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Combined Chronologies

Tables

1. The Kings of Assyria and Babylonia
2. The Kings of Persia
3. The Kings of Israel
4. The Kings of Judah

Sources

• Martin Anstey, The Romance of Bible Chronology. London: Marshall Brothers, 1913.
• E.J. Bickerman, Chronology of the Ancient World. London: Thames & Hudson, 1968 (1st edition, 253pp.; 1980 2nd edition, 223 pp.).
• Dorothy M. Bone, Chronology of the Hebrew Divided Kingdom. London: Avon Books, 1997.
• Peter Clayton, Chronology of the Pharaohs. London: Thames & Hudson, 1994.
• Eugene Faulstich, History, Harmony and the Hebrew Kings. Spencer, IA: Chronology Books, 1986.
• Gershon Galil, The Chronology of the Kings of Israel and Judah. SHCANE, 9; Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1996.
• John H. Hayes and Paul K. Hooker, A New Chronology for the Kings of Israel and Judah and Judah and Its Implications for Biblical History and Literature. Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1988; reprinted: Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2007.
• Jeremy Hughes, Secrets of the Times: Myth and History in Biblical Chronology. JSOTSS, 66; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1990; reprinted: LHBOT; London: Continuum, 2009.
• Carl Olof Jonsson, The Gentile Times Reconsidered. 3rd edition; Atlanta: Commentary Press, 1998.¹
• Walter C. Kaiser, Jr., A History of Israel. Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman, 1998.
• Daniel David Luckenbill, Ancient Records of Assyria and Babylonia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1926.
• Richard A. Parker and Waldo H. Dubberstein, Babylonian Chronology 626 BC-AD 45. 2d edition; Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1946.
• John Rogerson, Chronicle of the Old Testament Kings: The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Rulers of Ancient Israel. London: Thames & Hudson, 1999.
• Adam Rutherford, Pyramidology, Books III and IV (Harpenden: Institute of Pyramidology, 1974 and 1986 (?).
• Edwin R. Thiele, The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings. 3rd edition; Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1983; reprinted: Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel, 1994.

¹ There is also a 4th edition, 2004, but it comes too late for use in the original HTML documents.

1. The Kings of Assyria and Babylonia

Assyria	Years	From (BC)	To (BC)	Babylonia	Years	From (BC)	To (BC)	Israel	Judah
Adad-nirari II	21	912/911	891
Tukulti-ninurta	7	891/890	884
Ashur-nasirpal II	25	884/883	859
Shalmaneser III	35	859/858	824
- year 6						854-851		Ahab
- year 18						842-839		Jehu
Shamshi-adad V	13	824/823	811/810
Sammuramat		809	806
Adad-nirari III	28	811/810/805	783/782					J(eh)oash
Shalmaneser IV	10	783/782/781	773/772
Ashur-dan III	18/19	773/772/771	755/754
Ashur-nirari	9/10	755/754/753	746/745
				Nabonassar	14/15	748/747	734/733
Tiglath-pileser	18	745/744	727
- year 8						738-736		Menahem
- year 12						734-732		Pekah	(Jeho)ahaz
- year 14						732-730		Hoshea
Shalmaneser V	5	727/726	722					Hoshea
Sargon II	17	722/721	705	Merodach-baladan	12	722/721	710		Hezekiah
				Sargon II	5	710/709	705
Sennacherib	24	705/704	681	Sennacherib	24	705/704	681		Hezekiah
Esar-haddon	12	681/680	669/668	Esar-haddon	12/13	681/680	669/668
- year 4-5						677-674			Manasseh
Ashur-banipal	42	669/668	627/626	Shamash-shumukin	20	668/667	649/648		Manasseh
				Kandalanu	22	648/647	627/626
				Nabopolassar	21	626/625	606/605
				- year 17		610-608			Josiah
				Nebuchadnezzar II	43	605/604	563/562
				- year 1		605-603			Jehoiakim 4
				- year 7/8		599-596			Jehoiachin
				- year 17		589-587			Zedekiah 9
				- year 18		588-586			Zedekiah10
				- year 19		587-585			Zedekiah 11
				Evil-merodach	2	562/561	561/560
				Neriglissar	4	560/559	557/556
				Labashi-marduk	3/9 mos.	556
				Nabonidus	17	556/555	540/539

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2. The Kings of Persia

Name	Years	From (BC)	To (BC)
Cyrus II	9	539/538	531/530
Cambyses	8	530/529	523/522/521
Bardiya	6 months	522
Nebuchadnezzar III	2 months	522
Darius I	36	522/521	486/465
Xerxes I	21	486/485	465/464
Artaxerxes I	41	465/464	424/423
Darius II	19	424/423	405/404
Artaxerxes II	46	405/404	359/358
Artaxerxes III (Ochus)	21	359/358	338/337
Arses	2	338/337	336/335
Darius III	4/5	336/335	332/331/330
Alexander	14	336	322
Philip Arrhidaeus	8	323	315
Alexander II	5	316	311
Seleucus Nicator		312	304

