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CHRONOLOGY OF THE KINGS

FOURTH PERIOD

FROM THE LAYING OF THE FOUNDATION OF THE TEMPLE TO THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE.
EMBRACES 430 YEARS.
A.M. Name and Events Years References B.C.
2868 4th of Solomon, End of 480 years of coming out of Egypt, Start of 40 years of Ezekiel laying on his right side for Judah and Start of the total of 430 years of Eze 4. 4 1KI 6:1 And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. 1016
2875 The Temple is Complete 7 1KI 6:37-38 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif: And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it. 1009
2904 The Death of Solomon, The Reign of Rehoboam begins 29 1KI 14:21 And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. 980
  The Rebellion of Jeroboam who reigns 22 years, The Division of Israel 0 1KI 14:20 And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead. 980
2908 The disobedience of Rehoboam after three years, and before 5 years.
The end of the 40 years of Eze. 4, Ezekiel laying on his right side 40 years
The invasion by Shishak		 4 2CH 11:17 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon.
2CH 12:2 And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD,		 976
2921 The death of Rehoboam, The Reign of Abijam in Judah 13 1KI 15:1-2 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah. Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. and his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. 963
2924 The death of Abijam, The Reign of Asa in Judah begins 3

1KI 15:9-10 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

 960
2926 The death of Jeroboam, The reign of Nadab for 2 years 2 1KI 15:25 And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years. 958
2927 The murder of Nadab, The reign of Baasha for 24 years 1 1KI 15:28 Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead.
1KI 15:33 In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years. 		957
2950 The death of Baasha, The Reign of Elah for 2 years 23 1KI 16:8 In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years. 934
2951 The murder of Elah, The reign of Zimri for 7 days 1 1KI 16:10 And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.
1KI 16:15 In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.		 933
  The murder of Zimri, The start of the joint reign of Omri and Tibni 0 1KI 16:21-22 Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri. But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned. 933
2955 Murder of Tibni, Sole Reign of Omri: His reign is a total of 12 years (including joint reign with Tibni) 4 1KI 16:23 In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah. 929
2962 Death of Omri, Reign of Ahab for 22 years 7 1KI 16:28-29 So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead. And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years. 922
2965 Death of Asa,

 Jehoshaphat Reigns in Judah

3 1KI 22:41-42 And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. 919
2982 Ahab dies in battle, Reign of Ahaziah for 2 years 17 1KI 22:51 Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel. 902
2983 Ahaziah (of Israel) becomes sick in his second year and must yield to Jehoram his brother, but does not die for 9 more years. 1 2KI 1:17 So he [Ahaziah] died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.
2KI 3:1 Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years. 		901
2990 Death of Jeshoshaphat, Reign of Jehoram (son of Jehoshaphat) in Judah

Edom Rebels Permanently

 7 2KI 8:16-17 And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign. Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 894
2998 Death of Jehoram, Reign of Ahaziah in Judah for 1 year 8 2KI 8:24-26 And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign. Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
2KI 9:29 And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah. 		886
2999 Jehu's Rebellion, Murder of Ahaziah, Athaliah, his mother reigns in Judah 6 years Murder of Jehoram, Reign of Jehu is 28 years 1 2KI 10:34-36 Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead. And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years. 885
3005 Athaliah is murdered, Reign of Joash in Judah begins 6 2CH 24:1 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Zibiah of Beersheba. 879
3028 Death of Jehu, Reign of Jehoahaz for 17 years 23 2KI 13:1 In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years. 856
3042 Death of Jehoahaz, Reign of Jehoash for 16 years 14 2KI 13:10 In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years. 842
3045 Death of Joash, Reign of Amaziah in Judah 3 2KI 14:1-2 In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah. He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 839
3060 Death of Jehoash, Reign of Jeroboam II for 41 years, 9 years of which he co-reigned with his father 15 2KI 14:23 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years. 824
3074 Death of Amaziah, Reign of Azariah (Uzziah) in Judah 14 2KI 15:1-2 In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign. Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem. 810
  Isaiah's earliest specific date, though he could have prophesied earlier 0 Isa 6:1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. 810
3088 Death of Jeroboam II, No immediate successor named 14

This is determined by comparing the listing of the Kings of Israel with the Chronology of the Kings of Judah.  The line of Judah was kept accurately, (shown by the prophesy of Ezekiel laying on his side) while the line of Israel was unreliable, after the example of the world.

 796
3112 Reign of Zachariah for 6 months 24 2KI 15:8 In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months. 772
3113 Murder of Zachariah, Reign of Sallum for 1 month 1 2KI 15:13 Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria. 771
3113 Murder of Shallum, Reign of Menahem for 10 years

Invasion of Pul, king of Assyria  (Note, Pul is the born name of Tiglath Peleser III)

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2KI 15:17 In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria.

2Ki 15:19-20 And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand. And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back,and stayed not there in the land.

