The Historical-Political Context of the Prophets By rabbibarer 960 BCE Building of the First Temple 930 BCE Splitting of the Kingdom - Yisrael and Yehudah Period: 900 BCE to 850 BCE Elijah Period: 851 BCE to 810 BCE Elisha Period: 786 BCE to 721 BCE Hosea Period: 760 BCE to 750 BCE Amos Period: 745 BCE to 727 BCE Reign of Tiglath-Pileser III (Assyria) Period: 742 BCE to 700 BCE Isaiah Period: 737 BCE to 728 BCE Micah Period: 727 BCE to 722 BCE Reign of Shalmeneser V (Assyria) 722 BCE Conquest of Yisrael - "Ten Lost Tribes" - by Assyria Period: 722 BCE to 705 BCE Reign of Sargon II (Assyria) Period: 705 BCE to 681 BCE Reign of Sennacherib (Assyria) 701 BCE Siege of Jerusalem by Assyrians Period: 650 BCE to 570 BCE Jeremiah Period: 640 BCE to 621 BCE Zephaniah Period: 605 BCE to 597 BCE Habbakuk Period: 604 BCE to 562 BCE Reign of Nebuchadnezzar II (Babylonia) 597 BCE Exile of King Jehoiachin and Upper Class Period: 593 BCE to 571 BCE Ezekiel Period: 590 BCE to 570 BCE Ovadiah 586 BCE Destruction of the First Temple Period: 521 BCE to 516 BCE Haggai Period: 520 BCE to 518 BCE Zecharia 516 BCE Return to Israel (End of Babylonian Exile) Period: 500 BCE to 450 BCE Malachi
