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McFall’s Chronology |
Last updated: 18-Sep-2020 at 14:04 (See History.) © Richard P. Aschmann |
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Most of this chart was copied verbatim from Leslie McFall’s chart CHRONOLOGY OF THE HEBREW KINGS. However, he never added the references from Chronicles to his chart, and he has been with Jesus since 2015, so I have taken the liberty of adding these to his chart. Further detailed information on his chronology can be found in his A Translation Guide to the Chronological Data in Kings and Chronicles. Various kings had alternate names, and I have added these. All of my changes to his chart are marked in green. The comments at the bottom are McFall’s.
BIBLICAL SEQUENCE |
Parallel
Passages in
Chronicles |
Kings of JUDAH and Israel |
COREGENT (commencement) |
KING (start of sole reign) |
DIED (or last year) |
1 Kg.
1:1-2:11 |
1 Ch. 11-29 |
DAVID |
|
APR 1010 |
APR 971 –
APR 970 |
1 Kg. 2:11-11:43 |
2 Ch. 1-9 |
SOLOMON |
|
APR 970 |
APR 931 –
SEPT 931 |
1 Kg.
12:1-14:20 |
|
Jeroboam |
|
Sept 931 –
Apr 930 |
Sept 910 –
Apr 909 |
1 Kg.
14:21-31 |
2 Ch. 10-12 |
REHOBOAM |
|
APR 931 –
SEPT 931 |
APR – SEPT
914 |
1 Kg.
15:1-8 |
2 Ch. 13 |
ABIJAM (ABIJAH) |
|
APR – SEPT
914 |
SEPT 912 –
APR 911 |
1 Kg.
15:9-24 |
2 Ch. 14-16 |
ASA |
|
SEPT 912 –
APR 911 |
SEPT 871 –
APR 870 |
1 Kg.
15:25-32 |
|
Nadab |
|
Sept 910 –
Apr 909 |
Sept 909 –
Apr 908 |
1 Kg.
15:33-16:7 |
|
Baasha |
|
Sept 909 –
Apr 908 |
Sept 886 –
Apr 885 |
1 Kg.
16:8-14 |
|
Elah |
|
Sept 886 –
Apr 885 |
Sept 885 –
Apr 884 |
1 Kg.
16:15-20 |
|
Zimri |
|
Sept 885 –
Apr 884 |
Sept 885 –
Apr 884 |
1 Kg.
16:21-22 |
|
Tibni |
Sept 885 –
Apr 884 |
|
Apr 880 –
Sept 880 |
1 Kg.
16:23-28 |
|
Omri |
Sept 885 –
Apr 884 |
Apr 880 –
Sept 880 |
Sept 874 –
Apr 873 |
1 Kg. 16:29-22:40 |
|
Ahab |
|
Sept 874 –
Apr 873 |
Apr – Sept
853 |
1 Kg.
22:41-51 |
2 Ch. 17-20 |
JEHOSHAPHAT |
SEPT 873 – |
SEPT 871 –
APR 870 |
APR – SEPT
848 |
1 Kg.
22:52-2 Kg. 2:25 |
|
Ahaziah |
|
Apr – Sept
853 |
Apr – Sept
852 |
2 Kg.
3:1-8:15 |
|
Joram |
|
Apr – Sept
852 |
Apr – Sept
841 |
2 Kg.
8:16-24 |
2 Ch. 21 |
JEHORAM |
SEPT 854 – |
APR – SEPT
848 |
APR – SEPT
841 |
2 Kg.
8:25-9:29 |
2 Ch. 22:1-9 |
AHAZIAH (JEHOAHAZ) |
SEPT 842 – |
APR – SEPT
841 |
APR – SEPT
841 |
2 Kg.
9:30-10:36 |
|
Jehu |
|
Apr – Sept
841 |
Sept 814 –
Apr 813 |
2 Kg. 11:1-21 |
2 Ch. 22:10-12 |
ATHALIAH |
|
