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Judah Israel

Judah Israel

1118 1 Samuel 8:1-9

1117 1

1 Samuel 9:1-2

1 Samuel 13:1

Acts 13:21

1116 2

1115 31 Samuel 13:1-3

1 Samuel 13:13-14

1114 4

1113 Same year 5

1112 1 year difference 6

1111 Possible range 7

1110 Extra or missing 8

1109 Distorted 9

1108 Problematic 10

1107 Badly distorted 11

1106 12

1105 13

1104 14

1103 15

1102 16

1101 17

1100 18

1099 19

1098 20

1097 21

1096 22

1095 23

1094 24

1093 25

1092 26

1091 27

1090 28

1089 29

1088 30

1087 31

1086 32

1085 33

1084 34

1083 35

1082 36

1081 37

1080 38 1 Samuel 25:1

1079 39 1 Samuel 27; 29:3

1078 40 2 Samuel 5:4 Saul dies in battle

1077Starts late,

adding 1 year1

2 Samuel 2:10-11

1076 2

1075 3

1074 4

1073 5

1072 6

1071 7 2 Samuel 5:5 David ruled Judah and Israel 33½ years

1070 8

1069 9

1068 10

JW Chronology (1944)

Saul "young" (unmarried) when he meets Samuel

Saul's reign begins (20 years per Antiquities )

Length of reign asserted in Acts not consistent with ages

and events of Samuel, Saul, Ish-bosheth and David

Saul

Syrian/

Persian

Comments

1 Samuel 15:26

1 Samuel 16:1-13

1 Samuel 16:14-23

1 Samuel 17:55-58

1 Samuel 18:1-5

1 Samuel 18:9-11

1 Samuel 19–24

Saul rejected as king (again) for failing to kill Agag

From once David is a teenager until Samuel's death:

* Samuel secretly anoints David

* Saul orders "David, the son of Jesse" to play harp

* Saul asks whose son David is (not in Septuagint )

* David's 'covenant' with Jonathan (not in Septuagint )

* Saul tries to kill David

* David goes into hiding

No

t assig

ne

d to

sp

ecific

ye

ars

Assyrian

KingsBabylonian Kings

Year

David

The Watch Tower Society assumes that reigns for Judah

and Israel are Nisan-based, and arbitrarily includes some

accession years as part of the reign. Ezekiel counts Nisan-

based years of exile.

resolved by causing other problems. 'Badly distorted'

indicates reigns that cannot be reconciled without also

changing lengths of reigns and/or order of events.

"Starts late" indicates in relative terms

that the reign should start during the

same year as the previous king's final

year; it does not refer to the assignment

of absolute years

Saul

40 years

1/2/-

2/-

-/1

David

40 years

Starting years of reign for nations other than Judah and Israel

are a 'best fit' for the relevant events where no specific years

are suggested by the Watch Tower Society. By default, this is

determined by adding the number of years that the Watch

Tower Society has inserted into the the Judean monarchy

after that point to the actual start year. Lengths of reign for

these kings are per secular sources.

General Notes

Year Year

David hides at Gath for 1 year & 4 months

Samuel is already old before he meets Saul

Shaded scriptures or reigns show events

relative to another reign or event,

indicating likely time of year, or a possible

range of years.

'Distorted' indicates changes to the start

(but not duration) of reigns. 'Problematic'

indicates issues that can only be

Scriptures

Ish-bosheth

2 years(see comments)

-/1/2

-/1/2/-

-/1/2/-

-/1/2/-

Samuel dies (18th year of Saul per Antiquities )

David

40 years

Jonathan old enough to lead an army in Saul's 2nd

year

Saul rejected as king for making a burnt offering

Ish-bosheth's reign may start just after Saul's death,

towards end of 7½ years, or somewhere between; dash

indicates year may be before (-/) or after (/-) his reign

Year (BCE)

Tyrian

Kings

Egyptian Kings

(Pharaohs)

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Judah Israel

Judah Israel

JW Chronology (1944)Syrian/

Persian

CommentsAssyrian


Year Year Year


ScripturesYear (BCE)

Tyrian

Kings

Egyptian Kings

(Pharaohs)

1067 11

1066 12

1065 13

1064 14

1063 15

1062 16

1061 17

1060 18

1059 19

1058 20

1057 21

1056 22

1055 23

1054 24

1053 25

1052 26

1051 27

1050 28

1049 29

1048 30

1047 31

1046 32 2 Samuel 5:11

1045 33

1044 34

1043 35

1042 36

1041 37

1040 38

1039 39

1038 40

1037 11 Kings 11:42

1 Kings 2:36,39

1036 2

1035 3 1 Kings 2:39,46

1034 4

1 Kings 5:1

1 Kings 6:1,37

1033 5

1032 6 1 Kings 9:11

1031 7

1030 8

1029 9

1028 10

1027 11 1 Kings 6:38

1026 12

1025 13

1024 14

1023 15

1022 16

1021 17

1020 18

1019 19

1018 20

1017 21

1016 22

1015 23

1014 241 Kings 7:1

1 Kings 9:10-11

Death of Shimei

Hiram provided Solomon with cedars

Temple construction begins; foundations completed

(2nd month [May])

Solomon

Solomon's house completed

Solomon gave 20 cities to Hiram

Temple completed (8th month [November])

David

Hira

m I

Hiram I actually began to reign 980 BCE.

The established length of his reign can be

reconciled with the Watch Tower Society's

chronology.

Solomon

40 years

Hiram (king of Tyre) provided David with cedars

Shimei ordered to remain in Jerusalem

David

40 years

Hiram provided timber and gold



Judah Israel

Judah Israel


Persian

CommentsAssyrian


Year Year Year



Tyrian

Kings

Egyptian Kings

(Pharaohs)

1013 25

1012 26

1011 27

1010 28

1009 29

1008 30

1007 31

1006 32

1005 33

1004 34

1003 35

1002 36

1001 37

1000 38

999 39

998 401 Kings 11:40

997 1 11 Kings 14:21

Ezekiel 4:5

996 2 2 1

995 3 3 2

994 4 4 3

993 5 5 4 1 Kings 14:25

992 6 6 5

991 7 7 6

990 8 8 7

989 9 9 8

988 10 10 9

987 11 11 10

986 12 12 11

985 13 13 12

984 14 14 13

983 15 15 14

982 16 16 15

981 17 17 16

980 1 18 17 1 Kings 15:1-2

979 2 19 18

978 3 0 20 191 Kings 15:9-10

Insight 1, p. 464Asa & Abijah

977 1 21 20 Nadab

976 2Nadab

2 years1 22 21

1 Kings 14:20; 15:25

975 3 2 1 22 1 Kings 15:28,33

974 4 2 23

973 5 3 24

972 6 4 25

971 7 5 26

970 8 6 27

969 9 7 28 2 Chronicles 14:1,6 End of 10 years of peace in Judah

968 10 8 29

967 11 9 30

966 12 10 31

965 13 11 32

964 14 12 33

Abijah

3 years

Asa

41 years

Baasha

24 years

Abijah

Asa's rule 'evidently' counts from following year

Israel's

guilt

Start of Israel's 390 years of guilt

RehoboamRehoboam

17 years

Solomon

40 years

Jeroboam

22 years

Solomon

Jeroboam hides in Egypt until Solomon's death during

reign of Shishak (Shoshenq)

