#e <t>calendar<d>3760<n>beginning of Hebrew era<c>Mesopotamia<info>The modern Hebrew calendar begins at Creation, which is reckoned to have occurred 3,760 years before the Christian era.
#p <nat>Judean<o>king<n>Josiah<b>648(1)<ac>640(1)<d>609 May(4)<c>Jerusalem/*<fa>Amon*/<info>Josiah died at Megiddo.
#p <nat>Judean<o>king<n>Jehoahaz<b>632(1)<ac>609 May(4)<depo>609 Aug(4)<d>570(20)<fa>Josiah<c>Jerusalem<mov>609<c>Egypt<info>Jehoahaz succeded his father, Josiah, but after three months the Egyptians replaced him with Jehoiakim (another son of Josiah) as a vassal king. Jehoahaz was deported to Egypt.<ref>2 Kings 23:31-35 & 2 Chron 36:2-4
#p <nat>Judean<o>king<n>Jehoiakim<aka>Eliakim<b>634(1)<ac>609 Aug(4)<d>598 Dec<fa>Josiah<c>Jerusalem<info>Jehoiakim was loyal to Egypt until their defeat by Babylon in 605 B.C. Jehoiakim was a vassal of Nebuchadnezzar from 604 to 602 B.C. In 601, he changed his loyalty back to Egypt. In 598, Nebuchadnezzar sent his army to punish Jehoiakim, but Jehoiakim died before the army arrived.<ref>2 Kings 23:36-24:7 & 2 Chron 36:5-8
#p <nat>Judean<o>king<n>Jehoiachin<fa>Jehoiakim<b>616<ac>598 Dec<depo>597 Mar 16<d>550(20)<c>Jerusalem<mov>597<c>Babylon<info>Jehoiachin was taken prisoner to Babylon in 597.<ref>2 Kings 24:8-17 & 2 Chron 36:9-10
#e <t>surrender<d>597 Mar 16<n>Jehoiachin surrenders Jerusalem<c>Jerusalem<info>Nebuchadnezzar replaced Jehoiachin after only three months of reign, deported him and 10,000 other leaders from the city to Babylon, looted the city, and placed Zedekiah as a vassal king over Judah.<ref>2 Kings 24:10-16
#p <nat>Judean<o>king<n>Zedekiah<aka>Mattaniah<fa>Josiah<b>618(1)<ac>597 Apr<depo>586<d>570(10)<c>Jerusalem<mov>586<c>Babylon<info>Zedekiah was appointed by Nebuchdnezzar, who changed his name from Mattaniah. After the fall of Jerusalem in 586, Zedekiah was blinded and taken captive to Babylon.
#e <t>misc<d>588<n>Zedekiah revolts against Babylon<c>Jerusalem<info>Zedekiah was convinced by Egypt to revolt with a coalition of other states (Tyre and Ammon) against Babylon in 588 B.C.
// Prophets
// 444-432 era of Nehemia
#p <nat>Hebrew<o>prophet<n>Isaiah<d>680(5)<c>Jerusalem<info>Jeremiah began ministy in 627, and died in Egypt.
#p <nat>Hebrew<o>prophet<n>Ezekiel<b>623<c>Jerusalem<info>Ezekiel began his ministry in 593 B.C.
//Joel (609-586 B.C.)
#p <nat>Judean<o>prophet<n>Daniel<b>615(5)<d>525(5)<c>Jerusalem<mov>605<c>Babylon<info>Daniel was among a group of Hebrews deported from Jerusalem in either 605 or 597 B.C. to Babylon
#e <t>prophesy<au>Daniel<n>Daniel 7<d>553<c>Babylon<info>This was during the first year of Belshazzar's reign.<ref>Dan 7
#e <t>prophesy<au>Daniel<n>Daniel 8<d>551<c>Babylon<info>This was during the third year of king Belshazzar.<ref>Dan 8
#e <t>prophesy<au>Daniel<n>Daniel 9<d>538 Jan (12)<c>Babylon<info>This was during the first year of Darius' reign.<ref>Dan 9
#e <t>prophesy<au>Daniel<n>Daniel 10<d>536(1)<c>Babylon<info>This was the third year of Cyrus' conquest of Babylonia.<ref>Dan 10
// Post-exile
#e <t>translation<n>Septuagint<d>205(75)<c>Alexandria<info>The Septuagint is a Greek translation of the Hebrew scriptures.
#e <t>religion<n>Temple is re-dedicated<d>165<c>Jerusalem