A. C. Omri builds the city of Samaria, and transfers thither the seat of government from Tirza Ahab is killed by the Syrians at the battle of Ramoth-Gilead, according to the prophecy of Micaiah (1 Kings, xxii. 28., &c.) The Moabites after this revolt. 924 897 Elijah (or Elias) destroys the prophets 906 of Baal (1 Kings, xviii.) taken up into Heaven, and suc ceeded by Elisha the son of Shaphat (2 Kings, ii.) 896 Athaliah is put to death by order of the High Priest Jehoida (2 Kings, xi.) Jonah the prophet' A. C. 878 863 The army of Hazael, king of Syria, desolates a great part of the kingdom of Amos, the prophet, prophesies against Moab, Judah and Israel' Joel prophesies God's judgments a 839 790 gainst the enemies of his people, bless-· ings upon the church, &c. 800 and Israel, exhorts to repentance, pro 785 Hosea, the prophet, reproves Judah mises forgiveness, &c. He appears to have prophesied during more than fifty years. * It is probable that Sardanapalus was the king of Nineveh who repented at the preaching of this prophet (Jonah, iii. 6.). 2 A severe rebuke of Zabianism, or the worship of the Host of Heaven, is contained in chap. iv. 13. and v. 25, 26. of this prophecy. A. C. Isaiah (called by way of eminence the Evangelical prophet) begins his divine predictions of the kingdom of the Messiah, and continues to prophesy for above sixty years 760 Many of the Jews who inhabited the eastern side of Jordan and part of Galilee, are carried away captive by Tiglath-Pileser, son and successor of Sardanapalus 746 |