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From the year 721 A. C. there is no

record of kings of Israel, the kingdom of Judah alone remaining.

Manasses

KINGS OF JUDAH.

697

A. C.

Samaria is taken, and Hoshea with all his subjects carried into captivity by Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, son of Tiglath-Pileser

Invasion of Judea by Sennacherib, whose army is destroyed in one night, to the amount of 185,000 men (2 Kings, xix.)

N. B. This destruction was probably effected by the Simoom, or burning blast of the desart (see v. 7.). This was the opinion of Dr. Johnson, as stated by Boswell.'

Isaiah, the prophet, is said to have been sawn asunder by Manasses (see Heb. xi. 37.)

721

710

696

See a very intelligent essay on this subject in the Fragments to Calmet' (1st H. F. v. pp. 12, 13.).

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This monarch, for his piety and good government, has been compared to our

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Edward VI. He is slain at Megiddo in battle with Pharaoh Necho, king of Ægypt (2 Kings, xxiii. 29.).

A. C.

642

6-10

Jehoahaz, son of Josiah

609

Esarhaddon succeeds Sennacherib in

the kingdom of Assyria

This king, who is called by Isaiah (xx. 1.) Targon, conquered Syria, Ægypt, and Ethiopia, and reduced Israel and Judah. He was succeeded by Saosduchinus, the Nebuchadonosor of Scripture.

Manasses, king of Judah, is taken prisoner, and carried in chains to Babylon Amon is treacherously put to death by his servants

Jeremiah predicts the captivity of the Jews under Nebuchadnezzar, their return, &c.

Habakkuk predicts the vengeance by the Chaldeans

(Fulfilled 2 Chron. xxxvi. 6.)

The beautiful prayer or hymn with which this prophecy concludes, was considered by the ancient fathers as allusive to the Messiah (see Townsend-Old Testament arranged, &c. vol. ii. p. 408.).

See Dr. Valpy's Poetical Chronology, p. 11. note.

A. C.

681

677

641

629

612

Jehoiakim

A. C. 608

Jeconias, Coniah or Jehoiakim, son of Jehoiakim

Zedekiah, uncle of Jeconias, originally named Mattaniah

Siege and destruction of Tyre1 by Ne

buchadnezzar

(Ithobal king.), ·

599

597

586 to 574

Babylon taken by the Medes and Per

sians under Cyrus

538

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Palatyrus Tyre on the Continent. This city had been

built by the Sidonians 240 years before the temple of Jerusalem. The siege of Tyre is one of the longest recorded in history. Its splendor and commercial importance are detailed at large in the 27th chapter of Ezekiel.

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