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8th
Century BCE 735
773
Jewish population: 1,330,000
Judah: 330,000
Israel: 1,000,000
726-724
Destruction of Kingdom of Israel
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Ahaz (Judah) refuses to join Israel's fight
against Assyria, seeks alliance with Assyria.
Israel is overrun by Tilgath-Pilezer III. New king
(Israel) Hosea, submits to Assyria, assimilates to Assyrian culture.
Inhabitants of Upper Galilee and Trandjordan exiled.
Hosea's rebellion against Assyria fails. Shalmanezer
V (new king) invades Israel. Large numbers of Israel's population
deported from Samaria =
10 lost tribes. Sargan II later organizes Israel as Assyrian province.
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Prophet Hosea foresees destruction of Israel by
Assyria as divine punishment for religious- cultured decay.
Isaiah warns Ahaz not to seek aid from Assyria
against Israel-Armenian onslaught- but to trust in G-d.
Prophet Micah castigates Judean clergy for venality.
Forecasts severe devastation of Jerusalem.
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Damascus falls to Assyria.
Sargon II (Assyria) conducts many military
campaigns.
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