Notes on James
Ussher, The Annals of the World
(1658):
721 BC: The Assyrian army under their
king Shalmaneser captured Samaria and destroyed the northern Kingdom of Israel
(P633).
710 BC: Yahweh destroyed the Assyrian army under Sennacherib as it prepared
to besiege Jerusalem (Isa. 31:8-9, 37:36-38, 38:1-22; 2 Kgs. 19:35-37; 2 Chr.
32:21) (P668).
698 BC: Hezekiah died (2 Chr. 32:33) and his son Manasseh ruled for 55 years (2 Kgs. 21:1). He was as wicked as
his father was good—devoting himself more thoroughly to the Olympian gods than
even the nations whom the Israelites had dispossessed (2 Kgs. 21:2, 11; 2 Chr.
33:2, 9). He also killed many
innocent people (2 Kgs. 21:16, 24:4) including the prophet Isaiah (see Heb. 11:37) (P682).
677 BC: Manasseh was dragged into exile to Babylon by the Assyrians (2 Chr.
33:11) (P697) where he repented and was returned by Yahweh to Jerusalem (2 Chr.
33:12-13) (P699).
656 BC: The general Holophernes was
beheaded by Judith (Judith 13:8-11) (P711).
643 BC: Manasseh returned from exile
(P716). Manasseh died and his son Amon ruled for 2 years (2 Kgs. 21:19-22; 2
Chr. 33:21-23) (P717).
641 BC: Amon is murdered by his
servants. His son Josiah, aged 8, rules for 31 years (2 Kgs. 22:1, 2 Chr. 34:1)
(P719).
630 BC: Josiah rids Judah and Jerusalem
of the objects and practices of Olympianity (2 Chr. 34:3-7) (P736).
629 BC: Yahweh calls Jeremiah to be a
prophet (1:2, 17; 28:3). Zephaniah was already called and prophesying (Zeph.
1:1, Jer. 25:3-5) (P737).
624 BC: The Book of the Law was found
in the Temple. Josiah worked vigorously to restore devotion to Yahweh (Dt.
31:26, 2 Kgs. 33:1-14, 2 Chr. 34:8-28) (P742).
610 BC: Josiah died fighting
unnecessarily against Neco, king of Egypt, at Megiddo (2 Kgs. 23:29, 2
Chr. 35:20-22) (P754). Jehoahaz, youngest son of Josiah, became king (2 Kgs.
23:30-32, 2 Chr. 36:1) (P759). He is deposed by Neco after ruling for only 3
months. Neco makes Eliakim, his older brother, king and changes his name to
Jehoiakim (2 Kgs. 23:31-34, 2 Chr. 36:2-4) (P760).
Yahweh
commanded Jeremiah to preach repentance just outside the Temple during the
Feast of Tabernacles when all adult males of Judah were required to be in
Jerusalem (Dt. 15:16). He was arrested by eventually freed (Jer. 26:1-2, 19)
(P763).
609 BC: Habakkuk prophesied (Hab. 1:5-6) (P766).
607 BC: Baruch wrote down all the words
of Jeremiah (Jer. 36:1-8) (P772).
Nebuchadnezzar
threatened to take Jehoiakim as prisoner to Babylon but changed his mind and
let him remain in Jerusalem (2 Chr. 36:6). Many other leaders weren’t so
blessed. So marks the beginning of the 70 years of exile prophesied by Jeremiah
(Jer. 25:11, 29:10) (P775).
Going into
captivity were the best of Judah’s children and youth—including Daniel and his
three friends (Dan. 1:3-7) as prophesied by Isaiah (39:7) (P776).
606 BC: Jehoiakim burned the scroll of
Jeremiah’s words written down by Baruch (Jer. 36:9-25) (P778).
604 BC: Daniel and his friends started
their service to the king of Babylon (Dan. 1:5-20) (P785). Daniel correctly
interpreted a dream the king had about a statue made of different metals (Dan.
2:1-49) (P786).
600 BC: The Babylonian army attacked
Judah and took 3,000 prisoners, including Jehoiakim (2 Kgs. 24:2, Jer. 52:28)
(P791).
599 BC: Jehoiakim died in Jerusalem and
his son Jehoiachin (Jeconiah) ruled after him for 3 months (2 Kgs. 24:8-9, 2
Chr. 36:8-9) (P794). Nebuchadnezzar takes him and 10,000 leading inhabitants of
Jerusalem to Babylon (2 Kgs. 24:8-16, 2 Chr. 36:10, Jer. 24:1 and 29:1-2, Ezk.
17:12). Included in the number was Mordecai (Esth. 2:5-6) and Ezekiel (Ezk.
1:2-3) (P796). They took with them a letter from Jeremiah (Jer. 29:1-23)
(P810).
Nebuchadnezzar
made Mattaniah, son of Josiah and nephew of Jehoiakim, king and renamed him
Zechariah (P806).
596 BC: Hananiah falsely prophesies
deliverance, was rebuked by Jeremiah, and died (Jer. 28:1-14) (P813).
595 BC: Yahweh begins the prophetic ministry of Ezekiel by granting him
his first vision (Ezk. 1:1-2, 28; 2:1-3:27) (P821).
594 BC: Ezekiel 13-19 were written.
They mention the honor enjoyed by Daniel at that time (Ezk. 14:14, 20) (P827).
590 BC, Thursday, January 30:
Nebuchadnezzar and the army of Babylon began their siege of Jerusalem (2 Kgs.
25:1, Jer. 39:1, 52:4) (P831).
588 BC, Wednesday, July 27: Jerusalem
fell (2 Kgs. 26:2-4; Jer. 39:2-3, 52:5-7) (P846).
Sunday, August
27: The Babylonian army burned down the Temple, the king’s palace, and all the
other buildings in Jerusalem (Jer. 38:8, 52:13) (P849). Afterward, the
Babylonian army carried away the treasures and people of Jerusalem back to
Babylon (P850).
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