YEARS OF PROPHETIC MINISTRY FOR THE MAJOR PROPHETS
ISAIAH: 740-681 BC
JEREMIAH: 626-584 BC
EZEKIEL: 593-571 BC
DANIEL: 605-530 BC
REFERENCES TO SOME HISTORICAL EVENTS CONNECTED TO THE MAJOR PROPHETS
ISAIAH: The withdrawal of the Assyrian army, led by Sennacherib: Isaiah 36-37, also II Kings 18:13-19:37
JEREMIAH: Jehoiakim burns the scroll containing Jeremiah's words from the Lord: Jeremiah 36:1-32
EZEKIEL: He is carried by the hair to Jerusalem and sees a pagan idol in the Temple and sees "elders" burning incense to ceremonially unclean animals drawn on a wall: Ezekiel 8:1-13
DANIEL: Daniel interprets the "writing on the wall" at a banquet given by Belshazzar, the "regent" of Babylon (son of the emperor): Daniel 5:1-39
