Jeremiah

History of Israel: 

• tribal leadership: Judges
• then, united monarchy under Saul, David, Solomon
• Saul: traditionally dated 1021 - 1000 BCE
• David: 1000 - 961 BCE
• Solomon: 961 - 922 BCE
• Rehoboam --> harsh rule -- northern kingdom rebelled; two kingdoms
  
• northern kingdom --> Jeroboam --> Nadab -->Baasha --> Elah --> Zimri --> Omri --> Ahab --> Jehoram (Joram) --> Jeru -- --> Hoshe under whom Assyria final siege of Samaria and the ten lost tribes (722 - 720 BCE) --
  
• southern kingdom --> Rehoboam --> Abijah (Abijam) --> Asa --> Jehoshaphat --> Jehoram --> Athaliah (only femalemonarch to reign in Judah) --> Ahaziah --> Joash (Jehoash), 835 - 796 BCE; --> Amaziah --> Uzziah --> Jotham --> Ahaz -- --> Hezekiah --> Manasseh --> Amon --> Josiah
  
• Josiah: southern kingdom, Judah, 640 - 609 BCE
  
• division of the kingdom and the subsequent rule of many kings in both the northern Kingdom of Israel and the southern Kingdom of Judah
• throughout this period of kings: the prominence of prophets, like Samuel, Ahija, Elijah, and Elisha
• but also Jeremiah

Jeremiah, c. 650 - c. 570:

• five kings of Judah:
• Josiah
• Josiah's sons Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim
• Josiah's grandsons Jehoiachin and Zedekiah
• Babylon conquest:
• under Zedekiah
• reign continued through the fall of Jersulam, 586 BC

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