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Fresh light from the ancient monuments : $b A sketch of the most striking confirmations of the Bible, from recent discoveries in Egypt, Palestine, Assyria, Babylonia, Asia MinorSayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

History

Fresh light from the ancient monuments : $b A sketch of the most striking confirmations of the Bible, from recent discoveries in Egypt, Palestine, Assyria, Babylonia, Asia Minor

Name: Fresh light from the ancient monuments : $b A sketch of the most striking confirmations of the Bible, from recent discoveries in Egypt, Palestine, Assyria, Babylonia, Asia Minor
Author: Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

Bible -- Antiquities; Bible -- Evidences, authority, etc.; Cuneiform inscriptions

Campaign of Shalmaneser against Hadadezer (Ben-hadad II).

Campaign against Hadadezer.

Murder of Hadadezer by Hazael.

Campaign against Hazael; tribute paid to Shalmaneser by Jehu.

Shalmaneser II succeeded by Samas-Rimmon.

Samas-Rimmon succeeded by Rimmon-nirari.

Damascus captured by the Assyrians: tribute paid by Samaria.

Rimmon-nirari succeeded by Shalmaneser III.

Campaign against Damascus.

April. Pul, who takes the name of Tiglath-Pileser II, usurps
      the Assyrian throne.

      743-40. War with Hamath; submission of Uzziah; fall of Arpad.

Tribute paid to the Assyrians by Menahem and Rezon.

Damascus besieged; the tribes beyond the Jordan carried away;
      Jehoahaz (Ahaz) of Judah becomes an Assyrian vassal.

(? 729). Pekah put to death; Hosea succeeds.

Damascus taken; Rezon slain. Ahaz at Damascus.

Tiglath-Pileser succeeded by Shalmaneser IV.

Sargon seizes the throne and captures Samaria.

Merodach-baladan conquers Babylonia.

Hamath conquered; Sabako (So) of Egypt defeated at Raphia.

Embassy of Merodach-baladan to Hezekiah.

Capture of Jerusalem and Ashdod by Sargon.

Merodach-baladan driven from Babylonia.

Murder of Sargon; his son Sennacherib succeeds on the 12th of
      Ab.

Merodach-baladan holds Babylon for six months.

Campaign against Judah; battle of Eltekeh; retreat of
      Sennacherib from Jerusalem.

Murder of Sennacherib; accession of Esar-haddon.

Manasseh appears among the Assyrian tributaries. Egypt
      conquered.

Assur-bani-pal (Sardanapalus) associated in the government on
      the 12th of Iyyar.

Esar-haddon dies; Assur-bani-pal succeeds on the 27th of Ab.

Destruction of Thebes (No-Amun) by the Assyrians.

      ?606. Fall of Nineveh, Esar-haddon II or Sarakos being the last
      king.

See Jer. xlvii. 1.

Compare Ezek. xxvii. 18.

The following chronological table will assist the reader in
      understanding the sequence of events in the preceding chapter:—

      B.C.

Battle of Megiddo; Josiah slain; Pharaoh Necho overruns Western
      Asia.

Necho defeated at Carchemish by Nebuchadrezzar; foundation of
      the Babylonian empire.

Nebuchadrezzar succeeds his father Nabopolassar.

Jerusalem captured; Jehoiachin sent to Babylon.

Destruction of Jerusalem; murder of Gedaliah.

The Babylonians overrun Egypt, then governed by Amasis.

Nebuchadrezzar succeeded by his son Evil-Merodach.

Nergal-sharezer, son of Bel-sum-iskun, seizes the Babylonian
      crown.

Nergal-sharezer succeeded by Laborosoarchod.

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History

Fresh light from the ancient monuments : $b A sketch of the most striking confirmations of the Bible, from recent discoveries in Egypt, Palestine, Assyria, Babylonia, Asia Minor

Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

Bible -- Antiquities; Bible -- Evidences, authority, etc.; Cuneiform inscriptions

Campaign of Shalmaneser against Hadadezer (Ben-hadad II).

Campaign against Hadadezer.

Murder of Hadadezer by Hazael.

Campaign against Hazael; tribute paid to Shalmaneser by Jehu.

Shalmaneser II succeeded by Samas-Rimmon.

Samas-Rimmon succeeded by Rimmon-nirari.

Damascus captured by the Assyrians: tribute paid by Samaria.

Rimmon-nirari succeeded by Shalmaneser III.

Campaign against Damascus.

April. Pul, who takes the name of Tiglath-Pileser II, usurps
      the Assyrian throne.

      743-40. War with Hamath; submission of Uzziah; fall of Arpad.

Tribute paid to the Assyrians by Menahem and Rezon.

Damascus besieged; the tribes beyond the Jordan carried away;
      Jehoahaz (Ahaz) of Judah becomes an Assyrian vassal.

(? 729). Pekah put to death; Hosea succeeds.

Damascus taken; Rezon slain. Ahaz at Damascus.

Tiglath-Pileser succeeded by Shalmaneser IV.

Sargon seizes the throne and captures Samaria.

Merodach-baladan conquers Babylonia.

Hamath conquered; Sabako (So) of Egypt defeated at Raphia.

Embassy of Merodach-baladan to Hezekiah.

Capture of Jerusalem and Ashdod by Sargon.

Merodach-baladan driven from Babylonia.

Murder of Sargon; his son Sennacherib succeeds on the 12th of
      Ab.

Merodach-baladan holds Babylon for six months.

Campaign against Judah; battle of Eltekeh; retreat of
      Sennacherib from Jerusalem.

Murder of Sennacherib; accession of Esar-haddon.

Manasseh appears among the Assyrian tributaries. Egypt
      conquered.

Assur-bani-pal (Sardanapalus) associated in the government on
      the 12th of Iyyar.

Esar-haddon dies; Assur-bani-pal succeeds on the 27th of Ab.

Destruction of Thebes (No-Amun) by the Assyrians.

      ?606. Fall of Nineveh, Esar-haddon II or Sarakos being the last
      king.

See Jer. xlvii. 1.

Compare Ezek. xxvii. 18.

The following chronological table will assist the reader in
      understanding the sequence of events in the preceding chapter:—

      B.C.

Battle of Megiddo; Josiah slain; Pharaoh Necho overruns Western
      Asia.

Necho defeated at Carchemish by Nebuchadrezzar; foundation of
      the Babylonian empire.

Nebuchadrezzar succeeds his father Nabopolassar.

Jerusalem captured; Jehoiachin sent to Babylon.

Destruction of Jerusalem; murder of Gedaliah.

The Babylonians overrun Egypt, then governed by Amasis.

Nebuchadrezzar succeeded by his son Evil-Merodach.

Nergal-sharezer, son of Bel-sum-iskun, seizes the Babylonian
      crown.

Nergal-sharezer succeeded by Laborosoarchod.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Fresh light from the ancient monuments : $b A sketch of the most striking confirmations of the Bible, from recent discoveries in Egypt, Palestine, Assyria, Babylonia, Asia Minor

Fresh light from the ancient monuments : $b A sketch of the most striking confirmations of the Bible, from recent discoveries in Egypt, Palestine, Assyria, Babylonia, Asia Minor

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