Shishak (Shoshenq) attacks Jerusalem

Jeroboam

BaashaAsa

Shoshenq I actually began to reign

943 BCE.

22nd

Dynasty

Shoshenq I

(Hedjkheperre-setepenre)



chronology.

Osorkon I actually began to reign

922 BCE.



chronology. He is mentioned in Insight as

the successor of Shoshenq I.

Osorkon I

(Sekhemkheperre-setepenre)



Judah Israel

Judah Israel


Persian

CommentsAssyrian


Year Year Year



Tyrian

Kings

Egyptian Kings

(Pharaohs)

963 15 13 34 1 Kings 15:18-21

962 16 14 352 Chronicles 16:1

Insight 1, p. 184

961 17 15 36

960 18 16 37

959 19 17 38

958 20 18 39

957 21 19 40

956 22 20 41

955 23 21 42

954 24 22 43

953 25 23 44 Elah

952 26Elah

2 years1 24 45

1 Kings 16:8

951 27 2 1 46 1 Kings 16:10,15,21-22

950 Phelles 28 2 47

949 29 3 48

948 30 4 49

947 31 5 50 1 Kings 16:22-23

946 32 6 51

945 33 7 52 1 Kings 16:23 Samaria becomes Israel's capital

944 34 8 53

943 35 9 54

942 36 10 55

941 37 11 56

940 38 1 12 57 1 Kings 16:29

939 39 2 582 Chronicles 16:12 Asa gets sick

938 40 3 59 Jehosh. & Asa

937 0 41 4 60

1 Kings 22:41-42

2 Chronicles 20:31

Insight 1, p. 465

936 1 5 61

935 2 6 62

934 3 7 63 1 Kings 16:31

933 4 8 64 Insight 1, p. 766

932 5 9 65 Against Apion , I, 123

931 6 10 66

930 7 11 67

929 8 12 68

928 9 13 69

927 10 14 70

926 11 15 71

925 12 16 72 Insight 1, p. 388, 418

924 13 17 73

923 14 18 74 1 Kings 22:1-2

922 15 19 75 Ahaziah

921 16 20 76

920 17 21 0 771 Kings 22:51

Insight 1, p. 465

919 18 (1) 22 1 (1) 78

2 Kings 3:1

Insight 1, p. 465

918 19 (2) 2 (2) 79Monolith Inscription of

Shalmaneser III

917 20 (3) 1 80

2 Kings 1:17

Insight 1, p. 465

916 21 (4) 2 81

915 22 (5) 3 82

914 23 (6) 4 83

The established length of his

reign can be reconciled with

the Watch Tower Society's

chronology.




chronology. He is mentioned

once in Insight .

Jehoshaphat

25 years

Jehoram(with

Jehoshaphat)

Ben-Hadad II became co-

regent with Ben-Hadad I in

880 BCE, and began his sole

reign in 864 BCE.

Ha

da

de

ze

r ( Be

n-H

ad

ad

II)


reign can only be reconciled

with the Watch Tower

Society's chronology by

introducting a spurious period

prior to his sole reign, either

by lengthening his co-regency

with Ben-Hadad I, lengthening

one or both sole reigns, or

introducing other unknown

kings.

Itho

ba

al I

( Eth

ba

al)

Shalmaneser III actually began to reign

859 BCE.



chronology.

Ithobaal I actually began to reign 878 BCE.



chronology.

Ashurnasirpal II actually began to reign

884 BCE. Although the Watch Tower Society

acknowledges that Ashurnasirpal II actually

reigned during the 9th century BCE, this

cannot be reconciled with the Watch Tower

Society's chronology for Shalmaneser III

without further distorting some or all of the

reigns of Ben-Hadad I, Ben-Hadad II, Hazael

Ben-Hadad III, Ashurnasirpal II and

Shalmaneser III.



chronology. He is mentioned once in Insight

as the predecessor of Ethbaal.

Phelles actually began to reign 879 BCE.

The established length of his reign cannot be


chronology. In his 6th

year, Shalmaneser III

was at war with Ahab of Israel and Ben-Hadad

II of Syria (Battle of Karkar). The Watch Tower

Society rejects Assyrian records associating

Shalmaneser III with Ahab.

As

hu

rna

sirp

al II

Be

n-H

ad

ad

I & B

en

-Ha

da

d II

12 hypothetical years. See

note on page 6.

Tu

ku

lti-Nin

urta

IIS

ha

lma

ne

se

r III

12

hyp

oth

etic

al y

ea

rs o

f un

kn

ow

n re

ign

Tukulti-Ninurta II actually

began to reign 891 BCE.

Ben-Hadad I actually began

to reign 885 BCE. Asa's bribe

to Ben-Hadad I should be

near the end of Baasha's

reign, however the Watch

Tower Society begins Ben-

Hadad's reign prior to Asa's

16th

year.

Ignores

co-regency,

adding 3 years

Asa pays Ben-Hadad to fight Baasha

Baasha

24 years

Omri

Baasha attacks Judah; '36' could be a scribal error for '16',

or could mean 36th year of divided kingdom

Jehoshaphat

Peace between Israel & Syria for 3 years

Baasha

Asa Zimri,

Omri/Tibni

Jehoram (son of Ahab) began to reign 2nd

year of Jehoram

(son of Jehoshaphat) (Reign of Ahaziah 'may have been

credited to Jehoram')

Jehoram

Ashurnasirpal II reigned in the 9th century BCE

Omri

12 years

Ahaziah

2 years

Ahab

22 years

See note for

Shalmaneser

III

Begins co-

regencies late,

adding 3 years

Be

n-H

ad

ad

I

Sh

alm

an

es

er III

Ahab

Osorkon I

(Sekhemkheperre-setepenre)

Jehoshaphat's rule 'evidently' counts from following year

Ahab is 'evidently' still alive; Ahaziah's reign 'may count'

from following year

Ahab and Ben-Hadad II both involved in the Battle of

Karkar in the 6th year of Shalmaneser III

Ahab marries Jezebel, daughter of Ethbaal. Based on

Ethbaal's age, unlikely to be earlier than indicated here.

