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APPENDIX. 



Chow Dvnastv. 



Contemporary Chronology . 

 B.C. 1122-255. 



1. Scriptiire events. 

 B.C. 



1117-16. Death of Samson; apparently the original of Hercules, 



Rustnm, and Antar. Samuel the first of the prophets ; 



the twelfth and last judge of Israel. 

 1096. Saal made first king of the Israelites ; anointed by Samuel. 

 1085. David born. 



1063. He slays Goliath ; defeat of the Philistines. 

 1048. Jerusalem captured by David from the Jebusites, and made 



the seat of his kingdom. 

 1033-975. Rich trade with Ophir and Tarshish, Egypt, India, 



Persia, Arabia. 

 1015. Death of David. Solomon began to reign. 

 975. Revolt of the ten tribes ; division of the kingdom into 



Judah and Israel. A system of direct taxation imposed. 

 972. Shishak invades Judea and plunders Jerusalem. 

 941. Zerah, the Ethiopian, with 1,000,000 men, totally defeated 



by King Asa in the valley of Zephathah. 

 895. Judah invaded by an army of Moabites, Edomites and 



Arabians. At Engedi dissension arose among them, and 



they turned their arms against each other. 

 825. The prophets Jonah, Hosea and Amos flourished. 

 810-771. Story of Azariah, struck with leprosy. 

 807. Ahab killed by the Syrians in the battle of Ramoth Gilead. 

 806. Jonah preached to Nineveh ; Pul being king at the time. 

 804. Damascus captured by the Assyrians. 

 787-778. Amos, Hosea, Isaiah, Habbakuk prophesied. 

 730-721. Samaria subdued by Shalmaneser; an end put to the 



kingdom of Israel. The ten tribes sent into Media, being 



replaced by Medians and Assyrians, subsequently called 



Samaritans. 

 717. Tyre besieged in vain for about five years by Shalamaneser, 



king of Assyria. 

 710. Sennacherib appeared for the third time with an army 



before Jerusalem ; 185,000 of his troops perished by 



pestilence in one night. 

 677. Manasseh, king of Judah, taken prisoner and carried in 



chains to Babylon. 

 629-625. Zephaniah-Jeremiah. 



