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L. Eslinger § Biblical Prophets: Chronology |
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| Prophet | Locale | Date | Political figures |
| Elijah 1 Kgs 17-19; 2 Kgs 1-2 |
Israel | 850 | Ahab of Israel (869-50) |
| Micaiah 1 Kgs 22 |
Israel | 850 | Ahab of Israel (869-50) |
| Elisha 2 Kgs 2-10 |
Israel | 825 | |
| Amos | Israel | 750 | Jeroboam II of Israel (786-46) |
| Hosea | Israel | 740-30 | Jeroboam II of Israel (786-46) and others |
| Isaiah of Jerusalem (Isa 1-39) | Jerusalem | 742-695 | Jotham of Judah (742-35); Ahaz of Judah (735-15) |
| Micah | Judah | 730-01 | Hezekiah (715-687); Manasseh (687-42) |
| Nahum | Jerusalem? | 663-12 | |
| Zephaniah | Judah | 630-22 | Josiah of Judah (640-09) |
| Jeremiah | Judah | 627-580 | Josiah, Jehoahaz (609); Jehoiakim (609-598) |
| Habbakuk | Judah | 605-600 | Jehoiachin (598-97); Zedekiah (597-87) |
| Ezekiel | Babylon | 593-70 | Nebuchadnezzar (556-39) |
| 2 Isaiah | Babylon | 540 | Nabonidus (556-39); Cyrus (550-30) |
| Haggai | Jerusalem | 520 | Zerubbabel of Judea (520-18); Darius I (522-486) |
| Zechariah | Jerusalem | 520-15 | |
| Jonah | Nineveh? | 500? | |
| 3 Isaiah | Jerusalem | 515? | |
| Malachi | Jerusalem | 515-445? | |
| Joel | Jerusalem | 400-350? | |
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{Adapted from C.E. Hauer and W. A. Young, An Introduction to the Bible. A Journey into Three Worlds (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1994), p. 123.} |
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