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3. The Kings of Israel

Bold = assasinated predecessor/predecessor killed

Name	Years	Anstey	Bone	Faulstich	Galil	H&H	Hughes	Rogerson	Rutherford	Thiele
Jeroboam	22	982-961	977-955	947-925	931/30-909	927-906	937-913	931-910	938-916	930-909
Nadab	2	961-960	955-954	926-924	909-908	905-904	913-912	910-909	916-914	909-908
Baasha	24	960-937	954-931	925-901	908-885	903-880	912-889	909-886	914-890	908-886
Elah	2	937-936	931-930	902-900	885-884	881-880	889-888	885	892-888	886-885
Omri	12	936-925	930-919	901-889	884-873	879-869	888-877	885-874	888-874	885-874
Ahab	22	925-904	919-897	890-868	873-852	868-854	877-854	873-853	879-852	874-853
Ahaziah	2	905-904	899-898	869-867	852-851	853-852	854-853	853-852	857-855	853-852
J(eh)oram	12	904-893	897-885	868-856	851-842/1	851-840	853-842	852-841	855-843	852-841
Jehu	28	892-865	884-856	857-830	842/1-815/4	839-822	842-816	841-813	843-815	841-814
Jehoahaz	17	864-848	855-839	831-814	819-804/803	821-805	816-800	813-797	815-798	814-798
Jehoash	19	850-832	841-826	815-799	805-790	804-789	800-785	797-782	800-782	798-782
Jeroboam	41	832-792	826-786	800-760	790-750/49	788-748	785-745	782-747	793-752	793-753
Zechariah	6 months	769	785-774	761-760	750/49	747	745	747	752-751	753
Shallum	1 month	768	774-773	749	749		745	747	751	752
Menahem	10	767-758	773-763	761-751	749-738	746-737	745-736	747-742	751-741	752-742
Pekahiah	2	757-756	762-761	752-750	738-736	736-735	736-735	742-740	741-739	742-740
Pekah	20	755-736	760-741	751-731	750-732/1	734-731	735-732	740-731	739-731	752-732
Hoshea	9	727-719	740-723	732-723		730-722	732-724	731-722/1	731-722

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4. The Kings of Judah

Name	Years	Anstey	Bone	Faulstich	Galil	H&H	Hughes	Rogerson	Rutherford	Thiele
Rehoboam	17	982-966	977-960	946-929	931/0-914	926-910	937-921	931-914	938-921	930-913
Abijam/Abijah	3	965-963	959-957	930-927	914-911	909-907	921-916	914-911	921-915	913-910
Asa	41	962-922	957-916	928-885	911-870	906-866	916-876	911-871	918-874	910-869
Jehoshaphat	25	921-897	915-891	886-862	870-845	877-853	876-852	871-848	877-852	872-848
Jehoram	8	900-893	893-886	863-856	851-843/2	852-841	852-842	848-841	852-844	853-841
Ahaziah	2	894-893	885-884	857-856	843/2-842/1	840	842	841-840	844-843	841
Athaliah	7	892-886	884-878	857-850	842/1-835	839-833	842-836	840-835	843-837	841-835
J(eh)oash	40	866-847		851-811	842/1-802/1	832-793	836-799	835-796	837-797	835-796
Amaziah	29	846-818	840-812	814-785	805/4-776/5	802-774	799-772	796-767	797-768	796-767
Azariah/Uzziah	52	806-755	811-760	800-748	788/7-736/5	785-734	772-747	767-739	791-739	792-740
Jotham	16	754-739	759-744	759-743	758/7-742/1	759-744	747-737	739-734	751-731	750-732
Ahaz	16	738-723	744-728	744-728	742/1-726	743-728	737-722	734-728	735-715	735-715
Hezekiah	29	724-696	729-699	729-699	726-697/6	727-699	722-694	728-698	728-686	715-686
Manasseh	65	695-641	698-644	699-644	697/6-642/1	698-644	694-640	698-643	695-640	696-642
Amon	2	640-639	643-642	644-642	642/1-640/39	643-642	640-639	642-641	640-638	642-640
Josiah	31	638-608	641-610	642-610	640/39-609	641-610	639-609	640-609	638-607	640-609
Jehoahaz	3 months	608	610	610	609	609	609	609	607-606	609
Jehoiakim	11	607-597	610-599	610-599	609-598	608-598	609-598	609-598	606-595	609-598
Jehoiachin	3 months	597	599-598	599-598	598-597	597	598	597	595	598-597
Zedekiah	10	596-587	598-588	598-588	597-586	596-586	598-587	597-587	595-585	597-586

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OT Chronologies

• Combined Chronologies
• Galil, Chronology
• Hayes and Hooker, New Chronology
• Hughes, Secrets of the Times
• Rogerson, Chronicle
• Thiele, Mysterious Numbers