Foreign Kings Affecting Israel and Judah By ajr308 Period: 727 BCE to 722 BCE Shalmaneser V 722 BCE Fall of Samaria (9th of Hoshea) Period: 722 BCE to 705 BCE Sargon II Period: 705 BCE to 681 BCE Sennacherib Period: 681 BCE to 669 BCE Esarhaddon Period: 669 BCE to 631 BCE Ashurbanipal Period: 631 BCE to 627 BCE Assur-etil-ilani Period: 627 BCE to 612 BCE Sin-sar-iskun Period: 626 BCE to 605 BCE Nabopolasser Period: 626 BCE to 626 BCE Sin-sumu-lisir 612 BCE Babylonians and Egyptians defeat Assyrian Empire Period: 612 BCE to 609 BCE Assur-uballit II 605 BCE Nebuchadnezzar becomes King of Babylon 605 BCE First Exile from Jerusalem Jehoiakim becomes King. Daniel, Shadrach, Meshech, and Abednego are taken to Babylon. Period: 605 BCE to 562 BCE Nebuchadnezzar 601 BCE Jehoiakim Rebels/ Aligns with Egypt 597 BCE Second Exile from Jerusalem Nebuchadnezzar removes Jehoiakim for his rebellion. Jehoiachin is set up as king. Jehoiachin is also called Jeconiah and Coniah. 587 BCE Third Exile from Jerusalem and Destruction Period: 562 BCE to 560 BCE Amel-Marduk Period: 560 BCE to 556 BCE Neriglissar Period: 559 BCE to 530 BCE Cyrus 1 Period: 556 BCE to 537 BCE Nabonidus 537 BCE Destruction of Babylon by Persia/ Proclamation for Return 536 BCE Temple Rebuilding Begins Under Zerubbabel Period: 529 BCE to 522 BCE Ahasuerus/Cambyses Period: 521 BCE to 486 BCE Darius 1 the Great 516 BCE Temple Rebuilding Finished (6th of Darius) 499 BCE Greco-Persian Wars Begin Period: 492 BCE to 490 BCE First Persian Invasion of Greece 490 BCE Battle of Marathon Period: 485 BCE to 465 BCE Xerxes 1 480 BCE Battle of Thermopylae 480 BCE Battle of Salamis Period: 480 BCE to 479 BCE Second Persian Invasion of Greece 479 BCE Esther Becomes Queen? Period: 479 BCE to 478 BCE Greek Counter-Attack into Asia Minor Period: 477 BCE to 449 BCE Wars of the Delian League Period: 464 BCE to 424 BCE Artaxerxes 1 458 BCE Ezra Returns to Jerusalem (7th of Artaxerxes) 449 BCE Greco-Persian Wars End 444 BCE Nehemiah Returns to Jerusalem Period: 423 BCE to 405 BCE Darius II Period: 405 BCE to 358 BCE Artaxerxes II Period: 359 BCE to 336 BCE Phillip II of Macedon Period: 358 BCE to 338 BCE Artaxerxes III Period: 338 BCE to 336 BCE Artaxerxes IV Period: 336 BCE to 323 BCE Alexander the Great Period: 336 BCE to 330 BCE Darius III 331 BCE Battle of Guagamela (End of Persian Empire) Period: 323 BCE to 309 BCE Alexander IV Period: 306 BCE to 281 BCE Lysimachus Period: 305 BCE to 282 BCE Ptolemy I Soter Period: 305 BCE to 297 BCE Cassander Period: 305 BCE to 281 BCE Seleucus I Nicator