ERA 800BC-700BC
Bible time frame archealogical and historical fro 800BC-700BC
796 Amaziah becomes king of Judah
790 -739 Uzziah
2 Kings 15:13
- also called Azariah; 10th King of Judah; leper when he died.
-Defeated Philistines and Arab tribes
-Uzziah becomes co-regent of Judah
1:Aramaic inscription on a stone plaque - 13" x 14" - reads "Hither were brought the
bones of Uzziah, King of Judah." Plaque found in tomb on Mt. of Olives but bones were
not found.
789-748 Jeroboam II
2 Kings 13:13
- 14th King of Israel; son of Jehoash
- Son and successor of Jehoash, (alternatively spelled Joash)
- Fourteenth king of the ancient Kingdom of Israel
1:Seal of Jasper found at Megiddo has a roaring lion and the inscription belonging to
Shema, servant of Jeroboam.
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0011_0_10084.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeroboam_II
https://www.varchive.org/tac/jeroboam.htm
https://www.biblehistory.net/King_Jeroboam.pdf
https://www.bible-history.com/empires/megiddo_seal.html
783 Shalmaneser IV becomes king of Assyria
783 Jonah begins his ministry
782 Jeroboam II becomes king of Israel
1:Samaria Ostraca
776 Olympic games begin in Greece
767 Uzziah becomes full king of Judah
764 Amos begins to prophesy
755 Hosea begins to prophesy
753 Rome founded
Zechariah becomes king of Israel
752 Shallum becomes king of Israel
752 -742 Menahem
2 Kings 15:17
- 17th King of Israel
-Menahem became king of Israel in the thirty-ninth year of the reign of Azariah,
- King of Judah,and reigned for ten years.
1:Josephus
2:Tiglath-Pileser relates in a cuneiform text found at Calah that he received
tribute from AMenahem of Samaria.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menahem
https://www.biblehistory.net/newsletter/Menahem.htm
745-727 Pul (Tiglath-Pileser III)
2 Kings 15:19
- Assyrian King; called Pul in Bible; his records
mention several Jewish kings.
1. Palace found at Ninevah.
2. Another palace found with reliefs of Tiglath-Pileser
3. Numerous cuneiform tablets including 2 King lists and the annals of
https://www.archive.org/stream/tiglathpileserii00anspuoft/tiglathpileserii00anspuoft_djvu.txt
742-735 Jotham
2 Kings 15:32
- 11th King of Judah
- Son of Uzziah with Jerusha,
- Daughter of Zadok.
.
1. Seal, signet ring found at Ezion Geber (Elath) inscription - Belonging to Jotham
also ram in seal - in Smithsonian Institution.
2. Bulla in collection of Shlomo Moussaieff which reads Ahaz (son of) Jotham,
King of Judah.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jotham_of_Judah
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0011_0_10384.html
Tiglath-Pileser.
742 Pekahiah
2 Kgs 15:23-26
-Son of Menahem
- King of Israel
-assassinated by Pekah
740 -732 Pekah
2 Kings 15:27
- 19th King of Israel
- Deposed by Tiglath-pileser III "They overthrew their king Pekah and I (Tiglath-
pileser) set Hoshea as king over them" and assassinated by Hoshea.
1. Tiglath-Pileser III records in an annalistic text that he overturned Pekah.
2. Pottery jar at Hazor from the time of Pekah is inscribed with name Pekah.
739 Uzziah dies; Isaiah begins to prophesy
Jotham becomes king of Judah
736 Micah begins to prophesy
735 -715 Ahaz
2 Kings 16:2
- 12th King of Judah; son of Jotham; idolatrous
1. Cuneiform inscription of Tiglath Pileser's campaign against Palestine (called
Jehoahaz);
2. Seal with inscription Abelonging to Usna, "Minister of Ahaz"
3. Bulla with impression "Ahaz (son of) Jotham King of Judah"
738- 732 Rezin
2 Kings 15:37
- King of Aram (Syria); killed by Tiglath-Pileser III
1. Cuneiform tablet of Tiglath-Pileser III lists tribute received from Rezin
2. Tablet tells of fall of Damascus and names Rezin.
732- 721 Hoshea
2 Kgs 17:1-6
- King of Israel
- 20th (and last) King of Israel
-confirmed on throne by Tiglath-pileser III
-refused to pay tribute to Shalmaneser
1. Seal purchased at Sothebys reads "Belonging to Abdi, servant of Hoshea"
2. Tiglath-Pilser III records helping Hoshea come to throne.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoshea
https://www.biblelandpictures.com/gallery/gallery.asp?action=viewimage&imageid=9040&text=&categoryid=72&box=&shownew=
727 -722 Shalmaneser V
2 Kings 17:3
- King of Assyria; son of Tiglath-Pileser
1. Babylonian Chronicle cites his activities.
2. Name found on boundary stone to date an event to his third year.
3. Bronze weight has inscription which contains his name.
4. Babylonian King list records him.
722 -710 703-702 Merodach-Baladar
( Marduk-apla-iddina II )
2 Kings 20:12
- King of Babylon
-Chaldean prince who usurped the Babylonian throne in 721 BC
1. Stele for a land grant depicts Merodach-Baladar and has text about him.
2. Babylonian chronicle
3. King List A
4. Numerous cuneiform inscriptions of Tiglath-Pileser III, Sargon II, and
Sennacherib.
5. Cuneiform cylinder written by Merodach-Baladar boasting of driving out
Assyrians.
https://www.bible-history.com/links.php?cat=44⊂=1616
&cat_name=Bible+Names+H-M&subcat_name=Merodach-baladan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marduk-apla-iddina_II
722 -705 Sargon II
Isa. 20:1
- King of Assyria, brother of Shalmaneser V
- Becomes king of Assyria Samaria falls; the ten tribes go into captivity
1. Palace found at Khorsabad with multiple carvings of Sargon in relief.
2. Extensive cuneiform texts tell about his exploits and reign (which include the
annals & Sargon=s prism).
3. Fragment of stele found at Ashdod and erected after Sargon=s victory.
715 - 686 Hezekiah
Kings 18:2
-14th King of Judah; dug tunnel for water from Gihon Spring
1. Clay bulla in Israel Museum bears inscription, "Jehozara,...servant of Hezekiah."
2. Sennacherib records shutting Hezekiah up like a bird in Jerusalem and twice
more mentions him elsewhere.
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Hezekiah.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezekiah
705 -681 Sennacherib
2 Kings 18:13
Assyrian King; son of Sargon II
1. Prism of Sennacherib records that he besieged Jerusalem and made Hezekiah
a prisoner in Jerusalem, his royal residence - Alike a bird in a cage.
2. Palace at Ninevah records his siege of Lachish with portraits and name of
Sennacherib
3. Extensive cuneiform texts.
701 Judah invaded by the Assyrians
700 Shebna
2 Kings 18:18
- Court official of Hezekiah
- In Charge of the Royal Household
-Refered to as Shebna the Scribe
1:Partial tomb inscription found in Silvan has been reconstructed by Avigad to
contain part of Shebnas name.
https://www.christiancourier.com/articles/269-the-saga-of-shebna