Date

1200 BC

1050 BC

1025 BC

1000 BC

900 BC

800 BC

700

600

500

Palestine

Conquest (?)

Settlement/Judges

Samuel

Saul

David

Solomon (961)

Judah

Rehoboam (922)

Abijah(915)

Asa (913)

Jehoshaphat (870)

Jehoram (849)

Ahaziah (843)

Athaliah (842)

Joash (837)

Amaziah (800)

Uzziah (783)

Jotham (742)

Ahaz (745)

Hezekiah (715)

Manasseh (687)

Amon (642)

Josiah (640)

Jehoahaz (609)

Jehoiakim (609)

Jehoiachin (598)

Zedekiah (597)

Fall of Judah (586)

Zerubbabel/

Sheshbazzar(538)

Temple Rebuilt (520-515)

Ezra (458)

Nehemiah (445)

Israel

Jeroboam (922)

Nadab (901)

Baasha (900)

Elah (877)

Zimri (876)

Tibni (876)

Omri (876)

Ahab (869)

Ahaziah (850)

Joram (849)

Jehu (842)

Jehoahaz (815)

Jehoash (802)

Jeroboam II (786)

Zechariah (746)

Shallum (745)

Menahem (745)

Pekahiah (737)

Pekah (736)

Hoshea (732)

Fall of Samaria (722)

OT Prophets

Elijah

Elisha

Jonah

Amos Hosea

Isaiah Micah

Joel?

Jeremiah

Zephaniah

Nahum

Habakkuk

Joel? Daniel

Ezekiel

Obadiah

Haggai/Zechariah

Joel?

Malachi

International

Merneptah

Philistines

Shishak

Ben-Hadad I (885)

Ben-Hadad II (870)

SHALMANESER III

(859-825)

Hazael (842-806)

ADAD-NIRARI III

(811-784)

Rezin (740-732)

TIGLATH-PILESER III

(745-727)

SHALMANESER V (726)

SARGON II (722/721)

SENNACHERIB (704-681)

ESARHADDON (680-669)

ASHURBANIPAL

(668-627)

Nabopolassar (626-605)

Necho (609-605)

Nebuchadnezzar (605-562)

Cyrus (550-530)

NOTES—

1. The dates for kings mark the beginning of each king’s reign and are taken from Bright, A History of Israel. Various other chronologies with some differences are available, the most popular probably being Thiele, The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings, see #4 below.

2. Italics in the Israel column denotes a change in dynasty, always marked by the assassination of the prior king.

3. In the INTERNATIONAL column, the nationalities of the kings are denoted by the following scheme: Egyptian, Aramean, ASSYRIAN, Babylonian, Persian.

4. Thiele argues for co-regencies or overlapping reigns for Tibni/Omri, Jehoash/Jeroboam II, Pekah/Menahem/Pekahiah, Asa/Jehoshaphat, Jehoram/Jehoshaphat, Amaziah/Azariah, Jotham/Azariah, Ahaz/Jotham, and Hezekiah/Manasseh which drastically changes his chronology during the reigns of these kings, but quite possibly helps to explain discrepancies in the biblical text.