844 =Ahaziah= succeeds his father. 843 =Jehu.= Roots out Baal worship Is killed by Jehu. by fire and sword. The house of Omri is entirely exterminated. 842 =Athaliah= usurps throne. Kills Comes to terms and pays tribute all the royal house except Joash, to Shalmaneser II, to protect who is concealed by the high his kingdom from Syria. priest Jehoiada. The cult of Baal established in Jerusalem. 836 Jehoiada organises an insurrection. Athaliah is murdered and =Joash= made king. Reaction against Baal worship, although the cult still continues. Prophecies of Zechariah. Hazael of Damascus invades Judah. 815 =Jehoahaz=, Jehu’s son, succeeds him. Ben-Hadad III of Damascus besieges Samaria, but withdraws on approach of Assyrian army. 802 =Jehoash.= Defeats Syrians and recovers lost cities. Israel 797 =Amaziah.= The Edomites defeated delivered from the Syrian yoke. in the valley of Salt. Death of Elisha. Defeat and Declares war upon Israel and capture of Amaziah at is badly defeated. Assassinated Beth-shemesh. Enters Jerusalem. at Lachish in a conspiracy. 782 =Jeroboam II=, his son, succeeds. Recovers all of lost territory from Syria, reduced to impotency by Assyria, and Israel extends once more from “the entering in of Hamath unto the sea of the Arabah.” 778 =Azariah (Uzziah).= Builds harbour An era of peace and prosperity of Elath. Era of commercial begins, although the attitude prosperity. Kingdom made of Assyria is threatening. secure against the Philistines. Uzziah dies a leper. Prophecies of Amos and Hosea. They denounce the corruption and heathenism of the people, and predict the fall of the kingdom. 741 =Zechariah=, king of Israel. 740 =Jotham=, his son, becomes 740 =Shallum=, a conspirator, king, after a short regency. murders the king and takes the throne.