A CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF THE KINGS OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH, From their commencement to the destruction of the former by the Assyrians; REGAL STATE OF JUDEA BEFORE THE DIVISION: SAUL reigned 40 years.-DAVID reigned 40 years.-SOLOMON reigned 40 years. ISRAEL AND JUDAH AFTER THE DIVISION OF THE TWELVE TRIBES. 3048 956 180 203 20 Death of Abijah, the son of Jeroboam. 3049 955 179 202 21 3050 954 178 201 22 1 NADAB. Reigned 2 years. 3051 953 177 200 2 1 BAASHA. Reigned 24 years. 1 ABIJAH or ABIJAM. Reigned 3 years. 2 The king of Judah obtains a great victory 3 2 3 3052 952 176 199 2 About this time flourished the prophets 4 Phorbas succeeds Thersippus as perpetual 3053 951 175 198 3 3054 950 174 197 4 3055 949 173 196 5 3056 948 172 195 6 3057 947 171 194 7 3058 946 170 193 8 3059 945 169 192 9 3060 944 168 191 10 Jehu, Hanani, and Azariah. Baasha 5 26 years. 12 13 14 archon of the Athenians, and rules 31 years. Birth of Jehoshaphat, who was afterwards king of Judah. 3063 941 165 188 13 3064 940 164 187 14 3065 939 163 186 15 3066 938 162 185 16 3067 937 161 184 17 3068936 160 183 18 Calpetus Sylvius succeeds Capys in 20 reign Jericho was rebuilt by Hiel, 39 Asa begins to be diseased in his feet, and the Beth-elite. 40 dies in the 41st year of his reign. 4 About this time Agrippa Sylvius suc-41 3086 918 142 3087 917 141 164 2 3088 916 140 163 3089 915 139 162 3090 914 138 161 12 1 AHAB. Reigned 22 years. In this 38 3 5 ceeds Tiberinus Sylvius in the king- 1 JEHOSHAPHAT. Reigned 25 years. dom of Alba, and reigned 40 years. The widow's son raised to life. The prophets of Baal slain by Elijah, 2 4 5 3 The king of Judah sends Levites with the princes throughout his realm to instruct the people in the law of the Lord. 6 7 8 9 at the brook Kishon. Termination 10 of the long drought. Great fall of 11 rain in the land of Israel. 12 13 14 3094 910 134 157 9 Commencement of the three years The Syrians defeated by Ahab. 15 16 Polydectus (of the family of the Proclidae) succeeds Eunomus in the throne of Lacedæmon, and reigned 9 years. 17 Lycurgus begins his reign over the Spartans. Jehoshaphat joins Ahab against the Syrians. Ahab is slain at the siege of Ramothgilead, agreeably to the prophecy of Micaiah, and the dogs lick up his blood, 1 Kings xxii. 2-38. 23 1 JEHORAM associated with his father in 3113 891 115 138 6 Diognetus succeeds Megacles in the 24 2 the government, and reigns 8 years. 3120 884 108 131 1 JEHU. Reigned 28 years. End of 3121 883 107 130 2 the dynasty of Omri, after it had 3122 882 106 129 3 ruled over Israel 46 years. Jehu 3 3123 881 105 128 4 began his reign by slaying all the 4 3124 880 104 127 5 posterity of Ahab, and destroying 5 3125 879 103 126 6 the worshippers of Baal. About this 6 3126 878 102 125 7 time Lycurgus, 42 years of age, establishes his laws at Lacedæmon; and, together with Iphitus and Cleosthenes, restores the Olympic games at Elis, about 108 years before the era usually called the first Olympiad. Awful death of Jezebel, the wife of Ahab. 3127 877 101 124 8 3128 876 100 123 9 3129 875 99 122 10 3130 874 98 121 11 3131 873 97 120 12 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Phidon, king of Argos, is supposed to 10 have invented scales and measures, 11 and coined silver at Egina. Car-12 thage built by Dido. 3132 872 96 119 13 3133 871 95 118 14 3134 870 94117 15 3135 869 93 116 16 3136 868 92 115 17 3137 867 91 114 18 3138 866 90 113 19 3139 865 89 112 20 3140 864 88 111 21 3141 863 87 110 22 3142 862 86 109 23 3143 861 85 108 24 3144 860 84107 25 3145 859 83 106 26 3146 858 82 105 27 3147 857 81 104 28 3148 856 80 103 1 JEHOAHAZ. 13 14 [archonship of the Athenians. 15 JOASH. Reigned 40 years. He maintains the purity of the Jewish worship during the life of Jehoiada, the high-priest. In the fourth year of this reign Alladius Sylvius succeeds Agrippa in the kingdom of Alba, and reigns 19 years. This monarch is called Romulus Sylvius. Phereclus succeeds to the perpetual 16 Birth of Amaziah, who was afterwards king of Jonah the prophet. There are 18 a few years of uncertainty in the 19 date of this event. We here follow 20 the margin of our English Bibles. 21 22 Reigned 17 years. 23 About the commencement of this 24 reign Aventinus Sylvius is supposed 25 to have succeeded Alladius Sylvius 20 in the kingdom of Alba. He reigned 27 37 years, according to Dionysius of 28 Halicarnassus, and was succeeded 29 by Procas Sylvius, who reigned 23 30 years. 