| | ead, Galilee, | } | | (Isa. viii., ix.). | 734 733 | ... | ... | } ... |Damascus besieged and taken by| Assyria. | 733 732 |Ahaz pays homage | } | at Damascus to the King of | Assyria. | 732 731 | ... | ... | } ... | ... |Tiglath-Pileser becomes| 731 730_c._| ... |Hoshea. | } | | King of Babylon under| | | | } | | the name of Pul. | 727_c._|Hezekiah. | ... | }Isaiah.| ... | Shalmaneser IV. | 727 725 | ... |Siege of Samaria | } | | begins. | 722 | ... |Fall of Samaria. | } ... | ... | Sargon takes Samaria. | 722 or 1 | | | } | | | or 1 720 | ... | ... |}} ... | Gaza overthrown by Sargon as he marches past Judah | 720 or 19 | | |}} | and defeats Egypt at Raphia. |or 19 715 | ... |Samaria peopled |}} | |by subjugated tribes | 715 | | |}} | | deported from Assyria.| 711 | ... | ... |}} ... | Ashdod taken by | Sargon. | 711 709 | ... | ... |}} ... | ... |Sargon takes Babylon | 709 | | |}} | | from Merodach-Baladan.| 705 | ... | ... |}} | ... | Death of Sargon. | 705 | | |}} | | Ac. of Sennacherib. | 704 | ... | ... |}} ... | ... War | with Merodach-Baladan.| 704 701 |Invasion of Judah |}} | and of all Syria | by Sennacherib. | 701 |Deliverance of Jerusalem. |}} | Siege of Ekron. Battle of | | | | |} Micah. | Eltekeh. | | 695 |Manasseh. | ... |} | | | _c._[2]| | | | | | 681 | ... | ... | ... | ... | Sennacherib murdered. | 681 | | | | | Asarhaddon succeeds. |