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TABLE 15. What Does the Text Say?
From David’s 7^th Year to Hezekiah’s 18^th Year

Kings of Israel

Kings of Judah

1004

David’s 7^th yr

Conquers Jerusalem

Jubilee yr?

968

Solomon’s 4^th yr.

Builds temple

I Kings 6:1

961

Solomon’s 12^th yr.

Dedicates temple

931

Solomon’s 40^th yr.

= Rehoboam’s 1^st yr.

11:42

930

Jereboam’s 2^nd yr.

= Rehoboam’s 2^nd yr.

14:25

912

Jereboam’s 20^th yr.

= Asa’s 1^st yr.

15:9

873

Ahab’s 1^st yr.

= Asa’s 38^th yr.

16:29

870

Ahab’s 4^th yr.

= Jehoshaphat’s 1^st yr.

22:41

852

Ahab’s 22^nd yr. (Ahab’s death)

16:29

852

Joram’s 1^st yr.

= Shalmaneser’s 6^th

= Jehoshaphat’s 18^th

II Kings 3:1

840

Jehu’s 1^st yr.

= Shalmaneser’s 18^th

= Athaliah 1st/Ahaziah’s 1^st

8:25; 9:29

846

Jehu’s 7^th yr.

= Athaliah’s 7^th yr.

12:1

846

Jehu’s 7^th yr.

= Joash’s 1^st yr.

12:1

812

Jehoahaz’s 1^st yr.

= Joash’s 23^rd

13:1

796

Jehoahaz’s 17^th yr.

13:1

796

Jehoash’s 1^st yr.

= Joash’s 37^th

13:10

795

Jehoash’s 2^nd yr.

= Amaziah’s 1^st yr.

dual reign

14:1; 12:1

783

Jehoash’s 16^th yr.

13:10

783

Jeroboam’s 1^st yr.

of sole rule

= Amaziah’s 15^th yr.

14:23

769

Jeroboam’s 14^th yr.

= Amaziah’s 29^th yr.

14:2

769

Jeroboam’s 27^thyr.

= Azariah’s (Uzziah’s) 1^st

sole rule

15:1; 14:23

765

Zachariah’s 1^st yr.

Jeroboam’s 31^st yr.

= Azariah’s 38^th

15:8

765

Shallum’s 1^st yr.

= Azariah’s 39^th

15:13

765

Menahem’s 1^st yr.

Pul

= Azariah’s 39^th

15:17

755

Menehem’s 10^th yr.

Jeroboam’s 41^st yr.

15:17; 14:23

754

Pekahiah’s 1^st

= Azariah’s 50^th

15:23

752

Pekah’s 1^st

= Azariah’s 52^nd

15:27

751

Pekah’s 2^nd yr

= Jotham’s 1^st

15:32

736

= Jotham’s 16^th

15:33

736

Pikah’s 17^th

= Ahaz’s 1^st

16:1

733

Pikah’s 20^th yr.

Tiglath Pileser

15:27

731

Hoshea’s 1^st yr

= Jotham’s 20^th

15:30

731

Hoshea’s 1^st yr

Shalmaneser

= Ahaz’s 12^th

17:1

729

Hoshea’s 3^rd yr.

= Hezekiah’s 1^st yr./ Ahaz’s 16^th

18:1; 16:2

723

Hoshea’s 7^th yr

Shalmaneser

= Hezekiah’s 4^th yr.

18:9

721

Hoshea’s 9^th yr.

Assyrian Captivity

= Hezekiah’s 6^th yr.

17:1, 6; 18:9, 10

713

Sargon/Sennacherib’s

3^rd campaign

= Hezekiah’s 14^th yr.

(Isa. 20:1-3)18:13

712

Sargon/Sennacherib’s

3-yr siege: Jerusalem

= Hezekiah’s 15^th yr.

711

Sargon/Sennacherib’s

= Hezekiah’s 16^th yr.

710

Sargon/Sennacherib’s

4^th campaign

= Hezekiah’s 17^th yr

(710 = 6 Jubilees after 1004)

709

Sargon/Sennacherib’s

5^th campaign

= Hezekiah’s 18^th yr.

698

= Hezekiah’s 29^th yr.

18:2

697

= Manasseh’s 1^st yr.

642

= Manasseh’s 55^th yr.

640

= Amon’s 2^nd yr.

609

= Josiah’s 31^st yr.

609

= Jehoahaz’s 3 mo.

598

= Jehoiakim’s 11^th yr.

598

= Jehoiachin’s 3 mo.

Nebuchednezzer’s 19^th yr. 587

= Zedekiah’s 11^th yr.

18:1

520

= Darius’ 2^nd yr.

In TABLE 15, kings were often contemporary instead of being consective, but most of the reigns are not difficult to figure once we have made the effort to chart the information available from the text of I Kings and II Kings. The most difficulty stems from assuming, in several places, that the text is speaking of the king’s first year when, in actuality, it is referring to the king’s first year of sole rule.