Part 3 — APPROXIMATE CHRONOLOGICAL TABLES
Reading edition
b.c.
Jehoiakim608-597
Zedekiah597-588
Jerusalem taken588
Death of Nebuchadrezzar561
Evil-merodach561
Neriglissar559
Laborosoarchod555
Nabunaid555
Capture of Babylon538
Decree of Cyrus536
Cambyses529
Darius, son of Hystaspes521
Dedication of the Second Temple516
Battle of Salamis480
Ezra458
Nehemiah444
Nehemiah's reforms428
Malachi420
Alexander the Great invades Persia334
Battle of Granicus334
Battle of Issus333
Battle of Arbela331
Death of Darius Codomannus330
Death of Alexander323
Ptolemy Soter captures Jerusalem320
Simon the Just high priest310
Beginning of Septuagint translation284
Antiochus the Great conquers Palestine(?) 202
b.c
Accession of Antiochus Epiphanes 176 Dan. vii. 8, 20.
Joshua (Jason), brother of Onias III., gets the priesthood by bribery, and promotes Hellenism among the Jews 174 Dan. xi. 23-24, ix. 26.
First expedition of Antiochus against Egypt.—Murder of Onias III 171
His second expedition (?) 170
His plunder of the Temple and massacre at Jerusalem 170 Dan. viii. 9, 10; xi. 28.
Third expedition of Antiochus 169 Dan. xi. 29, 30.
Apollonius, the general of Antiochus, advances against Jerusalem with an army of 22,000.—Massacre.—The abomination of desolation in the Temple.—Antiochus carries off some of the holy vessels (1 Macc. i. 25); forbids circumcision; burns the books of the Law; puts down the daily sacrifice 169-8 Dan. vii. 21, 24, 25; viii. 11-13, 24, 25; xi. 30-35, etc.
Desecration of the Temple.—Jews compelled to pay public honour to false gods.—Faithfulness of scribes and Chasidîm.—Revolt of Maccabees 167 Dan. xi. 34, 35; xii. 3.
Jewish war of independence.—Death of the priest Mattathias.—Judas Maccabæus defeats Lysias 166
Battles of Beth-zur and Emmaus.—Purification of Temple (Kisleu 25) 165 Dan. vii. II, 26; viii.
Death of Antiochus Epiphanes 163
Judas Maccabæus dies in battle at Eleasa 161