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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.
· ·
· ·
· ·
· ·
873. Jehoshaphat (25)
· ·
· ·
849. Jehoram (8)
842. Ahaziah (1)
842. Athaliah (6)

836. Jehoash (40)
· ·
· ·

797. Amaziah (29)
· ·
779. Uzziah(52)
c. 750. Jotham (16) as
  regent. (2 Ki. xv. 5)

· ·
· ·
· ·
740. Jotham, sole ruler 
· ·
· ·

736.[1] Ahaz (16)








728.[1] Hezekiah (29)






















698. Manasseh (55)



Israel.
888. Elah (2)
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)

· ·
783. Jeroboam II. (41)
· ·



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.






















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)		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














































715–663. Twenty-fifth
  (Ethiopian) Dynasty.
715.[2] Sabako (Shabaka)



707.48 Shabataka






693.48 Taharqa (Tirhakah,  
  Is. xxxvii. 9)
  1. 1 2 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.
  2. ↑ Breasted’s dates for these three kings (Hist. of Egypt, 1906, p. 601) are: Shabaka 712–700; Shabataka 700–688; Taharqa 688–663.
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