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The history
of Israel and Judah refers to kings of Assyria, Babylon, Persia, and
Media. The
following list appears in Sidlow Baxter’s “Explore the Book”: |
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Tiglath-Pileser III
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(745-727) |
2 Kings 15.19,29; 16.7,10;
2 Chr 5.26 |
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Shalmaneser IV
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(727-722) |
2 Kings 17.3; 18.9 |
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Sargon |
(722-705) |
2 Kings 18.11; Is 20;
10.12,28-34 |
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Sennacherib |
(705-681) |
2 Kings 18-20; 2 Chr 32; Is
36-38 |
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Esar-Haddon |
(681-668) |
2 Kings19.37; 2 Chr 33.11;
Ezra 4.2 |
Assurbanipal
(Asnapper) |
(668-626) |
Ezra 4.10 |
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Nabopolassar |
(625-606) |
First king of Babylon |
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Nebuchadnezzar |
(606-652) |
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Evil-Merodach
(Amil-Marduk) |
(562-559) |
2 Kings 25.27 |
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Nergal-sharezer (Neriglissar) |
(559-555) |
Jer 39.3,13 |
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Labashi-Marduk (Laborisoarchod) |
(555, 9 months) |
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Nabonidus (Nabunahid),
whose viceroy
was Belshazzar |
(553-536) |
Dan 5 |
Cyrus the Great
(first king of the Media-Persia
empire) |
(536-529) |
Ezra 1; Is 45 |
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Cambyses (Ahasuerus) |
(529-521) |
Ezra 4.6 |
Gaumata
(Artaxerxes) |
(521, 7 months) |
Ezra 4.7 |
Darius I
(Hystaspis) |
(521-486) |
Ezra 5-6 |
Xerxes I
(Ahasuerus) |
(485-464) |
Esther |
Artaxerxes I
(Longamanus) |
(465-424) |
Ezra 7.1; Neh 2.1; 5.14 |
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Xerxes II |
(424, months) |
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Darius II
(Nothus) |
(424-404) |
Neh 12.22? |
Artaxerxes II
(Mnemon) |
(404-359) |
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Artaxerxes III
(Ochus) |
(359-338) |
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Darius II
(Codomanus) |
(336-330) |
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Alexander the Great, first
king of the Greek Empire
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