OT assyrian crisis and babylonian crisis

Question 1

722

Answer 1

722, Assyrians capture Samaria, captivity, and import five pagan people groups to mix them in. worship of God is polluted, and people become Samaritans.

Question 2

701

Answer 2

701, under Sennacherib, Jerusalem is besieged, miraculously delivered.

Question 3

701 second

Answer 3

Several OT prophets come during this time. Jonah: Ninevah, Amos+Hosea: prophecy of northern Israel kingdom, Isaiah+Micah: prophecy in south Judah.

Question 4

626

Answer 4

Babylonians revolted against the Assyrians in 626. prophets of Jeremiah and Zephaniah.

Question 5

612

Answer 5

Ninevah capital of Assyria falls, in 612, prophet Nahum’s hymn of late comes true

Question 6

609

Answer 6

battle of Megiddo in 609, King Josiah was fatally wounded.

Question 7

605

Answer 7

battle of Carchemish in 605, between Neco II of Egypt and Babylon. First deportations of Jews to Babylon. Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego captive. Daniel prophesizes

Question 8

597-592

Answer 8

2nd deportation in 597. when king Jehoiachin and prophet Ezikiel are taken captive. Ezekiel begins to prophesy in 592.

Question 9

586

Answer 9

Jerusalem is destroyed in 586. the third deportation happens. Jeremiah is taken by force into Egyptian exile. Obadiah prophesies against Edomites. Habakkuk asks God why he used pagans to punish the Jewish people.