The same year Noah, being 600 years old, by God's command enters the ark.
Noah, with his family and three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, leave the ark.

The building of the Tower of Babel, the confusion of languages, and dispersion of na- 2614
tions......

...... 2554

.....

The beginning of the Babylonian or Assyrian monarchy,—and of the Egyptian
The birth of Reu, son of Peleg

.... 2554

2624

The death of Noah, aged 950 years, and the beginning of postdiluvian idolatry.
The birth of Abraham, son of Terah...

The call of Abram, from Ur to Haran in Mesopotamia, where his father died, aged 205 2093
years.

Isaac blesses Jacob, who departs to Haran, marries first Leah, and then Rachel, &c... 1916
Jacob makes Joseph his favourite; his dreams, &c. he is sold into Egypt

1885

Joseph interprets Pharaoh's dreams, &c.

1872

Jacob goes down to Egypt, &c.

1863

Revolution in Egypt; the sufferings of the Israelites; Moses born, &c.

1723

Moses flies to Midian; marries Jethro's daughter; the vision of the bush, &c.

1658

Moses, commissioned by God, goes to Pharaoh; the plagues of Egypt; the deliverance 1648
of the Israelites, &c.

The Israelites rendezvous at Rameses; cross the Red Sea, &c.

1648

The law delivered from Sinai, &c.......

The Israelites approach Canaan; the priesthood established, &c.

The Israelites enter Canaan and possess it

Joshua succeeds Moses as the leader of Israel

The Israelites conquer Canaan, &c.

The war of the Benjamites

The judges, Deborah, Ehud, &c. ...
Gideon the Israelitish general.

Jephthali's exploits and vow

Samson's miraculous acts
The birth of Samuel..

Saul elected king of Israel

David succeeds to Saul

His restoration after Absalom's rebellion. Solomon proclaimed king
The dedication of the temple

1647

1646

1608

1608

1582

1561

1426

1366

1253

1222

1152

1114

1070

1036

1020

The death of Solomon, succession of Rehoboam, and revolt of the ten tribes

Jeroboam is overcome by Abijah with the 972
loss of 500,000 of his men.

The death of Jeroboam, and succession of 968
his son Nadab.

The death of Nadab, and succession of 966
Baasha, who builds Ramah, to hinder
the Israelites from going to Jerusa-
lem.

The death of Baasha, and succession of 943
his son Elah.

Zimri kills Elah, and usurps the king- 949

dom of Israel; but Omri soon be-
sieges him, and forces him to burn
himself in his own palace.

Omri, when seated in the throne, builds 938
Samaria, and makes it the seat of his
empire.

He equips a fleet for Ophir, but miscar- 896 Ahaziah, by a fall, is dangerously wound- 907
ries in the voyage.

The death of Jehoshaphat; and his son 904 Elisha foretels the victory of the army of 891
Jehoram's succession to the crown.
the Israelites, and procures plenty of
water for them.

Homer about this time flourished...... 896 The siege of Samaria by Ben-hadad, 885

B. C.

The death of Uzziah, and succession of 757
his son Jotham, in whose reign Isaiah
and Hosea prophesied.

The death of Jotham, and succession of 741
his son Ahaz, who is invaded by Re
zin, king of Syria, and Pekah, king of
Israel; and at length invites to his as-
sistance Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assy-
ria, submitting to pay him tribute.

Ahaz dies; and is succeeded by his son 725
Hezekiah, who restores the true wor-
ship of God (which Ahaz had almost
subverted) in Judah and Jerusalem.

B.C.

Pekahiah is assassinated by Pekah, who 758
succeeds him.

