Ancient Assyrians, Biblical confirmations and Modern Syria

Submitted by Lujack Skylark (United States), May 15, 2012 at 21:46

Egyptian king Akenaton (1424-1407 B.C. Biblical Chronology Time) received tribute from Assyrian king Ashur-Uballit (1413-1376 B.C.T.) according to the Tel-Amarna letters. Mitanni king Tushratta is Akenaton's uncle and Tushratta is Cushan-Rishathaim. (Judges 3:8)

Assyrian king Enlil-Nirari II (1375-1364 B.C. kingdom is attacked by Babylonian king Kurigalzu in a war the Assyrians win. Arik-Dan-ili (1363-1350 B.C.) Adad-Nirari (1349-1315 B.C.) wins a major war against the Mitanni king Shattura I (1357-1342 B.C.) Adad-Nirari appoints Wasashatta over Hanigalbat a new Assyrian province. Assyrian king Shalmanesar I (1314-1284 B.C.) destroys what is left of the Mitanni nation. Hittite king Tudhaliyas III (1301-1274 B.C.) has a military alliance with the Amorite/ Canaanites to help fight the Assyrians. One Canaanite chieftain Jabin oppresses Israel for 20 years. Assyrian king Tukulti-Ninurta (1283-1247 B.C.) invades Syria. Some Syrians children of the east flee into Israel (Judges 6:3) Egypt and the Hittite empire. The Syrians eat up Israel's food supplies. (Judges 6:4) Egyptian pharoah Merneptah I (1280-1268 B.C.T.) states they entered Egypt to feed their bellies.

Ashur-Nadin-Apali (1246-1229 B.C.) Ashur-Nirari III (1228-1221 B.C.) Enlil-Kudur-Usur (1220-1216 B.C.) all served Babylon's king Adad-Shuma-Usur (1246-1214 B.C.) Assyrian king Ninurta-Apal-Ekur (1215-1202 B.C.) becomes good friends with Babylon's king Meli-Shipak (1213-1197 B.C.) Both Assyria and Babylon prosper. Assyrian king Ashur-Dan I (1201-1156 B.C.) began taking over northern Babylon encouraging Elamite king Shutruk-Nahhunte (1206-1176 B.C.) to attack Babylon. Assyrian king Ashur-Reshi-Ishi (1155-1138 B.C.) Assyrian king Tiglath-Pilesar I (1137-1099 B.C.) marched his army west to the Mediterranean Sea. Philistines oppressed Israel (1139-1099 B.C.T.)

King Saul reigns 1099-1059 B.C. King David 1059-1019 B.C. & King Solomon 1019-979 B.C. God looked over Israel by increasing Israel's power and decreasing Assyria's power.

Assyrian king Ashur-Apal-Ekur (1098-1096 B.C.) goes to war against the Aramaens. Assyrian king Ashur-Bel-Kala (1095-1078 B.C.) daughter marries Aramaen king Adad-Apal-Iddina. Aramaen nomads still attack Assyrian merchant caravans. Prince Enlil-Rabi seizes power when Ashur-Bel-Kala is on his death bed. He reigns (1077-1071 B.C.) Assyrian Eriba-Adad (1070-1065 B.C.) is another Aramaen puppet. Shamshi-Adad (1064-1059 B.C.) is able to open the northern trade route into eastern Asia-Minor after winning several major battles against the Aramaens. Assyrian king Ashur-Nasir-Pal I (1058-1040 B.C.) Tiglath-Pilesar's grandson is very sick and he is only able to defend Assyria's borders from the Syrian Aramaens. KING DAVID 1059-1019 B.C. went to war against the Syrian Aramaens which may have helped Ashur-Nasir-Pal stay in power.

Shalmanesar II (1039-1028 B.C.) Assyrian merchants are having a crisis against Aramaen thieves stealing everything not nailed down. Ashur-Nirari I (1027-1022 B.C.) holds the Aramaens at the Euphrates river. Ashur-Rabi II (1021-981 B.C.) takes expeditions north to Amanus. Aramaen tribes drive Assyrians from the Euphrates frontier. GOD PROTECTED ISRAEL FROM ASSYRIA 1099-979 B.C.

Assyrian king Ashur-Reshi (980-976 B.C.) Aramaens conquer land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers driving Assyrian familes from their homes. Assyrian king Tiglath-Pilesar II (975-944 B.C.) Aramaens settle at the Tigris river. Assyrian king Ashur-Dan II (943-921 B.C.) defeats several Aramaen tribes and oppresses the Aramaens. Adad-Nirari II (920-900 B.C.) goes on the offensive against the Aramaens six times and goes to war against Babylon's king Shamshi-Mudammiq. ISRAEL'S KING AHAB 921-899 B.C. BUILDS HOUSE OF IVORY. (I KINGS 22:39) Assyrian king Tukulti-Ninurta (899-893 B.C.) received inlaid IVORY furniture from Phoenicia!

