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Nov. 16, 2005
Tables showing how all the puzzle pieces fit together. From Young,
Tables of Reign Lengths from the Hebrew Court Recorders JETS June 2005.
In the Nisan/Tishri notation used here, 931n represents a period of one year beginning in Nisan
(roughly April) of 931
BC
and 931t represents a period of one year beginning in Tishri (roughly
October) of 931
BC
. 931n/931t is the six-month period beginning in Nisan of 931 and 931t/930n is
the six-month period beginning in Tishri of 931.
Table 1. Chronology of the Kings of Israel.
Overlapping
Began
Official
Years
King
reigns
sole reign
Ended
start and end
reigned
Jeroboam I
931n
910t/909n
931n - 910n
22 (21)
Nadab
910t/909n
909t/908n
910n - 909n
2 (1)
Baasha
909t/908n
886t/885n
909n - 886n
24 (23)
Elah
886t/885n
885t/884n
886n - 885n
2 (1)
Zimri
885t/884n
885t/884n
885n
7 days
Tibni
885t/884n
880n/880t
885n - 880n
(not stated)
Omri
885t/884n
880n/880t
874t/873n
885n - 874n
12 (11)
Ahab
874t/873n
853n/853t
874n - 853n
22 (21)
Ahaziah
853n/853t
852n/852t
853n - 852n
2 (1)
Joram
852n/852t
841n/841t
852n - 841n
12 (11)
Jehu
841n/841t
814t/813n
841n - 814n
28 (27)
Jehoahaz
814t/813n
798n/798t
814n - 798n
17 (16)
Jehoash
798n/798t
782t/781n
798n - 782n
16
Jeroboam II
793n
782t/781n
753, Elul (Sep)
793n - 753n
41 (40)
Zechariah
753, Elul
752, Adar (Mar)
753n - 753n
6 mo.
Shallum
752, Adar
752, Nisan (Apr)
753n - 752n
1 mo.
Menahem
752, Nisan
742t/741n
752n - 742n
10
Pekahiah
742t/741n
740t/739n
742n - 740n
2
Pekah
752, Nisan
740t/739n
732t/731n
752n - 732n
20
Hoshea
732t/731n
723n/723t
732n - 723n
9
Column 5 has the king's start and end dates that were used by the court recorders in
determining the length of the king's reign. Column 6 has the elapsed years based on those
start and end dates. When there are two figures in column 6, this indicates that the reign length
given in Scripture (the first figure) is by non-accession counting. The comparison of column 5
with the beginning and ending dates and with column 6 shows that the court recorders of
Israel always kept in mind the official starting year of a king and were exact in all their
representations of his reign length.