Jehoram (son of Ahab) began to reign 18th year of

Jehoshaphat (Jehoram 'becomes associated in some way

with government')

Zimri (7 days)

Omri(rivaly with Tibni)

Jehoram

12 yearsJehoram(co-regent)

Asa

41 years



Judah Israel

Judah Israel


Persian

CommentsAssyrian


Year Year Year



Tyrian

Kings

Egyptian Kings

(Pharaohs)

913 24 1 5 84

2 Kings 8:16

2 Chronicles 21:5,20

Insight 1, p. 465

Black Obelisk of

Shalmaneser

912 25 2 6 85

911 3 7 86 Insight 1, p. 465 Jehoram (son of Jehoshaphat) 'becomes sole ruler'

910 4 8 87 Ahaziah

909 5 9 88 2 Kings 1:17; 8:15

908 6 10 89

907 7 11 90 Insight 1, p. 465 Ahaziah (of Judah) 'perhaps anointed 907BCE'

906

Ahaziah(aka Azariah,

Jehoahaz)

1 year

1 8 12 91

2 Kings 9:29

2 Kings 8:25-26

2 Chronicles 22:2

Black Obelisk of

Shalmaneser

905 1Starts late,

adding 1 year0 92

2 Kings 10:36

2 Kings 11:3

Insight 1, p. 465

904 2 1 93

903 3 2 94Black Obelisk of

Shalmaneser

902 4 3 95

901 5 4 96

900 6 5 97

899 7 6 98

898 1 7 99 2 Kings 11:21-12:1

897 2 8 100

896 3 9 101

895 4 10 102

894 5 11 103

893 6 12 104

892 7 13 105

891 8 14 106

890 9 15 107

889 10 16 108

888 11 17 109

887 12 18 110

886 13 19 111

885 14 20 112

884 15 21 113

883 16 22 114

882 17 23 115

881 18 24 116

880 19 25 117

879 20 26 118

878 21 27 119

877 22 28 120

876 23Starts late,

adding 1 year1 121

2 Kings 12:6,17

2 Kings 13:1

875 24 2 122

874 25 3 123 2 Kings 13:3,22

873 26 4 124

872 27 5 125

871 28 6 126

870 29 7 127

869 30 8 128

868 31 9 129

867 32 10 130

866 33 11 131

865 34 12 132

864 35 13 133

863 36 14 134 Amaziah

Jehoram(with

Jehoshaphat)

Jehoram

8 years

Ha

da

de

ze

r ( Be

n-H

ad

ad

II)

Ad

ad

-nira

ri III

Shamshi-Adad V actually began to reign

824 BCE.



chronology. He is mentioned in Insight as the

successor of Shalmaneser III and predecessor

of Adad-nirari III.




chronology.

Sh

alm

an

es

er III

Sh

am

sh

i-Ad

ad

VA

da

d-n

irari III

Hazael actually began to reign

in 842 BCE.

Ha

za

el

Jehu

11th year (Nisan-based) of Jehoram (son of Ahab)

12th year (Tishri-based) of Jehoram (son of Ahab)

In his 18th year, Shalmaneser III at war with Hazael

Jehoash

Jehoram

Hazael oppressed Israel throughout reign of Jehoahaz

Jehu

28 years

1 year too long

Jehoash

40 years

Amaziah &

Jehoash

Jehoash

Athaliah

Hazael attacks Jerusalem

It 'seems his years of kingship' begin the following year

Hazael becomes king during reign of Jehoram

Jehoahaz

17 years

Jehoram

Jehoram (son of Jehoshaphat) began to reign 5th year of

Jehoram (son of Ahab)

Jehoram becomes co-regent with Jehoshapahat, again

In his 11th year, Shalmaneser III at war with Hadadezer

Jehoahaz

In his 21st year, Shalmaneser III at war with Hazael

Athaliah

6 years

Starts late,

adding 1 year

Jehoram

12 years



Judah Israel

Judah Israel


Persian

CommentsAssyrian


Year Year Year



Tyrian

Kings

Egyptian Kings

(Pharaohs)

862 37 (1) 15 1352 Kings 13:10

Insight 1, p. 465

861 38 (2) 16 136 2 Kings 13:24-25

860 39 (3) 17 137

859 40 1 138

858 1 2 1392 Kings 14:1,2

2 Kings 14:21

857 2 3 140

856 3 4 141

855 4 5 142

854 5 6 143

853 6 7 144

852 7 8 145

851 8 9 146

850 9 10 147

849 10 11 148

848 11 12 149

847 12 13 150

846 13 14 151

845 14 15 152

2 Kings 14:23

Insight 1, p. 203

843 16 2 154

842 17 3 155

841 18 4 156

840 19 5 157

839 20 6 158

838 21 7 159

837 22 8 160

836 23 9 161

835 24 10 162

834 25 11 163

833 26 12 164

832 27 13 165

831 28 14 166

830 29 15 167

829 1 16 1682 Kings 14:17

2 Chronicles 26:1,3

Azariah began to reign 15 years after Jehoash's death

828 2 17 169

827 3 18 170Amos 1:1

826 4 19 171

825 5 20 172

824 6 21 173

823 7 22 174

822 8 23 175

821 9 24 176

820 10 25 177

819 11 26 178

818 12 27 179

2 Kings 15:1,2

Insight 1, p. 465

817 13 28 180

816 14 29 181

815 15 30 182

814 16 31 183

813 17 32 184

812 18 33 185

844

A period of 48 extra years (12

years between the established

co-regency of Ben-Hadad I &

Ben-Hadad II and the sole

reign of Ben-Hadad II on page

4, and 36 years between the

reigns of Ben-Hadad III and

Rezin on this page) appears

in the Watch Tower Society's

chronology. (This is in

addition to any intervening

kings who may have reigned

during the period secular

sources tentatively assign to

Rezin.) These gaps are

created as a result of the 48

extra years that the Watch

Tower Society adds to the

Judean monarchy. Also see

notes for Assyria on next

page.

36

ye

ars

of h

yp

oth

etic

al u

nkn

ow

n k

ing

s

In the established secular history, the reigns of

Shalmaneser IV, Ashur-dan III and Ashur-

nirari V account for the entire period between

the reigns of Adad-nirari III and Tiglath-Pileser

III. When Insight briefly mentions these three

kings, it vaguely claims the period "included"

their reigns, leaving a spurious period of 48

years before the reign of Tiglath-Pileser III.

