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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 |
Judah. · · · · · · · · · · · · 842. Ahaziah (1) 842. Athaliah (6) 836. Jehoash (40) · · · · 797. Amaziah (29) · · c. 750. Jotham (16) as regent. (2 Ki. xv. 5) · · · · · · · · · · 736.[1] Ahaz (16) 728.[1] Hezekiah (29) 698. Manasseh (55) || align="left" | Israel. 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) · · · · 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. || align="left" | 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) || align="left" |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 || align="left" | 715–663. Twenty-fifth (Ethiopian) Dynasty. 715.[2] Sabako (Shabaka) 707.48 Shabataka 693.48 Taharqa (Tirhakah, Is. xxxvii. 9) |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
- ↑ Breasted’s dates for these three kings (Hist. of Egypt, 1906, p. 601) are: Shabaka 712–700; Shabataka 700–688; Taharqa 688–663.