728–699 Hezekiah – religious reformer and builder
722 Assyria conquers Israel – 10 tribes of the North dispersed
705 Assyria tries and fails to conquer Jerusalem
699–643 Manasseh – restores idol worship
642–640 Amon
640–609 Josiah – institutes religious reform in 622.
Many believe Deuteronomy was written at this time.
627 Beginning of Jeremiah’s prophecies
612 Babylonians conquer Assyrian capital Nineveh with help of Medians and Scythians
609 Josiah dies fighting for Babylon against Egypt. Jehoahaz briefly becomes King of Judea
609–598 Jehoiakim
605 Babylonians defeat Egyptians at Carchemish (now on the frontier between Turkey & Syria)
597 Jehoiachin, first deportation of Judean leaders from Jerusalem
597–587 Zedekiah
586 Jerusalem falls to Babylonian conquest, Temple destroyed