 771
3124 Death of Menahem, Reign of Pekahiah for 2 years 11 2KI 15:23 In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years. 760
3126 Death of Pekahiah, Reign of Pekah for 20 years 2 2KI 15:27 In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years. 758
  Death of Azariah (Uzziah), Reign of Jotham in Judah 0 2KI 15:32-33 In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign. Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok. 758
3137 Beginning of the Reign of Tiglath Pelezer III 11 Wickapedia:  745727 BC

747
3142 Death of Jotham, Reign of Ahaz in Judah 5 2KI 16:1-2 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign. Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father. 742
3145 End of the Reign of Pekah.  No immediate successor unless Elah, Hoshea's father becomes king (as may be indicated by 2 Kings 18:1-2. 

This ends the 3 year time frame for the war of Ahaz against  Pekah with Rezin of Syria

3 2KI 15:27 In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years.

2Ki 18:1 Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.

Isa 7:1 And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.

 739
  Traditional date for Tiglath Peleser III invasion of the Levant (734-731 BC)      
3153 Reign of Hoshea, last King of Israel for 9 years 8 2KI 17:1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years. 731

3155

Death of Tiglath Peleser III, Beginning of the reign of Shalmaneser V

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 Wickapedia

729
3157 Death of Ahaz, Reign of Hezekiah in Judah 2 2Ki 18:1-2 Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah. 727
3162 Fall of Samaria to Shalmaneser V (or at least started with Shalmaneser who dies (722BC ), but concluded by Sargon II 722-705 4-6 2KI 18:9-10 And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it. And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is in the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken. 723
3164 Invasion of Sennacherib against Hezekiah 4 2Ki 18:13 Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them. 719
3170 Hezekiah is ill, Granted 15 more years of life 6 Isa 38:5 Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years. 719
  Death of Sargon II, Start of Sennacharib   2CH 33:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:

713
3185 Death of Hezekiah, Reign of Manasseh in Judah 21 2CH 33:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem: 698
3240 Death of Manasseh, Reign of Amon in Judah 55 2CH 33:21 Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem. 643
3242 Death of Amon, Reign of Josiah in Judah 2 2CH 34:1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years. 641
3255 Start of Jeremiah's Ministry 13 Jer. 25:3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, [which was the fourth of Jehoiakim] that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.
628
3260 Josiah's Passover 5 Jer 1:1-2 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:  To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. 623
3272 Pharaoah Wahemibre Necho II (or Nekau) comes to power 12 Wahemibre Necho II (sometimes Nekau) was a king of the Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt (610 - 595 BC), and the son of Psammetichus I by his Great Royal Wife Mehtenweskhet. His prenomen or royal name Wahemibre means "Carrying out the Wish of Re Forever." (Clayton: p.195) Necho played a significant role in the histories of the Assyrian Empire, Babylonia and the Kingdom of Judah. The Egyptologist Donald B. Redford observed that although he was "a man of action from the start, and endowed with an imagination perhaps beyond that of his contemporaries, Necho had the misfortune to foster the impression of being a failure." 611
3273 Death of Josiah, Reign of Jehoahaz in Judah 1 2CH 36:2 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. 610
  Jehoahaz dethroned by Pharaoh Necho and removed to Egypt, Reign of Jehoiakim in Judah in servitude to Egypt 3 mos. 2CH 36:4-5 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt. Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God. 610
3276 Battle of Charchemish
Nebuchadnezzar's first year
Egypt stopped and began to fall		 3 Jer 46:1-2 The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles; Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah. 605
3280 4th year of Jehoiakim, 1st of Nebuchadnezzar
(8th of Nebuchadnezzar is the 11th of Jehoiakim.)
Invasion of Israel

This invasion probably begins in the seventh year, and concludes in the eighth

Start of 7 Times (2520 years) of punishment by the nations over Israel (604 BC - 1917 AD.)

 0 2KI 24:1 In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.
2KI 24:12 And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.

 
Jer 52:28 This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty:

LEV 26:18-20 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins. And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass: And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.		 604
3281 Nebuchadnezzar's dream in his second year 1 DAN 2:1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him. 603
3287 Jehoiachin reigns 3 months 6 2KI 24:8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. 597
  Jehoiachin is carried away to Babylon, Reign of Zedekiah begins 3 mo. 2KI 24:12 And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
2KI 24:17-18 And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah. Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.		  
3291 Eze 1:1 5th of Jehoiachin's captivity, which is 30 from Josiah's Pass Over 4 NOTE: There is a one year change in the Chronology's AM dates here. This is to accommodate Ezekiel's Dates, and to harmonize with the 430 years prophesy of Eze. 4:13 The one year must have come from the two short reigns of Jehoahaz and Jehoiachin, and whatever balance of years needed to be included in the starting and stopping of the other kings.. 593
3297 End of Zedekiah and the Kings of Israel, 430 from the 4th of Solomon Destruction of the Temple 6 EZE 33:21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.
2KI 25:1-2 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about. And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
2KI 25:8 And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:		 587
3297 End of the 430 years of Eze 4:3. 40 years for Judah (from the 4th of Solomon to Rehoboam's disobedience in his fourth year) and 390 years for the continued periods of disobedience. 0 EZE 4:4-8 Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity. For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year. Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it. And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege. 587

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