894. Joram, son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah. 888. Ahaziah, son of Joram and Athaliah, king of Judah. _Elisha_ and Jehu. 887. Jehu kills Jehoram and exterminates the house of Omri; his followers kill Ahaziah. Jehu king of Israel. Athaliah queen of Judah; she has male members of the house of David executed. 881. JOASH, son of Ahaziah, only surviving male descendant of David in the direct line, king of Judah. 864. The Temple repaired. Hazael, king of Syria, conquers the trans-Jordanic provinces of Israel. 860. Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel. Joash submits to Hazael. 845. Jehoash, son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel. Samaria besieged by Ben-hadad III; Jehoash victorious. 843. Amaziah, son of Joash, king of Judah. Amaziah victorious over the Idumæans. 840. Death of Elisha. Amaziah of Judah taken prisoner by Jehoash of Israel at Beth-Shemesh; Jerusalem ransacked and its walls destroyed. 830. Jeroboam II, son of Jehoash, king of Israel. Jeroboam II re-conquers districts taken by the Aramæans. _Jonah_ prophesies. 815. Amaziah killed at Lachish. The Idumæans invade Judah, and sell Judæan captives as slaves. _First dispersion of Judæans._ 805. Uzziah, son of Amaziah, king of Judah. Earthquake and drouth. Uzziah re-conquers districts lost since Solomon’s time. Jeroboam II takes Damascus and Hamath; peoples become tributary to him. Luxury in Samaria under Jeroboam II. 800(about). _Amos_, _Joel_, and _Hosea (I)_ prophesy. 769. Zechariah, son of Jeroboam II, king of Judah. 768. Shallum kills Zechariah and exterminates the house of Jehu. Shallum king of Israel. 768. Menahem kills Shallum and reigns over Israel. Uzziah usurps the offices of the high priest in the Temple. _Pul, king of Assyria, invades the kingdom of Israel_, acquires booty, and carries off prisoners. 757. Pekahiah, son of Menahem, king of Israel. 756. Pekah kills Pekahiah. 755. Pekah king of Israel. =Isaiah= utters his first prophecy.