APR – SEPT
841 |
APR – SEPT
835 |
2 Kg.
12:1-21 |
2 Ch. 23-24 |
JOASH |
|
APR – SEPT
835 |
APR – SEPT
796 |
2 Kg.
13:1-10 |
|
Jehoahaz |
|
Sept 814 –
Apr 813 |
Sept 798 –
Apr 797 |
2 Kg.
13:11-25 |
|
Jehoash |
Apr 799 – |
Sept 798 –
Apr 797 |
Sept 782 –
Apr 781 |
2 Kg.
14:1-22 |
2 Ch. 25 |
AMAZIAH |
|
APR – SEPT
796 |
APR – SEPT
767 |
2 Kg.
14:23-29 |
|
Jeroboam
II |
Apr 793 – |
Sept 782 –
Apr 781 |
Aug/Sept
753 |
2 Kg.
15:1-7 |
2 Ch. 26 |
AZARIAH (UZZIAH) |
SEPT 791 – |
APR – SEPT
767 |
APR – SEPT
739 |
2 Kg.
15:8-12 |
|
Zechariah |
|
Aug/Sept
753 |
March 752 |
2 Kg.
15:13-15 |
|
Shallum |
|
March 752 |
late Apr
752 |
2 Kg.
15:16-22 |
|
Menahem |
late Apr
752 – |
(split
with Pekah) |
Sept 742 –
Apr 741 |
2 Kg.
15:23-26 |
|
Pekahiah |
|
Sept 742 –
Apr 741 |
Sept 740 –
Apr 739 |
2 Kg.
15:27-31 |
|
Pekah |
late Apr
752 – |
Sept 740 –
Apr 739 |
Sept 732 –
Apr 731 |
2 Kg.
15:32-38 |
2 Ch. 27 |
JOTHAM |
APR- SEPT
750 – |
APR – SEPT
739 TO |
SEPT 732 –
SEPT 731 |
|
|
JOTHAM |
SEPT 735 –
SEPT 731 |
SEPT 735 |
|
2 Kg.
16:1-20 |
2 Ch. 28 |
AHAZ |
SEPT 735 – |
SEPT 732 –
SEPT 731 |
C. MARCH 715 |
2 Kg.
17:1-41 |
|
Hoshea |
|
Sept 732 –
Apr 731 |
Apr – Sept
723 |
2 Kg.
18:1-20:21 |
2 Ch. 29-32 |
HEZEKIAH |
SEPT 729 – |
C. MARCH 715 |
SEPT 687 –
SEPT 686 |
2 Kg.
21:1-18 |
2 Ch. 33:1-20 |
MANASSEH |
SEPT 697 – |
SEPT 697 –
SEPT 686 |
SEPT 643 –
SEPT 642 |
2 Kg.
21:19-26 |
2 Ch. 33:21-25 |
AMON |
|
SEPT 643 –
SEPT 642 |
SEPT 641 –
SEPT 640 |
2 Kg.
22:1-23:30 |
2 Ch. 34-35 |
JOSIAH |
|
SEPT 641 –
SEPT 640 |
C. JULY 609 |
2 Kg.
23:31-35 |
2 Ch. 36:1-3 |
JEHOAHAZ (SHALLUM) |
|
JULY 609 |
C. OCT 609 |
2 Kg. 23:36-24:7 |
2 Ch. 36:4-8 |
JEHOIAKIM (ELIAKIM) |
|
OCT 609 |
9 DEC 598 |
2 Kg.
24:8-17 |
2 Ch. 36:9-10 |
JEHOIACHIN
(JECONIAH, CONIAH) |
SEPT 608 – |
DEC 598 –
APR 597 |
AFTER APR
561 |
2 Kg. 24:18-25:7 |
2 Ch.
36:11-21 |
ZEDEKIAH |
|
APR 597 – AUG 586 |
C. AUG 586 |
The kings of Judah are in bold capital letters, and the kings of Israel are in italic letters.
The suggestion that Solomon died between Nisan (April) and Elul (August) 931 B.C. was first put forward by Rodger Young, “When Did Solomon Die?” JETS 46 (2003) 589-603. Consequently, the first four Judean kings (from Rehoboam to Jehoshaphat) have been moved back one year. The implication of this minor, but very important, shift does away with Thiele’s suggestion that Judah’s system was imposed on Israel’s for these four kings by the biblical scribes.