd year of Jehoiakim
605 BC
Maccabean crisis
167-164 B.C.
Nineveh destroyed
612 BC
Jehoiakim (son of Josiah) revolted against Nebuchadnezzar
598 BC
Jehoiachin (son of Jehoiakim) was next on the throne for 3 months.
iv. Nebuchadnezzar put Zedekiah (Jehoiakim brother) on the throne in his place
1. At the same time, Nebuchadnezzar took temple utensils and 10,000 captives, including the prophet Ezekiel, to Babylon
v. Zedekiah made an alliance with Egypt against Babylon, and Nebuchadnezzar burned Jerusalem to the ground 586 BC
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Daniel→ God is my Judge
a. Belteshazzar→ probably Bell protect his life
b. Shar means king (Shea
2. Hananiah→ Yahweh has been gracious
a. Shadrach→ possibly command of Aku (the moon God)
3. Mishael→ who is like God
a. Mechach→ who is what Aku is
4. Azariah→ Yahweh helps
a. Abednego→ servant of Nebo
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. Chapter 1→ 605 BC
ii. Chapter 10→ 536 BC
iii. Approximately 20 years in Judah and 70 years in Babylon
iv. Nebuchadnezzar ruled for 43 years
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e. Judah (930-586 BC) (declining)
i. 640-609 BC→ Josiah
1. Last good king
ii. 609 BC——→ Jehoahaz
1. Pro-babylonian, but Neco (from Egypt) maid him swear allegiance
iii. 609-598 BC→ renamed Jehoiakim (original name: Eliakim)
1. Son of Jehoahaz
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iv. 598-597 BC→ Jehoiachin
v. 597-586 BC→ Zedekiah (Mattaniah)
1. Zedekiah→ Justice of Yahweh
2. Mattaniah→ gift of Yahweh
f. Medo-Persia (539-331 BC)
i. 559-530 BC Cyrus the Great
ii. 614 BC→ Assur (the capital of the old Assyrian empire) fell to the medes (via Cyaxares)
1. Note: The Medes and Persians were united by Cyrus
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. Antiochus Epiphanes IV
i. He was a hellenistic Greek king of the Seleucid Empire
ii. Seleucids conquered by the Romans (189 BC)
iii. 14 years in Rome (189-175 BC)
iv. King of the Seleucids (174-164 BC)
v. Invaded Egypt inf 170/169 BC and visited Jerusalem
vi. Invaded Egypt again in 168 BC
vii. Popilius Laenas stopped him in Alexandria
viii. Jerusalem rebelled and he attacked Jerusalem in 167 BC
ix. Issued Decree against Jewish cult
x. Died in 164 while in the East
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