Table I of Bible Chronology


Table I of Bible Chronology

Judah and Israel
From the Death of Solomon to Sennacherib's Invasion
a = first half of the year, b = last half of the year, c = about

JUDAH	B.C. Vernal Years	ISRAEL
Death of Solomon, king of Israel	957
Rehoboam, at 41 years of age reigns over Judah for 17 years	957	Jeroboam I reigns over Israel for 22 years
Abijam or Abijah reigns for 3 years. Asa's war with Jeroboam	940	Jeroboam's 18th year
Asa becomes co-regent with Abijam	937	Nadab becomes co-regent with Jeroboam, reigns 2 years
Asa's second year	a. 935	Death of Jeroboam, Nadab reigns
Asa's third year	b. 935	Baasha seizes the throne, reigns for 24 years
Death of Abijam, Asa reigns 41 years	926
Birth of Jehoshaphat, Asa's son	922
Asa's 26h year from the beginning of his co-regency	911	Elah becomes co-rgent with Baasha
Asa has war with Baasha	902	Asa has war with Baasha
	902	Death of Baasha, Elah reigns 2 years
Asa's 27th year of his sole regency	b. 900	Zimri seases throne, reigns 7 days
	b. 900	Omri takes Tirzah, reigns 12 years
Birth of Joram, Jehoshaphat's son	900	Omri and Tibni rival kings
Jehoshephat marries Athaliah, daughter of Omri	c. 898
Birth of Azariah, Jehoshaphat's son	897
Asa's 31st year of his sole regency	896	Death of Tibni
	894	Omri builds Samaria
	889	Ahab becomes co-regent with Omri, reigns 22 years
Latter part of the 38th year of Asa'a sole regency	888	Death of Omri
Asa diseased n his feet in the 39th year of his sole regency. Jehoshaphat becomes co-regnet with Asa and reigns 25 years.	887
Death of Asa near the end of the 41st year of his sole regnecy; Jehoshaphat reigns	b. 885	Ahab's 4thyear
Jehoram marries the daughter of Ahab	c. 883
Birth of Ahaziah, Jehoram's son	877
Jehoshaphat's 17th year of his sole regency	b. 868	Ahaziah succeeds Ahab, reigns 2 years
Jehoram becomes co-regnet with Jehoshaphat	868
Jehoshaphat's 18th year of his sole recency Jehoram's 2 year of his co-regency	867	Jehoram or Joram becomes co-regent with Ahaziah
	866	Death of Ahaziah, Joram reigns 12 years
Jehoshaphat abdicates, Jehoram reigns 8 years	862	Joram's 5th year of sole regency
Ahaziah I, called also Jehoahaz I or Azariah I, son of Jehoram becomes co-regent with Jehoram	856	Joram's 11th year of his sole regency
Death of Jehoash, Ahaziah I's son Birth of Jehoash, Ahaziah I's son Ahaziah II, called also Azariah II, son of Jehoshaphat, becomes co-regent with Ahaziah I	855	Joram's 12 year of his sole regency
Ahaziah I and Ahaziah II are slain by Jehu Athaliah, (queen) reigns 6 years	854	Joram is slain by Jehu who reigns 28 years
Jehoash (Joash) reigns 40 years	848	Jehu's 7h year
Birth of Amaziah, Jehoash's son	833
Jehoash's 23 year	826	Jehoaz reigns 17 years
Birth of Uzziah, Amaziah's son	816
Jehoash's 37th year	812	Jehbash or Joash becomes co-regent with Jehoahaz
	809	Death of Jehoahaz, Joash reigns 16 years
Amaziah reigns 29 uears (early in calandar)	807	Joash's 2nd year of his sole regency
	804	Jeroboam II becomes co-regent with Joash and reigns 41 years
Uzziah or Azariah III at 16 years of age is make king by the people and reigns 52 years. Amaziah flees to Lachish	800
Amaziah''s 15th year	793	Death of Joash, Jeroboam II reigns
Birth of Jotham, Uzziah's son	c.789
Death of Amaziah in Lachish, 15 years after the death of Joash, king of Israel, Uzziah reigns	778	Jeroboam's 27th year from begining of his co-regency
Jotham becomes co-regent with Uzziah	(?) 764
Uzziah's 38th year	763	Zachariah reigns 6 months
Uzziah's 39th year	762	Shallum reigns 1 month Menahem reigns 10 years
Birth of Ahaz, Jotham's son	760
Uzziah's 50th year	751	Pekahiah reigns 2 years
Uzziah's 52 year	Dec 749	Pekah reigns 20 years
Death of Uzziah, Jotham reigns 16 years	748	Pekah's second year
Ahaz or Jeho-ahaz II becomes co-regent with Jotham Birth of Hezekiah, Ahaz's son	740
Death of Jotham, Ahaz reigns 16 years	Nov 732	Pekah's 17th year
Jotham;s 20th year, reckonded from the begining of his sole recency (II Kings 15:30). Ahaz's 12thyear, reckoned from the begining of his co-regency	Jul-Aug729	Hoshea reigns 9 years
Hezekiah becomes co-regent with Ahaz	726	Hoshea's 3 year
Hezekiah's 4th year	723	Hoshea's Vth year. Shalmaneser V begins the seige of Samaria. Lasts 3 years
Hezekiah's 6th year	721	Hoshea's 9th year nearly completed. Sargon II takes the city.
Daeth of Ahaz, Hezekiah reigns 29 years	May 715
Hezekiah's 14th year, Sennacharib of Assyria invades Judah, and comes into contact with Tirhakah the Ethiopean	April 701

For an explination of this chart, please see the Web Page The Bible Chronology from Solomon to Hezekiah PART I. The Divided Kingdom

In Table II, the chronology given in Table I will be compared with the Assyrian eponym cannon and with Egyptian dates.

Chronology of the Dividied Kingdom

Bible Chronology

Chronology of the records of Assyrian and Egypt