Synchronisms between Assyrian and Biblical History.
| B.C. | |
| Battle of Qarqar; Shalmaneser II defeats Hadadezer of Damascus, Ahab of Israel, &c. | 853 |
| Campaigns against Hadadezer of Damascus | 850-845 |
| Campaign against Hazael of Damascus; tribute paid to Shalmaneser by Jehu 'the son of Omri' | 41 |
| Damascus captured by Rimmon-nirari III; tribute paid by Samaria | 804 |
| Pul, who takes the name of Tiglath-pileser III, usurps the throne, April | 745 |
| War with Hamath; submission of Uzziah; fall of Arpad | 843-840 |
| Tribute paid to Tiglath-pileser (Pul) by Menahem of Samaria and Rezon of Damascus | 738 |
| Damascus besieged; the tribes beyond the Jordan carried away; Jehoahaz (Ahaz) of Judah becomes an Assyrian vassal | 734 |
| Pekah put to death; Hosea succeeds | 733 (? 729) |
| Damascus captured; Rezon slain; Ahaz at Damascus | 732 |
| Capture of Samaria by Sargon | 722 |
| Embassy of Merodach-baladan to Hezekiah | 712 |
| Capture of Ashdod by the Assyrians | 711 |
| Campaign of Sennacherib against Judah | 701 |
| Murder of Sennacherib | 681 |
| Manasseh of Judah tributary to Esar-haddon | 676 |
| Destruction of Thebes (No-Amon) in Egypt by the Assyrians | 665 |
| Babylonian invasion of Egypt | 567 |
The Principal Deities of Babylonia and Assyria.
| Arm (Sumerian Ana), the sky-god of Erech, and wife Anat. |
| Bel the elder (Sum. Mul-lil or El-lil), the earth-god of Nipur, and wife Beltis. |
| Ea, the water-god of Eridu, and wife Dav-kina. |
| Bel-Merodach (Maruduk) of Babylon, the son of Ea, and wife Zarpanit. |
| Istar, the goddess of the evening-star, the daughter of Sin. |
| Sin, the Moon-god of Ur, the son of Bel of Nipur. |
| Samas, the Sun-god, the son of Sin; also called Â. |
| Rimmon (Rammanu) or Barqu (Sum. Mer), the air-god. |
| Uras [10], the warrior-god of Nipur, the minister of the elder Bel. |
| Nebo (Nabu), 'the prophet' of Borsippa, the minister of Merodach. |
| Tasmit, 'the hearer,' the wife of Nebo. |
| Nusku, a Sumerian deity identified with Nebo. |
| Nergal, the warrior-god of Kutha. |
| Assur, the national-god of Assyria. |
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HORACE HART, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY
Footnotes
[1] In Dapper's Circumstantial Description of Asia, it is stated that opposite Mosul is 'a little town called up to the present day by Arab writers Nennouwi, and by the Turks Eski Mosul,' or Old Mosul.
[2] Hyde's words are 'ductuli pyramidales seu cuneiformes.'
[3] For the language of Mitanni, called that of Su(ri) in the Assyrian lexical lists, see Jensen, Brünnow, and myself in the Zeitschrift für Assyriologie, v. 2, 3 (Aug. 1890), and for that of Arzawa see my letter to the Academy, Aug. 20, 1892, PP. 154, 155.
[4] The date partly depends upon the number of years assigned to the dynasty to which Nabonassar belonged, which unfortunately is not stated by the native historians. Consequently, other Assyriologists make it, sometimes a little higher, sometimes a little lower. For the justification of my date see the Records of the Past, New Series, pp. viii-xi.
[5] A contract-tablet exists dated at Sippara in the second year of Sin-sar-iskun, which shows that the rule of the king was acknowledged in Babylonia.
[6] As determined by Dr. Oppert.
[7] Capitals denote that the Semitic pronunciation of the ideograph is unknown.
[8] Zaggara, rendered by the Semitic bit ili (Beth-el), 'house of God,' as well as by asirtu, 'the symbol of the goddess Asherah' (mistranslated 'grove' in the Authorized Version of the Old Testament).
[9] The fracture of the tablet makes the arrangement of this Dynasty not absolutely certain.
[10] The reading of the name of this god is doubtful. It has been variously transcribed Bar, Nin-ip, and Adar, the last of which, however, is certainly wrong.