A timeline from the Death of king Solomon to Sennacherib’s Invasion of Judah. This timeline demonstrates that all the dates in the Biblical Chronology fit together.
From the Death of Solomon to Sennacherib’s Invasion
a = first half of the year, b = last half of the year, c = about
| JUDAH | BC 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 ceases 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 | 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 in 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 reignsm | 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 |
| otham;s 20th year, reckonded from the begining of his sole recency (II Kings 15:30). Ahaz's 12th year, reckoned from the begining of his co-regency | Jul-Aug 729 |
Hoshea reigns 9 years |
| Hezekiah becomes co-regent with Ahaz | 726 | Hoshea's 3 year |
| Hezekiah's 4th year | 723 | Hoshea's 5th year. Shalmaneser V begins the seige of Samaria. Lasts 3 years |
| Fifth Item | 721 | Hoshea's 9th year nearly completed. Sargon II takes the city. |
| Hezekiah's 6th year | Second Column Item | Third Column Item |
| Death 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 |
By David J. Gibson
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