See note on next page.

Ashur-nirari V actually began to reign

754 BCE.

Ad

ad

-nira

ri IIIS

ha

lma

ne

se

r IVA

sh

ur-d

an

III

Shalmaneser IV actually began to reign

782 BCE.

Ashur-dan III actually began to reign

772 BCE.

Amaziah

Azariah began to reign 27th year of Jeroboam

Azariah 'became king in some special sense, possibly now

free from domination'

Ignores

co-regency,

adding 12

years

Jehoash

16 years

Starts late,

adding 1 year

Amaziah

29 years

Azariah

(aka Uzziah)

52 years

Ignores

co-regency,

adding 24 years

Jeroboam

41 years

Jehoash(with Jehoahaz)

16 115

Jeroboam(none)

Adad-nirari III 'may be' king

Jehoash at war with Syria during reign of Ben-Hadad III

Jehoash

Azariah

Earliest year for earthquake is 42 years earlier than

earliest geological estimates

Jehoash is 'evidently associated in the kingship'

153

Rezin

Jehoash

40 years

Be

n-H

ad

ad

III

Adad-nirari III actually began to reign

811 BCE.

The established length of his reign is

problematic in the Watch Tower Society's

chronology. Insight suggests that Adad-nirari

III 'may be the Assyrian king' in 844 BCE.




chronology.

Ben-Hadad III actually began

to reign in 796 BCE.

Ash

ur-n

irari V



Judah Israel

Judah Israel


Persian

CommentsAssyrian


Year Year Year



Tyrian

Kings

Egyptian Kings

(Pharaohs)

811 19 34 186Amos 1:1

810 20 35 187

809 21 36 188

808 22 37 189

807 23 38 190

806 24 39 191

805 25 40 192

804 26 41 193

803 27 1942 Kings 14:29

Insight 1, p. 465

802 28 195Amos 1:1

801 29 196

800 30 197

799 31 198

798 32 199

797 33 200

796 34 201

795 35 202

794 36 203

793 37 204

792 38Zechariah

6 months1 205

2 Kings 15:8

Shallum (1 month) 206

Adding 1 year

790 40 1 2072 Kings 15:19-20

Assyrian inscription

789 41 2 208 Zechariah

788 42 3 209

787 43 4 210

786 44 5 211

785 45 6 212International Geology

Review 42 p.657–671

784 46 7 213

783 47 8 214

782 48 9 215

781 49 10 216

780 50 1 217 2 Kings 15:23

779 51 2 218

778 52 1 2192 Kings 15:27

Isaiah 6:1(none)

777 1 2 220 2 Kings 15:32

776 2 3 221

775 3 4 222

774 4 5 223

773 5 6 224

772 6 7 225

771 7 8 226

770 8 9 227

769 9 10 228

768 10 11 229

767 11 12 230

766 12 13 231

765 13 14 232

764 14 15 233

Rezin

In addition to the spurious 48-

year gap, the established

length of his reign cannot

easily be reconciled with the

Watch Tower Society's

chronology. See note below.

A gap of 48 years appears between the reigns

of Ashur-nirari V and Tiglath-Pileser III.

The Watch Tower Society asserts that the

'390 years of Israel's guilt' (Ezekiel 4:5) ends

with Jerusalem's destruction (which it assigns

to 607 BCE) instead of the subsequent

judgement of Babylon (539 BCE)—a

difference of 68 years. As the Watch Tower

Society extends the Neo-Babylonian period by

20 years, it leaves a remainder of 48 years

unaccounted for.

Whilst the Watch Tower Society does not

assign specific years for reigns of other

nations, changing the starting points (but not

lengths) of any of the reigns simply

redistributes the anomalous 48-years rather

than accounting for it.

Jotham

Jeroboam

41 years

Zechariah 'began to reign in some sense' but 'evidently

kingship was not fully confirmed'

Latest year for earthquake is 17 years earlier than earliest

geological estimates

Spurious

vacancy,

adding 12

years

Pekah

20 years

2 Kings 15:13,17

Insight 1, p. 4650

Shallum,

Menahem

Pekah

Pekahiah

Isaiah starts prophesying

'It seems' that Menahem's reign is counted from the

following year

AzariahZechariah began to reign 38th year of Azariah

(vacant?)

Amos prophesies during reigns of Uzziah & Jeroboam, 2

years before earthquake

Earliest possible date for Amos' earthquake [760BCE ±25

years]

Menahem pays tribute to Pul (Tiglath-Pileser III)

Rezin is thought to have

begun his reign 792 BCE, as

the successor of Ben-Hadad

III. He may have been co-

regent with Ben-Hadad III at

the beginning of the period, or

the period may include an

intervening king.

791

Azariah

(aka Uzziah)

52 years

Ignores

co-regency,

adding 11

years

Jotham

16 years

Menahem

10 yearsSee note at left

Pekahiah

2 years

Ignores

Pekah's

rivalry with

Menahem &

co-regency

with

Pekahiah,

adding 10

years

39

Ashur-

nirari V

48

ad

ditio

na

l ye

ars

attrib

ute

d to

Tig

lath

-Pile

se

r III an

d o

the

r hyp

oth

etic

al u

nkn

ow

n k

ing

s



Judah Israel

Judah Israel


Persian

CommentsAssyrian


Year Year Year



Tyrian

Kings

Egyptian Kings

(Pharaohs)

763 15 16 234

762Jotham

16 years0 16 17 235

2 Kings 16:1,2

Insight 1, p. 466

761 1 17 18 236

760 2 18 19 237International Geology

Review 42 p.657–671

759 3 19 20 238 1

Isaiah 7:1, 8

2 Kings 15:9; 16:5-9


2 Kings 15:29

1 Chronicles 5:26

Insight 1, p. 466

Ahaz & Jotham

758 4 20 239 2

2 Kings 15:30

Insight 1, p. 466

757 5 240 3

756 6 241 4

755 7 242 5

754 8 243 6

753 9 244 7

752 10 245 8

751 11 246 9

750 12 247 10 2 Kings 17:1

749 13 248 11

748 14 1 249 12

747 15 2 250 13

251 14

745 1 4 252 15Assyrian inscription

744 2 5 253 16

743 3 6 254 17

2 Kings 18:9

2 Kings 17:4

2 Kings 17:3-5

741 5 8 256 19

740 Neo-Assyrian Rule 17 6 9 257 20 2 Kings 18:10

739Tiglath-Pileser III

18 7Fall of Israel

258 212 Kings 17:24

738 19 0 8 259 22 Assyrian inscription

737 1 9 260 23

736 2 10 261 24

735 3 11 262 25

734 4 12 263 26

733 0 5 13 264 27

732 1 14 265 28

2 Kings 18:13-16

Isaiah 36:1

2 Kings 19:8, 9

2 Kings 20:1,6

Isaiah 38:5

2 Kings 20:12

Isaiah 39:1

731 2 15 266 29

730 3 16 267 30

729 4 17 268 31

Tiglath-Pileser III actually began to reign

745 BCE.

The established length of his reign

cannot be reconciled with the Watch

Tower Society's chronology. Assyrian

records indicate that the reign of Tiglath-

Pileser III was contemporary with the

reigns of Uzziah, Ahaz, Menahem,

Pekah and Hoshea. The Watch Tower

Society acknowledges that he was

contemporary with these kings, but its

reckoning requires that Tiglath-Pileser III

reigned a minimum of 34 years.

