800 - 700 BCE

Isaiah

Names on findings: King Joash, Shema - servant of Jeroboam, Amotz - father of Isaiah, King Uzziah, the Great Isaiah Scroll, the Seal of Ahaz, the Seal of Isaiah, the Seal of King Hezekiah. Assyrian Israel War Campaigns: Tiglath-Pileser, Sargon, Sennacherib, the Battle of Lachish, King Hezekiah and the victory of Jerusalem: the Famous Water Tunnel, Wall Extension

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After approximately 50 years of attacks by the Assyrians in the 9th Century BCE, there followed a 50-year period of peace.  During this period, Jonah traveled to Nineveh and Jeroboam II became the King of Israel.   Then in 745 BCE, with Tiglath-Pileser’s rise to the throne, the Assyrians began to reassert their military dominance.  Isaiah begins his prophecy at a time when Israel is again facing the threat of Assyrian attacks and conquest.      

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