OT History Flashcards
8500-4500 BCE
Neolithic Period
4500-3500 BCE
Chalcolithic Period
3500-2250 BCE
Early Bronze Period
3500-3100 BCE
Early Bronze I
3100-2650 BCE
Early Bronze II
2650-2250 BCE
Early Bronze III
2250-1925 BCE
Early Bronze IV/Middle Bronze I
1925-1550 BCE
Middle Bronze II Period
1925-1700 BCE
Middle Bronze IIA
1700-1600 BCE
Middle Bronze IIB
1600-1550 BCE
Middle Bronze IIC
1550-1200 BCE
Late Bronze Period
1550-1400 BCE
Late Bronze I
1400-1300 BCE
Late Bronze IIA
1300-1200 BCE
Late Bronze IIB
1200-586 BCE
Iron Age
1200-1000 BCE
Iron I
1000-900 BCE
Iron IIA
900-700 BCE
Iron IIB
700-586 BCE
Iron IIC
586-539 BCE
Neo-Babylonian Period
539-332 BCE
Persian Period
332-53 BCE
Hellenistic Period
Ishbaal’s reign (son of Saul)
c. 1006-1004 BCE
David’s reign
c. 1010-970 BCE
Solomon’s reign
c. 970-930 BCE
What is the ‘accession’ system of dating and who used it?
An accession year is the year when one king dies and his successor is enthroned. The official first year of the new king began on the next new years day. The Mesopotamians used the accession system.
What is the ‘nonaccession’ system of dating and who used it?
A nonaccession year is the year when one king dies and his successor is enthroned, and this year marks the official first year of the new king. The next new years day marks the new king’s second year. The Egyptians used the nonaccession system.
Who was Rehoboam?
Son of Solomon, King of Judah (bad), reigned c. 930-914 BCE
Who was Abija[m/h]?
Son of Rehoboam, King of Judah (bad), reigned c. 914-911 BCE
Who was Asa?
Son of Abija[m/h], King of Judah (good), reigned c. 911-870 BCE
Who was Jehoshaphat?
Son of Asa, King of Judah (good), credited with making peace with Israel, reigned c. 870-847 BCE (co-regency 871; period of vassalage to Israel)
Who was J(eh)oram I?
Son of Jehoshaphat, King of Judah (bad), married Athalia the daughter of Ahab, reigned c. 847-842 BCE (co-regency 853; period of vassalage to Israel)
Who was Ahaziah II?
Son of J(eh)oram I, King of Judah (bad), reigned c. 842-841 BCE (period of vassalage to Israel)
Who was Athalia?
Wife of J(eh)oram I, mother of Ahaziah II and J(eh)oash I, queen of Judah (bad) for J(eh)oash’s first six years, reigned c. 841-835 BCE (interregnum; non-Davidic dynasty)
Who was J(eh)oash I?
Son of J(eh)oram I, King of Judah (good), reigned c. 841/835-796 BCE (his mother Athalia reigned c. 841-835 BCE; independence, then vassalage to Damascus)
Who was Jehoiada?
The high priest in Judah who deposed the cruel mother queen Athalia and setup the young J(eh)oash I as king
Who was Amaziah?
Son of J(eh)oash I, King of Judah (good), reigned c. 796-767 BCE (independence, then vassalage to Israel)
Who was Azariah/Uzziah?
Son of Amaziah, King of Judah (good), reigned c. 767-735 BCE (co-regency 787-767; not active/ill 750ff.; resurgence and zenith)
Who was J(eh)otham?
Son of Azariah/Uzziah, King of Judah (good), reigned c. 751-731 BCE (co-regency 751-735; resurgence and zenith)
Who was (Jeho)Ahaz?
Son of J(eh)otham, King of Judah (bad), reigned c. 731-716 BCE (co-regency 735-731, 729-716; vassalage to Assyria)
Who was Hezekiah?
Son of (Jeho)Ahaz, King of Judah (good), reigned c. 716-686 BCE (co-regency 729-716, 697-686; vassalge to Assyria)
Who was Manasseh?
Son of Hezekiah, King of Judah (bad), reigned c. 686-643 BCE (co-regency 697-686; vassalage to Assyria)
Who was Amon?
Son of Manasseh, King of Judah (bad), reigned c. 643-641 BCE (vassalage to Assyria)
Who was Josiah?
Son of Manasseh, King of Judah (good), reigned c. 641-609 BCE (independence: renaissance)
Who was Jehoahaz II?