Rezin

Shalmaneser V actually began to

reign 727 BCE.


cannot easily be reconciled with


chronology. See note above.

7

8

9

Jotham

Jotham

Hezekiah 'evidently began to rule' but first year counted

from following year

Inscription about Tiglath-Pileser's campaign mentions

Hoshea

4th year of Hezekiah is 7

th year of Hoshea

Hoshea conspires with Pharaoh So (Osorkon IV)

Sennacherib attacks Judah

Tribute paid to Sennacherib

Tirhakah attacks Assyria

Hezekiah gets sick, 15 years added

Merodach-Baladan writes to Hezekiah during reign of

Sennacherib

Hezekiah

Sargon "besieged and conquered Samaria"

6th year of Hezekiah is 9

th year of Hoshea

King of Assyria repopulates Samaria with people from

Babylon

6

3

2

3

1

4 7

Pekah

20 years

Pekah

20 years

Hoshea?

Spurious

reign, adding

10 years

(none)

Pekah

Pekah

'65 years for Ephraim' begin during reign of Ahaz & Pekah

Ahaz pays tribute to Tiglath-Pileser to kill Rezin during

reign of Pekah

Exiles taken by Tiglath-Pileser during Pekah's reign

Ahaz 'evidently became tributary to Tiglath-Pileser III'

Hoshea killed Pekah 20th year of Jotham

Hoshea 'began to reign' but 'it seems' control was

established or 'possibly he received backing' in 748BCE

Ahaz

Hoshea became king in the 12th year of Ahaz

Hoshea

10

18Shalmaneser imprisons Hoshea; beginning of 3-year siege

against Samaria

Geological estimate for Amos' earthquake ±25 years

Ahaz deposes Jotham 17th year of Pekah

Ahaz 'evidently began to rule' but 'first regnal year' is

counted from following year

Osorkon IV actually began to

reign 740 BCE.

Marduki-apla-iddina II

(Merodach-

Baladan)

Sa

rgo

n II

742

746


can be reconciled with the Watch

Tower Society's chronology.

Sh

alm

an

eser

V


cannot be reconciled with the


chronology. Events attributed to

Sargon occur before and after

Hezekiah's 14th year, when

Sennacherib is supposed to be

king. The Watch Tower Society

rejects both the total length of

Sargon's reign, and the dating of

his attack on Ashdod.

Shalmaneser V

Os

ork

on

IV

(Akh

ep

erre

-se

tep

en

am

un

)

Ignores Ahaz'

separate

period of

rivalry,

subtracting 4

years

Hezekiah

29 years

See notes for

Sargon II and

Sennacherib

Tig

lath

-Pile

se

r III

Sargon II actually began to reign

722 BCE.

Rezin

Ahaz

16 years

16 0

Jotham

16 years

255

2 Kings 16:20

2 Kings 18:1-2

Isaiah 14:28

Insight 1, p. 466

4

Hoshea

9 years

5

Tig

lath

-Pile

se

r III4

8 a

dd

ition

al y

ea

rs a

ttribu

ted

to T

igla

th-P

ilese

r III an

d o

the

r hyp

oth

etic

al u

nkn

ow

n k

ing

s

The interconnected reigns of Shalmaneser V,

Sargon II, Sennacherib, Merodach-baladan, Esar-

Haddon, Ashurbanipal, Osorkon IV and Taharqa all

begin 11 years too early to synchronise with events

for Judah in the Watch Tower Society's chronology

(in addition to other problems indicated in notes for

individual kings). However, the Watch Tower

Society's chronology for the kings of Israel has a

discrepancy of 17 years during the same period. If

the interconnected reigns are placed another

6 years earlier, in order to better synchronise with

events affecting kings of Israel (and Syria),

problems with the established lengths (but not

starting points) of the reigns of Shalmaneser V &

Esar-Haddon can be resolved. The Watch Tower

Society's reckoning of events relating to Tiglath-

Pileser III cannot be resolved without significantly

distorting the length of his reign.



Judah Israel

Judah Israel


Persian

CommentsAssyrian


Year Year Year



Tyrian

Kings

Egyptian Kings

(Pharaohs)

728 5 18 269 32

727 6 19 270 33

726 7 20 271 34

725 8 21 272 35

724 9 22 273 36

723 10 23 274 37

722 11 24 275 38

721 12 25 276 39

720 13 26 277 40

719 14 27 278 41

718 15 28 279 42

717 16 29 280 43

716 0 17 1 281 44 2 Kings 21:1

715 1 2 282 45

714 0 3 283 46

713 1 4 284 47

712 5 285 48

711 0 6 286 49

710 1 7 287 50

709 2 8 288 51

708 3 9 289 52

707 4 10 290 53

706 5 11 291 54

705 6 12 292 55

704 13 293 56

703 14 294 57

702 15 295 58

701 16 296 59

700 16 17 297 60

699 17 18 298 61

698 18 19 299 62

697 19 20 300 63

696 20 21 301 64

695 21 22 302 65Isaiah 7:8

Ezra 4:2

694 22 23 303

693 23 24 304

692 24 0 25 305

691 1 26 306

690 2 27 307

689 3 28 308 Assyrian inscription

688 4 29 3092 Chronicles 33:11


687 5 30 310

686 6 31 311

685 7 32 312

684 Assyrian occupation 8 33 313



681 11 36 316

680 12 37 317

Ashur-

nadin-

shumi

actually

began to

reign 700

BCE.

The established length of his reign can

be reconciled with the Watch Tower

Society's chronology. He is briefly

mentioned in Insight .



chronology, which asserts that Sennacherib is

king during Hezekiah's 14th year, before

Sargon's attack on Ashdod. The Watch Tower

Society claims Sargon had a shorter reign.

