But I thought that Israel and Judah were the same things?Īfter Israel left Egypt, they lived in the wilderness for 40 years.
This is the year that the Babylonians exiled Judah, the Southern Kingdom. But the nation of Judah, the Southern Kingdom, was still in their territory around the city of Jerusalem until… 586 BC This is the year that the nation of Israel, the Northern Kingdom, was scattered and conquered by the Assyrians. Since the prophetic books are not in chronological order, there are two dates from history that you need to know so you can quickly understand the prophet’s message. The Minor Prophets are minor prophets because the books are shorter. (Exception: Lamentations is technically a poetic book, but because it was written by Jeremiah, in the Christian Bible it tags along behind Jeremiah.) The Major Prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentation, Ezekiel, Daniel) are called the Major Prophets because their books are longer. They are divided into two groups: the Major Prophets and Minor Prophets. The Old Testament prophetic books are not in chronological order.