Assyrian king Ashur-Nasir-Pal (892-868 B.C.) would impale, behead or flay his prisoners. He was the first king to organize cavalry troops alongside infantry. Shalmanesar III (867-833 B.C.) Black Obelisk states Israel's king Jehu paid Shalmanesar III tribute. Shamshi-Adad (832-820 B.C.) calls on the Babylonians to help him put down an Assyrian rebellion. Assyrian king Adad-Nirari III (819-792 B.C.) reaches Gaza but fails to take over Damascus. Assyrian king Shalmanesar IV (791-781 B.C.) lost most of Syria in a failed attack on Damascus. Assyrian king Ashur-Nirari V (762-754 B.C.) rule brings rapid decline in Assyria. Several royal prince's are assassinated. The governor of Calah is Pul, who goes on a military operation against Syria, Lebanon and Israel. Israel's king Menahem 770-760 B.C.T. pays Pul tribute. Pul disposes the Assyrian king and takes the name Tiglath-Pilesar III. Assyrian king Tiglath-Pilesar III (753-735 B.C.) Tiglath-Pilesar III attacks Damascus (2 Kings 16:9-10) in a military alliance with Judah's king Ahaz (741-725 B.C.T.) The Assyrians win victory. Ahaz pays tribute.

Assyrian king Shalmanesar V (734-729 B.C.) Israel's king Hoshea makes a military alliance with Egyptian king Osorkon IV. Shalmanesar V wins victory against Hoshea and Samaria falls to the Assyrians. Assyrian king Sargon II (728-712 B.C.) destroys Ashdod, Israel in 727 B.C. Ethiopian and Egyptian troops attack Sargon and they are defeated. (Isaiah 20:1-5) Assyrian king Sennacherib 711-688 B.C. in 711 B.C. Hezekiah 725-696 B.C.14th year he attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. (2 KIngs 18:13) Sennacherib (711-688 B.C.) lays siege to Jerusalem. The Lord smote some 185,000 Assyrians (2 Kings 19:35) in one night. And in the years which passed his two sons smote him with a sword. (2 Kings 19:37) Assyrian king Esarhaddon (687-676 B.C.) The Elamites raid Babylon trying to stir up a revolt but the Babylonians prefer Assyrian rule. Esarhaddon wins victory over Egyptian pharoah Taharka's army in 678 B.C. Taharka revolts when Esarhaddon leaves Egypt. Esarddon marches against Egypt in 676 B.C. but he died along the way there.

Assyrian king Ashur-banipal 675-633 B.C. assembles a powerful army with contingents from Syria, Phoenicia, Palestine and Cyprus. Taharka is defeated in 673 B.C. Taharka flees Memphis and Ashur-banipal places Taharka's nephew Tanutamon 672-664 B.C. on the Egyptian throne. The Elamites revolt against Assyria in 660 B.C. The Elamites are defeated and there is civil war in Elam. Famine strikes Babylon in 655 B.C. The people turn to cannibalism. Ashur-banipal places Kandalanu on the Babylonian throne in 653 B.C. The Arabs go to war against Ashur-banipal 649-646 B.C. The Arabs lose. We have no information what Ashur-banipal did from 645-633 B.C.

Assyrian Ashur-Etil-Llani and Sin-Shar-Ishkun (632-629 B.C.) are brothers who reign over Assyria. Civil War strikes Assyria weaking Assyria so much that Assyria can no longer fight its foreign enemies. Assyrian king Sin-Shar-Ishkun(628-612 B.C.) wins the civil war yet loses the Assyrian empire. Scythians laid waste to Syrian and Philistine communities in Canaan. The Medes 625 B.C. conquer the Iranian provinces. The Assyrians are driven out of Babylon 625-623 B.C. The Medes attack Nineveh in 616 B.C. but the Scythians drive them away. The Medes in 614 B.C. capture the city of Ashur and burn it to the ground. Babylonian troops enter Sin-Shar-Ishkun's burning palace attacking him in 612 B.C. They find the Assyrian king dead.

Assyrian general Ashur-Uballit II 611-605 B.C. retreats to Haran, Syria. Babylonian king Nabopolassar troops are repelled. Pharoah Necho (2 Chronicles 35:20) on his way to Charchemish in 608 B.C. to help the Assyrians slays Judah's king Josiah. The Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar destroys the Assyrians and their Egyptian allies in 605 B.C. Nebuchadnezzar then destroys Solomon's temple in 586 B.C.

We have covered the time from Cushan-Rishathaim (Judge 3:8) to Babylon's Nebuchadnezzar with no missing links! The Bible is historically accurate!

Notice in the days of Judah's king Hezekiah where the Lord destroyed the Assyrian king Sennacherib's 185,000 man army in one night. The president Assad of Syria is acting real crazy with his past threats about wiping out Tel-Aviv. God says in Isaiah 17:1 Damascus will become a ruinous heap. Won't Israel's enemies ever learn?

Why haven't the college professors matched ancient history with the Bible? I guess they believe the Palestinian version of world history, since that is how they focus their attention. The Palestinians believe Moses and Jesus were Palestinians. The Palestinians are working hard to steal Jewish history/identity as well as threatening Jewish people's existence.

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