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The Prophet and His Day: Isaiah 1-39 - Free Bible Commentary

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APPENDIX THREEA BRIEF HISTORICAL SURVEYA Brief <strong>His</strong>torical Survey of the Powers of Mesopotamia (using dates based primarily on John Bright’sA <strong>His</strong>tory of Israel, p. 462ff):A. Assyrian Empire (Gen. 10:11):1. religion <strong>and</strong> culture were greatly influenced by the Sumerian/Babylonian Empire.2. tentative list of rulers <strong>and</strong> approximate dates:a 1354-1318 Asshur-Uballit I:(1) conquered the Hittite city of Carchemish.(2) began to remove Hittite influence <strong>and</strong> allowed Assyria to develop.b. 1297-1266 Adad Nirari I (powerful king).c. 1265-1235 Shalmaneser I (powerful king).d. 1234-1197 Tukulti-Ninurta I– first conquest of Babylonian empire to the south.e. 1118-1078 Tiglath-Pileser I– Assyria becomes a major power in Mesopotamia.f. 1012- 972 Ashur-Rabi IIg. 972- 967 Ashur-Resh-Isui II.h. 966- 934 Tiglath-Pileser II.i. 934- 912 Ashur-Dan II.j. 912- 890 Adad-Nirari II.k. 890- 884 Tukulti-Ninurta II.l. 890- 859 Asshur-Nasir-Apal II.m. 859- 824 Shalmaneser III.– Battle of Qarqar in 853n. 824- 811 Shamashi-Adad V.o. 811- 783 Adad-Nirari III.p. 781- 772 Shalmaneser IV.q. 772- 754 Ashur-Dan III.r. 754- 745 Ashur-Nirari V.s. 745- 727 Tiglath-Pileser III:(1) called by his Babylonian throne name, Pul, in II Kgs. 15:19(2) very powerful king(3) started the policy of deporting conquered peoples(4) in 735 B.C. there was the formation of the “Syro-Ephramatic League,” whichwas an attempt to unify all the available military resources of the trans-Jordannations from the head waters of the Euphrates to Egypt for the purpose ofneutralizing the rising military power of Assyria. King Ahaz of Judah refusesto join <strong>and</strong> is invaded by Israel <strong>and</strong> Syria. He wrote to Tiglath-Pileser III forhelp against the advice of <strong>Isaiah</strong> (cf Isa. 7-12).(5) in 732 Tiglath-Pileser III invades <strong>and</strong> conquers Syria <strong>and</strong> Israel <strong>and</strong> places avassal king on the throne of Israel, Hoshea (732-722 B.C.). Thous<strong>and</strong>s of Jewswere exiled to Media (cf. II Kgs. 15-16).t. 727- 722 Shalmaneser V.– Hoshea forms an alliance with Egypt <strong>and</strong> is invaded by Assyria (cf. II Kgs. 17).383

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