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The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 02 : $b Israel, India, Persia, Phoenicia, Minor Nations of Western Asia

History

The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 02 : $b Israel, India, Persia, Phoenicia, Minor Nations of Western Asia

World history

738 =Menahem=, a soldier, kills and
                                            replaces Shallum. Levies an
                                            immense tax to purchase
                                            Tiglathpileser III’s support to
                                            his claim on the throne.

                                        737 =Pekahiah=, his son, succeeds.

   736 =Ahaz=, a man of weak character, 736 =Pekah=, an officer at the head
       succeeds his father. In spite        of a military plot, slays the
       of the prophet Isaiah’s warnings,    king and seizes the throne.
       calls upon Tiglathpileser            Allies himself with Rezin of
       III to help resist Pekah and         Damascus to attack Judah.
       Rezin. Religion is in a state
       of corrupt decay. Prophecies     734 =Hoshea=, supported by
       of Isaiah and Micah. Isaiah          Tiglathpileser, slays Pekah,
       preaches against the consequences    and becomes an Assyrian vassal.
       of the Assyrian alliance
       to the nation and religion
       of Judah, and advises a policy
       of quietness; Micah against
       the condition of the poor.

   727 =Hezekiah.= Carries out moderate
       religious reforms in early
       years of reign. The religion     725 Hoshea, on Shabak’s advice,
       centralised at Jerusalem.            withholds tribute from
       Many administrative                  Shalmaneser IV, who at once
       improvements in the kingdom.         lays siege to Samaria.

                                        722 Capture of Samaria by
                                            Shalmaneser’s successor Sargon
                                            II. The population is deported
                                            beyond the Euphrates, and
                                            replaced by Assyrio-Babylonian
                                            settlers. Absorption of the
                                            northern kingdom by Assyria.

       Growing strength, in spite of Isaiah’s warning of the
   702 anti-Assyrian party until finally Hezekiah withholds
       tribute from Assyria; his example is followed by other
       vassal states of Palestine.

   701 Sennacherib invades Palestine. Battle of Eltekeh
       (Altaku). Tirhaqa of Egypt comes to Hezekiah’s assistance.
       The Assyrians, disabled by great pestilence, return to
       Nineveh without taking Jerusalem, but Hezekiah resumes
       payment of tribute.

   695 =Manasseh= succeeds Hezekiah. Revival of Baal worship.
       Reaction against disciples of the prophets who are
       persecuted. Adoration of the sun and stars introduced from
       Assyria, where Manasseh spends some time as a hostage to
       Asshurbanapal.

   641 =Amon=, king of Judah. Persecution of the faithful Jews
       continues.

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History

The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 02 : $b Israel, India, Persia, Phoenicia, Minor Nations of Western Asia

World history

738 =Menahem=, a soldier, kills and
                                            replaces Shallum. Levies an
                                            immense tax to purchase
                                            Tiglathpileser III’s support to
                                            his claim on the throne.

                                        737 =Pekahiah=, his son, succeeds.

   736 =Ahaz=, a man of weak character, 736 =Pekah=, an officer at the head
       succeeds his father. In spite        of a military plot, slays the
       of the prophet Isaiah’s warnings,    king and seizes the throne.
       calls upon Tiglathpileser            Allies himself with Rezin of
       III to help resist Pekah and         Damascus to attack Judah.
       Rezin. Religion is in a state
       of corrupt decay. Prophecies     734 =Hoshea=, supported by
       of Isaiah and Micah. Isaiah          Tiglathpileser, slays Pekah,
       preaches against the consequences    and becomes an Assyrian vassal.
       of the Assyrian alliance
       to the nation and religion
       of Judah, and advises a policy
       of quietness; Micah against
       the condition of the poor.

   727 =Hezekiah.= Carries out moderate
       religious reforms in early
       years of reign. The religion     725 Hoshea, on Shabak’s advice,
       centralised at Jerusalem.            withholds tribute from
       Many administrative                  Shalmaneser IV, who at once
       improvements in the kingdom.         lays siege to Samaria.

                                        722 Capture of Samaria by
                                            Shalmaneser’s successor Sargon
                                            II. The population is deported
                                            beyond the Euphrates, and
                                            replaced by Assyrio-Babylonian
                                            settlers. Absorption of the
                                            northern kingdom by Assyria.

       Growing strength, in spite of Isaiah’s warning of the
   702 anti-Assyrian party until finally Hezekiah withholds
       tribute from Assyria; his example is followed by other
       vassal states of Palestine.

   701 Sennacherib invades Palestine. Battle of Eltekeh
       (Altaku). Tirhaqa of Egypt comes to Hezekiah’s assistance.
       The Assyrians, disabled by great pestilence, return to
       Nineveh without taking Jerusalem, but Hezekiah resumes
       payment of tribute.

   695 =Manasseh= succeeds Hezekiah. Revival of Baal worship.
       Reaction against disciples of the prophets who are
       persecuted. Adoration of the sun and stars introduced from
       Assyria, where Manasseh spends some time as a hostage to
       Asshurbanapal.

   641 =Amon=, king of Judah. Persecution of the faithful Jews
       continues.

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

The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 02 : $b Israel, India, Persia, Phoenicia, Minor Nations of Western Asia

The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 02 : $b Israel, India, Persia, Phoenicia, Minor Nations of Western Asia

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