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O.T. CHRONOLOGY]
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BIBLE

Chronological Table—Continued.

  Chronology  
of Ussher.		      Probable Real      
Dates.		      Biblical Events.      Events in Contemporary History.
      Babylonia.            Assyria.            Egypt.      
930
929
929
918
914
898
896
892
885
884

878
856
841

839
823
810



773
772
772
758
761
759

742
730







726




721

















698


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Judah.
· ·
· ·
· ·
· ·
  873. Jehoshaphat (25)
· ·
· ·
  849. Jehoram (8)
  842. Ahaziah (1)
  842. Athaliah (6)

  836. Jehoash (40)
· ·
· ·

  797. Amaziah (29)
· ·
  779. Uzziah(52)
  c. 750. Jotham (16) as
    regent. (2 Ki. xv. 5)

· ·
· ·
· ·
  740. Jotham, sole ruler
· ·
· ·

  736.[1] Ahaz (16)








  728.47 Hezekiah (29)






















  698. Manasseh (55)




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Israel.
  888. Elah (2)
  887. Zimri (7 days)
  887. Omri (12)
  876. Ahab (22)

  854. Ahaziah (2)
  853. Jehoram (12)


  842. Jehu (28)


  814. Jehoahaz (17)
  798. Jehoash (16)

· ·
  783. Jeroboam II. (41)
· ·



  743. Zechariah (6 mo.)
  743. Shallum (1 mo.)
  743. Menahem (10)

  738. Pekahiah(2)
  737. Pekah(20)


  733. (or 732) Hoshea (9)  












  722. Fall of Samaria and
    end of northern
    kingdom.
























  747-733. Nabonassar

















  729-724. Tiglath-pileser,
    under the name of
    Pulu (cf. 2 Ki. xv. 19),
    king of Babylon.
· ·



  721-710. The Chaldaean prince,  
    Merodach-baladan, king of
    Babylon (cf. 2 Kings xx. 12 =
    Is. xxxix. 1)		  885-860. Asshur-nazir-abal
  860-825. Shalmaneser II.



  854. Ahab mentioned at the
    battle of Karkar


  842. Jehu pays tribute
    to Shalmaneser II.


  825-812. Shamshi-Adad
    (Hadad)
  812-783. Adad-Nirāri IV.




  745-727. Tiglath-pileser IV.




  738. Menahem pays tribute
    to Tiglath-pileser IV.
    (cf. 2 Ki. xv. 19)

  733 (or 732). Assassination
    of Pekah, and succession
    of Hoshea, mentioned by
    Tiglath-pileser III.
  732. Capture of Damascus
    by Tiglath-pileser IV.
    (2 Ki. xvi. 9; cf. Is. viii.
    4, xvii. 1)
  727-722. Shalmaneser IV.



  722-705. Sargon.
  722. Capture of Samaria
    in Sargon's accession-year.  








  711. Siege and capture
    of Ashdod. (cf. Is. xx. 1)
  705-681. Sennacherib

  701. Campaign against
    Phoenicia, Philistia and
    Judah (2 Kings xviii.
    13-xix. 35)



  681-668. Esarhaddon















































  715-663. Twenty-fifth
    (Ethiopian) Dynasty.
  715.[2] Sabako (Shabaka)



  707.48 Shabataka





  693.48 Taharqa (Tirhakah,  
    Is. xxxvii. 9)
  1. ↑ If these dates are correct, there must be some error in the ages assigned to Ahaz and Hezekiah at their accession, viz. 20 and 25 respectively, for it would otherwise follow from them that Ahaz, dying at the age of [20 + 8 =] 28, left a son aged 25! The date 728 for Hezekiah’s accession rests upon the assumption that of the two inconsistent dates in 2 Kings xviii. 10, 13, the one in ver. 10 (which places the fall of Samaria in Hezekiah’s 6th year) is correct; but some scholars (as Wellhausen, Kamphausen, and Stade) suppose that the date in ver. 10 (which places Sennacherib’s invasion in Hezekiah’s 14th year) is correct, and assign accordingly Hezekiah’s accession to 715. This removes, or at least mitigates, the difficulty referred to, and leaves more room for the reigns of Jotham and Ahaz; but it requires, of course, a corresponding reduction in the reigns of the kings succeeding Ahaz.
  2. ↑ Breasted’s dates for these three kings (Hist. of Egypt, 1906, p. 601) are: Shabaka 712-700; Shabataka 700-688; Taharqa 688-663.
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