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Table 3. Synchronisms, Israel to Judah
More exact
Reference
King
began
in
Formula
date
1 K 15:25
Nadab
sole reign
2 Asa
912t - 910t = 2
910t/909n
1 K 15:28,33
Baasha
sole reign
3 Asa
912t - 909t = 3
909t/908n
1 K 16:8
Elah
sole reign
26 Asa
912t - 886t = 26
886t/885n
1 K 16:10,15
Zimri
sole reign
27 Asa
912t - 885t = 27
885t/884n
1 K 16:2123
Omri
sole reign
31 Asa
912t - 881t = 31
880n/880t
1 K 16:29
Ahab
sole reign
38 Asa
912t - 874t = 38
874t/873n
1 K 22:51
Ahaziah
sole reign
17 Jehoshaphat
871t - 854t = 17
853n/853t
2 K 3:1
Joram
sole reign
18 Jehoshaphat
871t - 853t = 18
852n/852t
2 K 1:17
Joram
sole reign
2 (1) Jehoram
854t - 853t = 1
852n/852t
2 K 9; 2 Ch 22 Jehu
same time as Athaliah
841n/841t
841n/841t
2 K 13:1
Jehoahaz
sole reign
23 (22) Joash
836t - 814t = 22
814t/813n
2 K 13:10
Jehoash
sole reign
37 Joash
836t - 799t = 37
798n/798t
2 K 14:23
Jeroboam II sole reign
15 Amaziah
797t - 782t = 15
782t/781n
2 K 15:8
Zechariah
sole reign
38 (37) Uzziah
791t - 754t = 37
Elul, 753
2 K 15:13
Shallum
sole reign
39 (38) Uzziah
791t - 753t = 38
Adar, 752
2 K 15:17
Menahem
rivalry
39 (38) Uzziah
791t - 753t = 38
Nisan 752
2 K 15:23
Pekahiah
rivalry
50 (49) Uzziah
791t - 742t = 49
742t/741n
2 K 15:27
Pekah
sole reign
52 (51) Uzziah
791t - 740t = 51
740t/739n
2 K 15:30
Hoshea
sole reign
20 (19) Jotham
751t - 732t = 19
732t/731n
2 K 17:1
Hoshea
ended
12 Ahaz
736t - 724t = 12
723n/723t
Column 5 has the years that elapsed for the Judean king, giving the synchronism to Judah
provided by the court recorders of Israel. Although the court recorders would not have written
things in this fashion, the dates they used correspond to those displayed here in Nisan/Tishri
notation and their calculations correspond to those shown in column 5. By comparison with
column 4 and Table 2, it will be seen that the court recorders of Israel always used an official
starting year (a Tishri year) from Judah, and they were always exact in their calculation of the
synchronism.