The city of Rome began to be built.... 751
Arbaces, governor of Media, (who in 756
Scripture is called Tiglath-Pileser) and
Belesis (otherwise called Nabonassar)
conspire against Sardanapalus, king of
Assyria, and having besieged him in
Nineveh for three years, compels him
at last to burn himself and all his
riches in his own palace; whereupon
Tiglath-Pileser is acknowledged king
of Assyria, and Nabonassar lays the
foundation of the Babylonish empire.
Tiglath-Pileser overcomes Rezin, king of 738
Syria, and puts him to death; then
enters the land of Israel; takes many
cities, and carries away a great num-
ber of captives.

Hosea, the son of Elah, puts Pekab, 728
king of Israel, to death, and usurps the
throne.

Tiglath-Pileser dies; and is succeeded 724
by Salmaneser, who invades the king-
dom of Israel, and makes Hoshea tri-
butary to him.

Hoshea, king of Israel, thinking to shake 719
off the yoke of Salmaneser, makes an
alliance with So, or Sabacon, king of
Egypt; whereupon Salmaneser be-
sieges Samaria, and, after three years,
takes it, and carries away the people
captive, and so extinguishes the king-
dom of Israel, after it had subsisted
from the separation 264 years.

Salmaneser dies; and is succeeded by Sennacherib, who invades the kingdom of Judah, 715

and takes several of its cities.

Hezekiah's sickness and recovery. He gives money to Sennacherib, who still continues 725
the war against him, but, at length, loses all his army by the stroke of an angel;
whereupon the Medes revolt from his dominion, and at his return to Nineveh, he is
put to death by two of his sons, and succeeded by a third, named Esarhaddon.
Hezekiah dies; and is succeeded by his son Manasseh

696

Esarhaddon makes himself master of Babylon, and reunites the Assyrian and Babylonish 677
empire.

He takes Manasseh prisoner, and carries him in chains to Babylon
Holofernes invades Judea, and is slain by Judith

671

653

Manasseh, after his return from Babylon, dies; and is succeeded by his son Amon.... 641
Amon is murdered by his servants; and succeeded by his son Josiah

...... 639

Josiah endeavours to reform several abuses that had been introduced, and restores the 639
true worship of God.

At this time Jeremiah begins to prophesy

.... 628

Josiah is slain in battle against Necho, king of Egypt, and is succeeded first by Jehoahar, 605
and after him by Jehoiakim.

Nebuchadnezzar takes Jerusalem, and carries Daniel and his companions, captives, into 586
Babylon.

Daniel interprets Nebuchadnezzar's dream of the great statue
Jehoiakim's revolt against Nebuchadnezzar....

592

596

The birth of Cyrus, and the death of Jehoiakim, whose body is thrown into the highway, 599
without any burial; and the succession of Jeconiah, who (after a short reign) is taken
and carried to Babylon, while his uncle Zedekiah is left at Jerusalem in his place.

B. C.
Ezekiel begins to prophesy in Chaldea, and foretels the destruction of Jerusalem...... 590
Zedekiah confederates with the king of Egypt, and revolts against Nebuchadnezzar.... 588
Nebuchadnezzar besieges Jerusalem; defeats the Egyptian army; takes the city, and 586
utterly destroys it, with the temple; puts out Zedekiah's eyes; carries him to Baby-
lon; and sends the Jews, that were left in the country, captive beyond the Eu-
phrates. And thus ended the kingdom of Judea, after it had subsisted, from the time
of the separation, 388 years.

Gedaliah is made governor of the people left in Judea, and is murdered by Ishmael.... 586
Darius the Mede, or Cyaxares

Cyrus the Persian....

Takes Babylon the first year of his reign. The same year the Jews return under Zoro-
babel. The first high priest Joshua, same year.

The second temple begun

...

553

551

.. 535
.. 529

521

516

485

483

464

463

460

457

453

444

423

Nehemiah's reform. End of the Old Testament canon

420

Stops the rebuilding of Jerusalem
Artaxerxes marries Esther

Sends Ezra to Judea...

High priest Eliashib

...

Nehemiah governor ...........

Darius Nothus

END OF THE FIFTH INDEX.