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Table 2. Chronology of the Kings of Judah
(dates are conjectural for Saul and David)
Began
Began
Official
Years
King
co-regency
sole reign
Ended
start and end
reigned
Saul
1051t?
1009t?
1051t - 1009t?
42?
David
1009t?
969t?
1009t - 969t?
40
Solomon
971t
969t?
932t
971t - 932t
40 (39)
Rehoboam
932t
914n/914t
932t - 915t
17
Abijah
914n/914t
912t/911n
915t - 912t
3
Asa
912t/911n
871t/870n
912t - 871t
41
Jehoshaphat
873t
871t/870n
848n/848t
873t - 849t
25 (24)
Jehoram
854t
848n/848t
841n/841t
849t - 842t
8 (7)
Ahaziah
841n/841t
841n/841t
842t - 842t
1 (0)
Athaliah
841n/841t
835n/835t
842t - 836t
7 (6)
Joash
835n/835t
796n/796t
836t - 797t
40 (39)
Amaziah
796n/796t
767n/767t
797t - 768t
29
Uzziah
791t
767n/767t
740t
791t - 740t
52 (51)
Jotham
750n/750t
740t
(735n/735t) 732t
751t - 736t
16 (15)
Ahaz
735n/735t
732t
716t/715n
732t - 716t
16
Hezekiah
729t/728n
716t/715n
687t
716t - 687t
29
Manasseh
697t
687t
643t
697t - 643t
55 (54)
Amon
643t
641t
643t - 641t
2
Josiah
641t
609 Tammuz (Jul)
641t - 610t
31
Jehoahaz
609 Tammuz
609 Tishri (Oct)
610t - 609t
3 mo.
Jehoiakim
609 Tishri
598 21 Heshvan
609t - 598t
11
(about 7 Dec 598)
Jehoiachin
598 21 Heshvan 597 2 Adar (Mar 16)
598t
3 mo. 10 d.
Zedekiah
597 2 Adar
587 9 Tammuz (Jul)
598t - 588t
11 (10)
Some reign lengths are measured from the start of a coregency. Jotham's sixteen (fifteen)
years ended when his son Ahaz was installed by the pro-Assyrian faction in Judah, in
735n/735t, although some considered him the rightful ruler until his death in 732t, thus giving
him the twenty years mentioned in 2 Kgs 15:30. The comparison of column 5 with the
beginning and ending dates and with column 6 shows that the court recorders of Judah always
kept in mind the official starting year of a king and were exact in all their representations of
his reign length.