877 BCE and Jehoshaphat was the ruler (of Judah) from 870 BCE who ruled for twenty-five years. Under Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat the two kingdoms were again unified. he also secure Edom in the south and established a safe trade route through Negev. Uzziah came to power in 785 BCE and was the next ruler. He built the city Elath and extend the rule left to him by Jehoshaphat. In 722 BCE the Kingdom of Israel ceased to exist. The Assyrians captured Samaria and made it one of there provinces. Tiglath-Pileser III who occupied Syria weakened the Israeli empire with constant battles which allowed the Assyrians to take over. Twenty years after the fall of the kingdom of Israel Sennacherib besieged Jerusalem in 701 BCE. The Assyrian power quickly diminished by 598 BCE and was quickly taken over by the Babylonians under the rule of Nebuchadnezzar who swiftly conquered Jerusalem and exiled 10,000 followers of Judah. In 586 BCE the last king Zedekiah was captured and Jerusalem destroyed. Zedekiah sons were slain in his presence and his eyes were taken out Zedekiah was in chains, blind, and banished to Babylon. The Persians under the rule of Cyrus in 539 BCE conquered the Babylonian empire and ruled all of western Asia. Cyrus made a law that all conquered people could return to their homeland and rebuild their temples. Cambyses comes to power of the Persian empire and conquered Egypt 525 BCE. The people revolted and overthrew Cambyses three years later Darius I comes into power. His dynasty would last until Alexander the Great in 331 BCE. The Jews begin to disperse throughout southern Egypt after Alexander the Great took over in 332 BCE. In 301 BCE Ptolemy I attacks Palistine and sends all the Jews to Alexandria The bible (the Septuagint) was translated into Greek in Alexandria circa 250 BCE. During the fifth Syrian war Seleucid Antiochus III conquers all of Syria and Phoniciaexcept Gazacirca 202 BCE. In 161 BCE Judah Maccabee’s emissaries est...