31 Joash issues a mandate that the breaches of the temple be repaired, and gives the charge thereof to Jehoiada the high-priest. 3161 843 67 90 14 3162 842 66 89 15 3 4 37 Jehoiada, the high-priest, dies at the age of JEHOASH reigns in consort with 38 130. 39 Zechariah, the priest, stoned to death. Jehoash reigns alone. Hazael, king 40 1 AMAZIAH. Reigned 29 years. Soon of Syria, dies about this time, and 2 after the commencement of his reign he is succeeded by his son Ben-hadad. 3 slew all his servants who had killed his Elisha dies in the second year of 4 father. Ben-hadad, king of Syria, after hav- 5 ing been invested with the prophetic 6 office nearly 60 years. 7 9 10 11 3174 830 54 77 12 3175 829 53 76 13 3176 828 52 75 14 3183 821 45 68 3184 820 44 67 12 1 JEROBOAM II. Reigned 41 years. 15 3 4 5 17 18 13 Ten thousand of the children of Seir slain 14 by Amaziah in the Valley of Salt; and ten thousand precipitated from the top of a rock, and dashed to pieces. Amaziah, proud of his victory over the Edomites, provokes the Israelitish king to battle. The following year Jehoash overcomes him, takes him prisoner, breaks down four hundred cubits of the wall of Jerusalem, and having spoiled the temple and the king's house of a vast treasure, returns to Samaria. 19 6 The fall of the Assyrian empire by the 20 3187 817 41 64 25 29 2 1 UZZIAH. Reigned 52 years. He is victorious over the Philistines, Arabians, and Mehunims. His standing army consisted of 307,500 men. In this reign lived the prophets Amos and Hosea. Charilaus, the successor of Lycurgus, 456789 3202 802 26 49 24 3203 801 25 48 25 3204 800 24 47 26 3205 799 23 46 27 3206 798 22 45 28 3207 797 21 44 29 Ardysus begins his reign over Lydia, 14 Agamestor succeeds Thespieus in the go 3208 796 20 43 30 3209 795 19 42 31 3210 794 18 41 32 3211793 17 40 33 and rules 36 years. 15 Amulius Sylvius and Numitor succeed Pro 16 17 18 cas in the kingdom of Alba, the former of whom reigned 44 years. Numitor reigned alone two years, and was their last king. He died about 751 B. C. The triremes first invented by the Co- 25 Conus, the second king of Macedon, begins rinthians. 25 his reign. After Jeroboam's death an interregnum 28 Birth of Jotham, who was afterwards king The monarchical government abolished at L 45 46 47 48 49 50 2 51 54 16 55 17 7218 13 Numa Pompilius. 20 21 22 23 KINGDOM OF JUDAH. With the contemporary events of Heathen nations. HEZEKIAH. consisting of 185,000 men, is destroyed in one night by an angel of the Lord. Birth of Manasseh, who succeeded Hezekiah in the kingdom of Judah. [Tarentum by the Parthenians. 24 Corcyra built by the Corinthians, four years after the building of 52 145 25 Leocrates, the successor of Hippomenes, dying, Apsandrus suc53 15 26 ceeds him in the Athenian government. 27 Deioces, governor of the Medes, assumes the title of king, and Herodotus.. 29 1 MANASSEH. the Jewish annals. Reigned 55 years. This is the longest reign in 19 Ardysus II. succeeds Gyges in the Lydian throne, and reigns 49 20 years. 21 Argæus, king of Macedon, begins his reign. 22 Manasseh, on account of his impiety, is carried into captivity by 23 the Assyrians; but, upon his repentance, God restores him to his 24 liberty and kingdom. 25 End of the second Messenian war, which confirmed the Messenians 26 under the power of the Lacedæmonians. The Messenians at27 tempted a third time to free themselves from the power of Lace28 dæmon, B. C. 465: but it was not till 370 B. C. that the 29 descendants of the Messenians finally returned into the Pelopon30 nesus, after a long banishment of upwards of 300 years. 31 32 Battle of the Horatii and Curiatii. Death of Metius Suffetius, the 33 Alban dictator. 34 Alba destroyed, and the inhabitants carried to Rome. Birth of 35 Amon, son of Manasseh, king of Judah. 40 Cypselus usurps the government of Corinth, and keeps it for 30 41 years. The following year Byzantium is said to have been built 42 by a colony of Argives, or Athenians. Paterculus says it was 43 founded by the Milesians; Justin, that it was founded by the 44 Lacedæmonians; and Ammianus, that it was founded by the 45 Athenians. Byzantium is the same with what was afterwards 46 called Constantinople. 47 Birth of Pittacus, one of the seven wise men of Greece. 48 Archidamus succeeds to the throne of Lacedæmon, and reigns 46 49 years. 50 Birth of Josiah, who was afterwards king of Judah. 52 Phraortes succeeds Deioces in the kingdom of Media. This 53 monarch is supposed to be the same with the Arphaxad mentioned 54 in Judith. |