King Year of Other info

reign
Kings of Judah
1. Josiah 640-609BC
2. Jehoahaz 609/608BC
3. Jehoiakim 608-597BC
4. Jehoiachin 597BC
5. Zedekiah 597-586BC
Kings of Babylon
1. Nebuchadnezzar 605-562BC
2. Evil-Merodach 562-560BC
3. Nergal-Sharezer 560-556BC
4. Labashi-Marduk 556BC
5. Nabonidus 555-539BC
Belshazzar (Son of 535-539BC
Nabonidus and co-
ruler)
Kings of Media & Persia
1. Cyrus the great 559-530BC 1st Decree
Darius the Mede 539-536BC
2. Cambyses II 538-522BC
3. Fake Smerdis 522BC
4. Darius the Great 522-486BC 2nd Decree
5. Xerxes 486-465BC - Esther’s husband
- War against Greeks
6. Artaxerxes 465-425BC 3rd Decree
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12. Darius III 335-330BC End of Persian empire
Kings of Greece
1. Alexander the 334-323BC
Great
2. Seleucus I (North) Allies
Ptolemy I (South)
3. Antiochus II (North) - Marriage to Berenice
Ptolemy II (South) - Laodice kills Antiochus II & Ptolemy II
4. Seleucus II (North) - Ptolemy’s revenge against Laodice
Ptolemy III (South)
5. Seleucus III + - Plot to take back Palestine and Southern
Antiochus III (North) Syria fails
Ptolemy IV (South) - 16 years later, a more successful attack by
Antiochus III
- Rebels from Israel join Antiochus III with
hope of liberating Israel to no avail
6. Antiochus III (North) - Secret pact between Antiochus III and
Ptolemy V (South) Macedonian King to partition the South
- Antiochus III gives his daughter Cleopatra
in marriage to Ptolemy V
- Cleopatra sides with her husband
- Antiochus III moves to Asia Minor to
capture the coast towns
 - Antagonism with the Romans
- Antiochus III invades Greece, but is
rerouted by Romans to Asia Minor
- Lucius Scipio captures Asia Minor
- Died while pillaging a temple of Marduk
in Syria
7. Seleucus IV (North) - Heavily taxed the people
- Sent Heliodorus to Jerusalem to plunder
the temple
- Poisoned by Heliodorus after his return
from Jerusalem
- The true heir of the kingdom imprisoned in
Rome
- Antiochus IV seized the throne
8. Antiochus IV (North) - War with the South. Victory
- Allowed Ptolemy VI to continue ruling
as a puppet king (to avoid alarming
Rome)
- 2nd attack on Egypt, intercepted by
Roman ambassador
- Rumors in Jerusalem that Antiochus IV
has been killed. Read from Wiki
- Antiochus IV turns against Jews
Ptolemy VI (South)