c. 930–586 BCE

The Divided Kingdom

Israel in the north and Judah in the south, the writing prophets, and pressure from Assyria then Babylon.

Neo-Assyrian Empire

Neo-Babylonian Empire

Egypt

What we can and cannot say

1
Fall of Samaria
Assyria destroys the northern kingdom in 722 BCE.
Attested by external evidence
2
Sennacherib's campaign
The 701 BCE siege of Jerusalem is recorded in Kings, Isaiah and Assyrian annals.
Attested by external evidence
3
Prophets
Amos, Hosea, Isaiah, Micah and Jeremiah are placed in this period.
Reconstructed / approximate

See the whole span on the timeline.