The Strand Study Bible

SIMPLE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF ISAIAH

TEXT

SUBJECT HEAD

DATE

Psalm 66

A psalm of King Hezekiah

c. 713 BC c. 713 BC c. 711 BC c. 710 BC c. 704 BC c. 704 BC

Isaiah 38:9-22

King Hezekiah writes a letter praising God Prophecies concerning CHRIST , Israel and the surrounding nations

Isaiah 20-27

Isaiah 39:1-8 (II Ki 20:12-19 & II Chro 32:31,25,26) King Hezekiah exposes his wealth to the Babylonians

Isaiah 29-35

The promise of Israel’s restoration

Prophecies concerning CHRIST and Israel King Hezekiah sends King Sennacherib tribute King Sennacherib of Assyria encamps around Jerusalem

Micah 4-7

Isaiah 36:1 (II Ki 18:13-16)

704 BC 701 BC

II Chronicles 32:1-8

Isaiah 36:2 - 37:38 (II Ki 18:17 -19:35 & II Chro 32:9-16,18,19, 17,20,21)

King Sennacherib seeks to terrify Jerusalem

701 BC

Psalm 76

A psalm of one of Asaph’s descendants King Sennacherib returns to Assyria King Hezekiah becomes a national hero Prophecies concerning CHRIST and Israel

c. 701 BC

II Kings 19:36

701 BC 701 BC

II Chronicles 32:22,23,27-30

Isaiah 40-66

c. 700 BC

Christianity continues with the promise of grace via the Gospel of CHRIST given to Isaiah (Isa 53:1/Rom 10:14-16) and (Isa 55:3/Acts 13:32-34)

*HIStorical Note -

c. 700 BC

II Kings 20:20,21 (II Chro 32:32,33)

The death of King Hezekiah

698-697 BC

Isaiah is a book of prophecies. There are 3,196 prophecies found in the Old Testament. One-fourth of those 3,193 prophecies come directly from the book of Isaiah , ( 782 of them to be exact). The book of Isaiah contains more prophecies than most of all the other Old Testament books combined. Only two other books in the entire Old Testament even come close to the number of prophecies that are in Isaiah : Jeremiah (with 576 prophecies) and Ezekiel (with 671 prophecies). The book of Psalms (with 161 prophecies) comes in a distance fourth. Of those 3,196 prophecies found in the Old Testament, 705 of them refer to CHRIST . One-third of those 705 prophecies come directly from the book of Isaiah , ( 243 of them to be exact). The book of Isaiah contains more prophecies concerning CHRIST than most of all the other Old Testament books combined. Only one other book in the entire Old Testament even comes close to the number of prophecies concerning CHRIST that are in Isaiah : Psalms (with 137 prophecies). The book of Zechariah (with 63 prophecies) comes in a distance third. One-half of all prophecies found in the Old Testament concerning the HOLY SPIRIT come directly from the book of Isaiah , 2 of them to be exact. The other 2 come from the book of Joel .

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