However, an earlier start of Sennacherib's

reign irreconcilably distorts events during the

reign of his successor, Esar-Haddon.

Sargon II

The length of his reign can be reconciled with

the Watch Tower Society's chronology.

However, Merodach-Baladan's letter to

Hezekiah was sent when Merodach-Baladan

was contemporary with Sennacherib. The

discrepancy is a result of the Watch Tower

Society's mishandling of the reigns of

Hezekiah, Sargon II and Sennacherib.

Tirh

ak

ah

/Ta

ha

rqa


cannot easily be reconciled with


chronology. See note on the

previous page.

Essarhadon

Ashur-nadin-shumi

Esar-Haddon

25

26

45

59

27

28

49

34

31

37

58 (Watch Tower Society gives Manasseh as contemporary

with Esar-Haddon's actual first year of reign in 681 BCE)

52

20

11

13

12

14

17

15

18

19

23

41

42

46

38

54

57

43

Sargon attacks Ashdod

9th or 11

th year of Sargon

Manasseh taken captive by king of Assyria

Manasseh pays tribute to Esar-Haddon (see 681 BCE)

Esar-Haddon wounds Taharqa and rules over Egypt

Hezekiah

End of 65 years for Ephraim, during reign of Esar-Haddon

50

51

55

Manasseh pays tribute to Ashurbanipal (see 669 BCE)

Taharqa revolts against Ashurbanipal

Manasseh

36

30

35

47

29

Ignores

co-regency,

adding 11 years

22

Sennacherib actually began to reign

705 BCE.

Marduk-zakir-shumi II

(a few months),

Merodach-Baladan

(9 months)

Sennacherib

Sennacherib

Marduki-apla-iddina II

(Merodach-

Baladan)

Sa

rgo

n II

Merodach-Baladan actually began to reign

722 BCE (for 12 years), and reigned for

another 9 months during 702 BCE.

Hezekiah

29 years

Manasseh

55 years

Taharqa actually began to reign

690 BCE.

Isaiah 20:1

Assyrian inscription16

24

53

33

39

40

32

44

21

48

56

Aššurbanipal

Se

nn

ac

he

ribE

sa

r-Ha

dd

on




chronology, as Taharqa's reign

was contemporary with that of

Hezekiah, Esar-Haddon and

Ashurbanipal.

Esar-Haddon actually began to

reign 681 BCE.



Judah Israel

Judah Israel


Persian

CommentsAssyrian


Year Year Year



Tyrian

Kings

Egyptian Kings

(Pharaohs)

679 38 318

678 39 319

677 40 320

676 41 321

675 42 322

674 43 323

673 44 324

672 45 325

671 46 326

670 47 327

669 48 328

668 49 329

667 50 330

666 51 331

665 52 332

664 53 333

663 54 334

662 55 335

661 1 336 2 Kings 21:19

660 2 337

659 1 338 2 Kings 22:1

658 2 339

657 3 340

656 4 341

655 5 342

654 6 343

653 7 344

652 8 345

651 9 346

650 10 347

649 11 348

648 12 349

647 13

Year of

Jeremiah

prophesying

1 350 1

Jeremiah 1:2

Ezekiel 4:6-7

646 0 14 2 351 2

645 1 15 3 352 3

644 2 16 4 353 4

643 3 17 5 354 5

641 5 19 7 356 7

640 6 20 8 357 8

639 7 21 9 358 9

638 8 22 10 359 10

637 9 23 11 360 11

636 10 24 12 361 12

635 11 25 13 362 13

634 12 26 14 363 14

633 13 27 15 364 15

632 14 28 16 365 16 BM 21901 , 47

631 15 29 17 366 17

630 16 30 18 367 18

629

Assyrian

Empire

ended17 31 19 368 19

2 Kings 23:29

2 Chronicles 35:20

Jehoahaz

3 months1

1

627 19 2 21 370 21

626 20 3 22 371 22


cannot be reconciled with the Watch

Tower Society's chronology. Secular

sources assign from 38 to 42 years for

Ashurbanipal's reign. Neither allows

enough time for the subsequent Assyrian

reigns (see note for Ashur-etil-ilani, Sin-

shumu-lishir and Sin-shar-ishkun).

Additionally, his reign should not overlap

that of Nabopolassar.

Nabopolassar actually began to reign

626 BCE.



Tower Society's chronology only if

ignoring the fact that his reign

should not overlap that of Necho

II. He is mentioned in Insight as

the father of Necho.

Ashurbanipal actually began to reign

669 BCE.

Sin-shumu-lishir began to reign

no earlier than 626 BCE.

Sin

-shum

u-lis

hir (1

yr)

Sin

-sh

ar-is

hku

n(S

in-s

harra

-ishkun)




chronology. The Watch Tower

Society assigns him a shorter

reign than that given in secular

sources. The anarchy in Assyria

and dominance of Babylonia

account for the absence of

financial records in the latter part

of his reign, when records would

more likely refer to years of

Nabopolassar. He is mentioned in

Part 1 of the Watch Tower

Society's 2011 attempt to defend

607 BCE.

Sin-shar-ishkun began to reign

no earlier than 627 BCE.

Limited records are available for

the reigns of Ashur-etil-ilani and

Sin-shumu-lishir. Their reigns


Tower Society's chronology only if

ignoring their placement relative to

Nabo-polassar. They are

mentioned in Part 1 of the Watch

Tower Society's 2011 attempt to

defend 607 BCE.

Ashur-etil-ilani began to reign no

earlier than 631 BCE.




Ashur-uballit II actually began to

reign 612 BCE.

Ashur-

etil-ilani

Josiah

31 years

87

88

89

90

96

94

91

95

98

99

100

93

18

106

107

108

109

101

102

105

Eliakim

(aka Jehoiakim)

11 years

20

104

369

66

68

61

79

78

70

64

67

72

75

65

63

62

60

Amon

69Manasseh

(Watch Tower Society gives Manasseh as contemporary

with Ashurbanipal's actual first year of reign in 669 BCE)71

18

Amon

2 years

Manasseh

55 years

The established length of his reign can

be reconciled with the Watch Tower

Society's chronology only if ignoring the

fact that his reign should not overlap that

of Ashurbanipal.

Necho II

(Wehemibre)

Ashur-

uballit II

Psa

mm

etic

hu

s I

(Wa

hib

re/P

sa

mtik

I)

Psammetichus I actually began to

reign 664 BCE.