Son of Josaiah, King of Judah (bad), reigned c. 609 BCE (vassalage to Egypt)
Who was Jehoiakim/Eliakim?
Son of Josiah and brother of Jehoahaz II, King of Judah (bad), reigned c. 609-598 BCE (vassalage to Egypt then Babylon)
Who was Jehoiachin?
Son of Jehoiakim, King of Judah (bad), reigned c. 598/587 BCE (vassalage to Babylon)
Who was Zedekiah/Mattaniah?
Uncle of Jehoiachin, King of Judah (bad), reigned c. 597-586 BCE, reign ends with the fall of Jerusalem (vassalage to Babylon)
Who was Jeroboam I?
Son of Nebat, King of Israel (bad), led the coup against Rehoboam that divided the monarchy, reigned c. 930-909 BCE
Who was Nadab?
Son of Jeroboam I, King of Israel (bad), reigned c. 909-908 BCE
Who was Baasha?
Son of Abijah of the tribe of Issachar, King of Israel (bad), assassinated Nadab, reigned c. 908-885 BCE
Who was Elah?
Son of Baasha, King of Israel (bad), reigned c. 885-884 BCE
Who was Zimri?
Elah’s ‘commander of half the chariots’, King of Israel (bad), assassinated Elah, reigned for seven days
Who was Tibni?
Son of Ginath, King of half of (northern) Israel in the wake of Zimri’s death/suicide, rival to Omri, reigned c. 884-880 BCE
Who was Omri?
Elah’s ‘commander of the army’, King of Israel (bad) in the wake of Elah’s assassination, overthrew Zimri and was rival to Tibni during the first five years of his reign, reigned c. 884-873 BCE
What is the historical significance of the Mesha stele to Israelite history?
A commemorative stele by King Mesha of Moab, the Mesha stele (mid-9th c. BCE) mentions how Omri had ‘humbled’ Moab.
Who was Ahab?
Son of Omri, King of Israel (bad), reigned c. 873-852 BCE
Who was Ahaziah I?
First son of Ahab, King of Israel (bad), reigned c. 852-851 BCE
Who was J(eh)oram II?
Second son of Ahab, King of Israel (bad), reigned c. 851-841 BCE
Who was Jehu?
Son of Jehoshaphat son of Nimshi, King of Israel (bad), deposed J(eh)oram II of Israel and Ahaziah of Judah, reigned c. 841-813 BCE
What is the historical significance of Shalmaneser III’s Black Obelisk to Israelite history?
The Assyrian annalistic fragment tells us that during the campaign of Shalmaneser’s 21st year (838 BCE) the Assyrian king collected tribute from ‘Jehu son of Omri.’
Who was Jehoahaz I?
Son of Jehu, King of Israel (bad), reigned c. 813-797 BCE
Who was J(eh)oash II?
Son of Jehoahaz I, King of Israel (bad), reigned c. 797-781 BCE (co-regency 792-781)
Who was Jeroboam II?
Son of J(eh)oash (II), King of Israel (bad), extended the northern kingdom to nearly Solomonic proportions, reigned c. 781-749 BCE (co-regency 792-781)
Who was Zechariah?
Son of Jeroboam II, King of Israel (bad), assassinated by Shallum, reigned for six months c. 748 BCE
Who was Shallum?
Son of Jabesh, King of Israel, assassinated by Menachem, reigned on month c. 748 BCE
Who was Menachem?
Son of Gadi, King of Israel (bad), reigned c. 747-737 BCE
Who was Pekahiah?
Son of Menachem, King of Israel (bad), assassinated by Pekah, reigned c. 737-735 BCE
Who was Pekah?
Son of Remaliah, Pekahiah’s captain and assassin, King of Israel (bad), assassinated by Hoshea son of Elah, reigned c. 735-731 BCE in Samaria, c. 752-735 BCE as a rival ruler in northern Transjordania (?)
Who was Hoshea?
Son of Elah, King of Israel (bad), appointed by Tiglath-Pileser III according to a fragmented Assyrian source, reigned c. 731-722 BCE
What happened in 722 BCE?
The fall of Samaria at the hands of Shalmaneser V; the Babylonian Chronicle attributes a capture of Samaria to Shalmaneser V sometime prior to the year 722 BCE.
What happened in 720 BCE?
Inscriptions of Sargon II record a capture of Samaria as part of his 720 BCE campaign.