419 takes Jerusalem; from whence begin the seventy years captivity of the Jews. 1 Nebuchadnezzar 2 Nabopolassar, king of Babylon, dies, and is succeeded by Nebuchadnezzar, his son. 3 4 Daniel interprets Nebuchadnezzar's dream. Jehoiakim rebels against Nebuchadnezzar. 2 562 45. 43 3 561 4 560 5 559 6558 7 557 8 556 9 555 4160 554 1 553 2552 3551 Amasis. 31234567 35 36 Captivity of 26 Tyre taken, and Egypt invaded, by Nebuchadnezzar. 27 He ravageth Egypt. 28, Appoints Amasis king, and returns to Babylon. 29 Pharaoh Hophra slain by Amasis. 30 Nebuchadnezzar distracted. 25 37 26 38 27 39 31 28 29. 40 41 30 42 34 31 43 35 32 8 33 44 36 Nebuchadnezzar restored to his 91 35 34 46 47 10 11 1 48 Cyaxares. or Darius Medus. 12 2 49 50 51 13 14 15 33 52 16 6829 17 18 19 senses. 37 Dies in the thirty-seventh year of Jehoiachin's captivity. Jehoiachin released and advanced. Neriglissar succeeds in Babylon, and Great preparations made by the Medes and Babylonians for war against each other. Cyrus, being general of the Medes and Persians under Cyaxares, slays Neriglissar in battle. Laborosoarchod succeeds, and is slain. Nabonadius the Belshazzar of the Scripture succeeds Laborosoarchod. Daniel saw the vision of the ram and the he-goat, chap. viii. Belshazzar goes into Lesser Asia, and there hires a great army against Cyrus, of which Croesus takes the command. Cyrus sends a spy into Cræsus' army, by whom he hath intelligence of all there done. Cyrus vanquisheth Croesus at the river Halys, pursues him to Sardis, and takes the city, and Croesus in it. Cyrus brings all the Lesser Asia under his dominion. Cyrus, having settled all affairs in the Lesser Asia, subdues Syria, Palestine, and Arabia. Media. Kings of Judah. Captivity of 20 5 539 17 31 21. 1 4172 542 4 540; 16 Darius. 6 538 7 537 2 28 18 333 19 65 Cyrus marcheth into Upper Asia, and reduceth all there under his obedience. 66 Cyrus returns into Syria, and lays siege to Babylon. 67 68 Takes Babylon, and slays Belshazzar. 22 69 Cyrus placeth his uncle Darius on the throne at Babylon, and makes an expedition inte Syria. 70 Darius dies at Babylon, and Cyrus succeeds in the whole empire. Psamminitus. 8 Cambyses, his son, succeeds in the empire. 41 42 43 44 8 9 9 10 10 11 12 11 He invadeth Egypt. 12 Vanquisheth Psamminitus, who newly succeeded Amasis, his father, in the kingdom, and conquereth the whole kingdom. 13 13 Makes an expedition against the Ethiopians, and returns with loss. 20 Period. Julian Christ. Years before Persia. Kings of After the of Judah. 2 2 22 21 23 20 The Babylonians revolting from Darius, are besieged by him. 21 Babylon taken by Darius, after a siege of twenty | months. 22 The temple rebuilt and dedicated. 23 The Jews obtain sentence from Darius against the Samaritans about the tribute of Samaria. 24 24 Darius passeth the Bosphorus and the Danube, to make war against the Scythians, and returns with the loss of half his army. 25 26 27 5 509 13 28 6 508 14 29 7 507 15 30 45 25 Subdues Thrace, and returns to Susa. 26 27 The Scythians ravage Thrace, and drive Miltiades out of the Chersonesus. 28 Darius sends Scylax with a fleet down the Indus, to discover India. 29 30 Scylax returns by the way of the ocean and the Red Sea, and gives Darius an account of his discoveries. 31 Darius invades and conquers India. 32 33 33 34 The Persians, under the command of Aristagoras of Miletus, make an attempt upon Naxus, and miscarry in it. Tyre restored. 35 Aristagoras and the Ionians revolt from Darius. 36 The Athenians enter into a confederacy with the Ionians against Darius. 37 They burn Sardis, which gave the first rise to the Persian war against the Greeks. 38 The Persians prevail against the Ionians. Aristagoras flees into Thrace. Hestiæus Milesius returns into Ionia, and joins the revolters. 39 Aristagoras slain in Thrace. 40 Miletus taken, the Ionians reduced, and an end put to that war. 41 Hestiæus taken by the Persians, and crucified. 42 42 The Persians reduce the Hellesport and Thracian Chersonesus, and force Miltiades to flee to Athens. 43 Mardonius being sent by Darius to make war against the Greeks, miscarries in the expedition, and returns with great loss. 44 Darius sends heralds to demand earth and water of the Greeks. 45 Two other generals sent against the Greeks in the place of Mardonius. Zoroastres appears at the Persian court. 46 The Persians invade Attica, and are defeated at Marathon. 47 Darius makes great preparations to invade Greece in person. Period. Julian Christ. Years before Persia. Kings of Captivity. After the of Judah. High Priests 4227 487 8 486j 35 9 485 1 4230 484 1 483 Xerxes. 50 51 52 53 36123 2 482 4 55 3 481 5 4 480 ་ 57 58 5 479 7 Joakim 50 The Egyptians revolt from Darius. 51 Darius declares Xerxes his successor, and dies. 52 Xerxes confirms to the Jews all their privileges. 53 Reduceth Egypt. 1 Resolves on a war with the Greeks, and makes great preparations for it. 2 Enters into a league with the Carthaginians against the Greeks. 3 Comes with a prodigious army to Sardis, and there winters. 4 Passeth the Hellespont, marcheth into Greece, loseth the battle of Salamis, and returns with disgrace to Sardis. The Carthaginians vanquished in Sicily by Gelo. 5 The Persians vanquished at Platea and Mycale 6 Xerxes destroys the temple of Bel at Babylon. 8 Pausanius, suspected of treason by the Lacede- 9 Still carries on the treason for the betraying of Greece to Xerxes. 10 Is tried for it, and acquitted for want of full evidence. 11 Full discovery being made of his treason, he is put to death for it. 12 Themistocles being accused by the Lacedemonians of the same treason, is acquitted of it at Athens. 13 Themistocles being banished Athens for ten years, is again accused of the same treason by the Lacedemonians, before the states of Greece, and thereby forced to fly into Persia. 4 470 16 67 14 Cimon, general of the Athenians, gains two vic tories over the Persians, near the river Eurymedon, on the same day, the first by sea, and the second by land. 68 15 He makes many other conquests for the Atheni ans on the Hellespont, and elsewhere. 16 Xerxes, discouraged by so many defeats, gives over the Grecian war. 19 Xerxes slain by the treason of Artabanus. 20 Artaxerxes (the Ahasuerus of the book of Esther) succeeds, and slays Artabanus. 21 Conquers his brother Hystaspes, and thereby becomes thoroughly settled in the throne. 22 Hereon he makes a great feast for all his nobles, and divorceth Vashti his queen. 76 23 A collection of virgins made for the king, of which Esther was one. 77 24 Esther pleaseth the king, and becomes his concubine. The Egyptians revolt, and make Inarus their king. |