Josiah begins removing idols from Judea

"Book of the Law" found in temple

Start of Ezekiel's '30 years'

2 Chronicles 34:8

2 Kings 22:3, 8

Ezekiel 1:1

Josiah

6355976

20

2 Kings 23:31-36 Jehoahaz imprisoned by Pharaoh Necho,

installs Jehoiakim as king

83

84

Beginning of Jeremiah's prophesying

Start of Judah's 40 years of guilt

Josiah killed by Pharaoh Necho

Babylon captures Harran from Assyria

85

86

111

103

80

81

82

Babylon captures Nineveh

112

113

76

Jehoahaz,

Eliakim

110

628

Nabopolassar

92

77

73

74

642 4

Aššurbanipal

Tirh

ak

ah

As

en

ap

pa

r/

Ash

urb

an

ipa

l



Judah Israel

Judah Israel


Persian

CommentsAssyrian


Year Year Year



Tyrian

Kings

Egyptian Kings

(Pharaohs)

625 21 0 4 23 372 23

BM 21946 , 1-7

Jeremiah 45:1-5; 46:1-2

Jeremiah 36:1

Jeremiah 25:1-3

BM 21946 , 10-11

624 1 5 373 24 Jeremiah 36:9

623 2 6 374 25

622 3 7 375 26

621 4 8 376 27

620 5 9Years of

paying tribute 1 377 282 Kings 24:1

619 6 10 2 378 29

Jehoiachin

(3 months)1

617 8 1 2 380 31 Daniel 1:1,2

616 9 2 3 381 32

615 10 3 4 382 33 Daniel 1:5

614 11 4 5 383 34

Jeremiah 28:1

Jeremiah 29:10

Jeremiah 28:17

Jeremiah 51:59

613 12 5 6 384 35 Ezekiel 1:1-2

612 13 6 7 385 36 Ezekiel 8:1

611 14 7 8 386 37 Ezekiel 20:1

610 15 8 9 387 38

609 16 9 10 388 39

2 Kings 25:1

Jeremiah 39:1

Jeremiah 52:4

608 17 10 11 389 40

Ezekiel 29:1;30:20;31:1

Jeremiah 32:1

Ezekiel 26:1

Ezekiel 4:5

Jeremiah 40:13; 41:1-2

Jeremiah 44:30

Jeremiah 25:11

Jeremiah 25:17-18, 29

7th month [October]

Gedaliah killed

Jeremiah prophesies against Hophra1

Gedaliah (governor)

Zechariah 1:12 See 517BCE

Ezekiel 33:21

Ezekiel 32:1, 17

10th month [January]

12th month [March]

Daniel 2:1

Antiquities , Book X, 6.1

& 10.3

Daniel interprets dream 3rd

(2nd

regnal)

year of Nebuchadnezzar

Daniel interprets dream 2 years after

Battle of Carchemish

2 1

607



Tower Society's chronology only by

the omission of details about the

latter part of his reign, including his

alliance with Babylon in his

unsuccessful attempt to take back

the Egyptian throne from Amasis II.

606

Apries

(Hophra/Haaibre)

Nebuchadnezzar II actually began to reign

605 BCE.

Necho II actually began to reign

610 BCE.

Necho II

(Wehemibre)

125

126

132

128

11

Years since temple

destroyed

133

Mattaniah

(aka Zedekiah)

11 years

1

Years of siege

against Tyre

18

Gedaliah (governor)

Eliakim

(aka Jehoiakim)

11 years

19

11

7

127

13

129

130

131

118

119

12

115

116

124

114

123

41

Jeremiah 39:2

Jeremiah 52:6,7

Jeremiah 52:10-14,29

2 Kings 25:6-7

2 Kings 25:8-9

Jeremiah 1:3

2 Kings 25:25

Ezekiel 4:6-7

4th month [July]

City walls breached, exiles taken

Zedekiah taken exile, sons killed

5th month [August] - Temple destroyed, city

burned, Gedaliah made governor

End of Judah's 40 years of guilt

Babylo

n's

70 y

ears

390

117

Nebuchadnezzar



chronology. Events in the early part of his

reign are delayed and in the wrong order, and

there is no available period of inactivity to

allow for his alleged seven years of insanity.

Hophra actually began to reign

589 BCE.

Psa

mm

etic

hu

s I

1211

Year of exile

120

122

30

BM 21946 , rev., 6-7

2 Kings 24:1,2

BM 21946, rev., 9-10

2 Kings 24:8-11

BM 21946 , rev., 11

Mattaniah

Jehoiachin

5th month [August], Jeremiah indicates return of exiles

after Babylon's 70 years

Hananiah dies (7th month [October])

Prophecy against Babylon

379

Eliakim

End of Israel's 390 years of guilt (see note on

page 6)

End of training for children taken from Jerusalem

9th year of Zedekiah (10

th month [December]),

siege begins

Battle of Carchemish

Warnings of imminent calamity [August/September]

23rd

year of Jeremiah's prophesying

Nebuchadnezzar becomes king

Jehoiakim pays tribute for 3 years

Ezekiel starts to prophesy '30th year'

Annual fa

sts

Prophecies against Egypt (February, April, June)

Prophecy against Tyre

10th year of Zedekiah is 18

th (17

th regnal) of

Nebuchadnezzar

Nebuchadnezzar's 4th year, attacks Egypt

Jehoiakim refuses to pay tribute after 3 years

Marauder bands sent by Nebuchadnezzar

8th (7

th regnal) year of Nebuchadnezzar, siege begins

[December]

Fast proclaimed (9th month [December])

Captives and treasures taken

618






Judah Israel

Judah Israel


Persian

CommentsAssyrian


Year Year Year



Tyrian

Kings

Egyptian Kings

(Pharaohs)

605 20 2 1 14 3 2

604 21 3 2 15 4 3

603 22 4 3 16 5 4

602 23 5 4 17 Jeremiah 52:30 6 5

601 24 6 5 18 7 6

600 25 7 6 19 8 7

599 26 8 7 20 9 8

598 27 9 8 21 10 9

597 28 10 9 22 11 10

596 29 11 10 23 12 11

595 30 12 11 24 13 12

594 31 13 12 25 Ezekiel 40:1 14 13

593 32 14 13 26 15 14

592 33 15 (after fall of Tyre) 27Ezekiel 29:17-18

Prophecy against Egypt (1st month [April])

