The Time of Isaiah

(740-680 B.C.) 

A. According to Isaiah 1:1, he ministered during the reigns of the following kings of Judah:

1. Uzziah (790-739 B.C.)

2. Jotham (739-731 B.C.)

3. Ahaz (731-715 B.C.)

4. Hezekiah (715-686 B.C.)

a. This means Isaiah was a contemporary of Hosea who ministered to the Northern Kingdom of Israel and Micah who also ministered to the Southern Kingdom of Judah.

B. Isaiah ministered from the time of Tiglath-Pileser (745-727 B.C.) to the time of Sennacherib (705-681 B.C.) of Assyria.

1. He outdated Hezekiah by a few years because 37:38 records the death of Sennacherib in 681 B.C.

2. Hezekiah was succeeded by his wicked son Manasseh who overthrew the worship of Jehovah and no doubt opposed the work of Isaiah.