16 15

591 34 16 28 17 16

590 35 17 29

Hophra allies with Babylonian army to

challenge Amasis II 18 17

589 36 18 30 19 18

588 37 19 31 Ezekiel 29:13 'Possibly' Egypt's 40 years 20 19

587 38 20 1 32 21 20

586 39 21 2 33Amasis' reign legitimised by marrying

Hophra's daughter22 21

585 40 22 3 34 23 22

584 41 23 4 35 24 23

583 42 24 5 25 24

582 0 43 25 6 36 26 25

580 2 0 27 8 38 28 27

579 1 28 9 39 29 28

578 2 29 10 40 30 29

577 3 30 11 41 31 30

576Labashi-Marduk

2 months4 31 12 42 32 31

575 32 13 43 33 32

574 33 14 44 34 33

573 34 15 45 35 34

572 35 16 46 36 35

571 36 17 47 37 36

570 37 18 48 38 37

569 38 19 49 39 38

568 39 20 50 40 39

567 40 21 51 41 40

566 41 22 52 42 41

565 42 23 53 43 42

564 43 24 54 44 43

563 44 25 55 45 44

562 45 26 56 46 45

561 46 27 57 47 46

560 47 28 58 48 47

559 48 29 59 49 48

558 49 30 60 50 49

557 50 31 61 51 50

556 51 32 62 52 51

555 1 52 33 63 53 52

554 2 53 34 64 54 53

581



Watch Tower Society's chronology.

The Watch Tower Society does not

account for the years of rivalry

between Hophra and Amasis II,

and extends the reign of Amasis II

to fit its distortion of Babylon's '70

years'.

Amasis II

(Khnemibre)

Neriglissar actually began to reign

560 BCE.

Labashi-Marduk actually began to

reign 556 BCE.

Amasis II deposed Hophra in

570 BCE. After Hophra's death in

567 BCE, Amasis' reign was

legitimised in 566 BCE by marrying

Hophra's daughter.Apries & Amasis II

Apries

(Hophra/Haaibre)

The Watch Tower Society attempts

to cast doubt on the established

lengths of the reigns of Evil-

merodach, Neriglissar and

Labashi-Marduk, but does not

explicitly reject them. The Watch

Tower Society claims that either

the reigns were longer, or there

were other 'unknown' kings to fill its

20-year gap. However,

contemporary Babylonian business

records are known to account for

every year of the Neo-Babylonian

period, including the transitions

between kings.

175

180

181

176

140

177

178

Egypt's 40 years

37

135

182

183

26

139

141

148

174

(Classical historians assign 9 months to

Labashi-Marduk; contemporary financial

records indicate 2 months)

161

179

162

169

170

163

164

173

184

185

25th year of exile, 14

th year after temple

destroyed

154

155

156

150

Babylo

n's

70 y

ears

171

158

168

165

166

167

157

151

152

153

159

160

134

26

147

136

144

138

Annual fa

sts

1st (accession) year of Evil-Merodach,

Jehoiachin released from prison

(12th month [March 561])

2 Kings 25:27

Jeremiah 52:31-34

149

Neriglissar

Nabonidus

20 hypothetical

years of reign by

known or

unknown kings

Cyru

s II

7

Nebuchadnezzar

Evil-Merodach Evil-Merodach actually began

to reign 562 BCE.1

137

143

142

145

146

24th (23

rd regnal) year of

Nebuchadnezzar, exiles taken

172

27



Judah Israel

Judah Israel


Persian

CommentsAssyrian


Year Year Year



Tyrian

Kings

Egyptian Kings

(Pharaohs)

553 1 3 54 35 65 Daniel 7:1 55 54

552 2 4 55 36 66 56 55

551 3 5 56 37 67 Daniel 8:1 57 56

550 4 6 57 38 68 58 57

549 5 7 58 39 69 59 58

548 6 8 59 40 70 Ezekiel 29:13 End of '40 years'? 60 59

547 7 9 60 71 61 60

546 8 10 61 72 62 61

545 9 11 62 73 63 62

544 10 12 63 74 64 63

543 11 13 64 75 65 64

542 12 14 65 76 66 65

541 13 15 66 77 67 66

540 14 16 (High Priest) 67 78 68 67

2 Chronicles 36:20-21

Isaiah 45:1

Daniel 11:1

Darius captures Babylon, Belshazzar

killed (7th month [17 September])

Cyrus arrives (8th month [October])Jeremiah 25:12

Daniel 5:26-30

Daniel 9:1-2

Antiquities , X

Babylon's king called to account

Daniel discerns end of 70 years

182.5 years from captivity of Israel until

Cyrus’ 1st year

538 1 69 80

Jeremiah 29:10

2 Chronicles 36:21-23

Isaiah 44:28

Daniel 9:25

Antiquities , XI 1.1

Attention given to Jews' return after 70

years, but two years supposedly remain

Cyrus gives decree for Jews to return 70 69

537 2 70 81 Ezra 3:1 Jews in Judah (7th month [October]) 71 70

Ezra 3:8

Against Apion , I


Reconstruction of temple begins in Cyrus'

2nd

year (2nd month [May]) 72

Daniel 10:1

535 4 73

534 5 Ezra 4:5 Temple work slowed until reign of Darius 74

533 6 75

532 7 76

531 8 77

530 9 0 78

529 1 Ezra 4:6 Complaint to 'Ahasuerus' (Cambyses II) 79

528 2 80

527 3 81

526 4 82

525 5 Ezekiel 29:14 Egypt subject to Persian Empire 83

524 6 84

523 7 85

522 Bardiya (a few months) 0 8 BardiyaEzra 4:7 Construction halted by 'Artaxerxes'

(Bardiya)86

521 1 Antiquities , XI 3.1 Darius appointed 87

520 2


Ezra 4:24

Haggai 1:1,14-15;2:1,10

Zechariah 1:1

Temple building resumes, 9 years after

complaint to Cambyses88

519 3

Zechariah 1:7, 12 Vision (11th month [February]): angel

indicates future end of 70 years

denunciation

89

518 4

Zechariah 7:1-5 (9th month [December]): Sharezer and

Regem-melech ask if fasts should

continue after 70 years

90

517 5 Zechariah 1:12 Foretold end of 70 years denunciation

516 6

515 7

Ezra 6:15, 19 Temple completed (12th month [March])

Passover held (1st month [April])

189

197

198

199

190

Joshua

(Jeshua)

71

196

193

195

68

194

Annual fa

sts

191

188

Babylo

n's

70 y

ears

186

187

200 69

192

536 3

Cyru

s II

Amasis II

(Khnemibre)

Cyrus II

539

20 hypothetical years of reign by

Amasis II and/or or other kings

Belshazzar

(with Nabonidus)

Darius the Mede 0 17

Babylonian

Empire

ended

68 79

Da

rius

IC

am

by

se

s II

Psammetichus III (Ankhkaenre)

Egypt under Persian rule (27th

Dynasty)


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