Kings of Judah

1 Nation 2Kings Chronological Review by OP Armstrong Dec2016 

Objective of Israel Kings Chronological Review 

Are there gaps to be found in the biblical 

chronology of Jerusalem kings? 

Is it reasonable to ignore a 40 year portion of 

Ezekiel Jerusalem judgment and use of Only the 

390 year portion of Ezekiel prophesy? Do the Gaps 

in having a king present in Jerusalem explain this 

shortage? 

How accurate are the predictions of when Jubilee 

years were celebrated? 

Findings 

‣ It is concluded there are gaps that can be 

accounted for by cross referencing the year counts 

of the kings of Jerusalem and the kings of Samaria. 

‣ This time gap confirms the prophetic 430 profane 

years of Ezekiel chapter 4. 

‣ The definitive Jubilees found here are the 300 year 

mark of Jephthah, Solomon Temple dedication and 

Christ baptism. 

Gaps 

The bible method of reporting the Kings of Israel and 

Judah differs from the chronology method employed for 

prior patriarchs. The method employed in the Pentateuch 

is typically given as: in Abe's 100 year he sired Isaac and he 

died at age 175 years, Isaac lived 137 years and in his 60th 

year he sired Jacob etc. For the kings in Jerusalem the 

recording moves to stating years of reign in as King over 

abc and died at 123 or at age 123 King Yz began to reign in 

Jerusalem for 123 years. Three recording styles are used, 

A. no age at start nor death given only reign time; 

#0Solomon, #3Asa, #7Athaliah, & #20Zedekiah. 

B. start age, reign time, no death age; #1Rehoboam, 

#2Abijah, #4 Jehoshaphat, #5Jehoram, #6Ahaziah, 

#8Jehoash, #9Amaziah, #10Uzziah, #11Jotham, 

#12Ahaz(20y/16), #13Hezekiah(29y/25), 

#14Manasseh(55y/12) #15Amon(2y/22), 

#16Josiah(31y/8), #17Jehoahaz(0.25y/23), 

#18Jehoiakim(11y/25), 

#19Jehoiachin(1/4or1/2Y/8&18) 

C. start, reign, and death, David, start age 30, 7y 

Hebron, 33Y Jerusalem & died age 70, 2Sam5:4. 

Kings of Jerusalem captured and exiled from Judah: 

a) -06Ahaziah Then he searched for Ahaziah; and 

they caught him (he was HIDING IN SAMARIA), and 

brought him to Jehu. When they had killed him,.. 

2Chr22:9 


b) -09Amaziah was CAPTURED by Jehoash and lived 

fifteen years after the death of Jehoash. Israel 

captured the treasure of Jerusalem 2Kgs14:13-15 

c) -14Manasseh, taken to Babylon, repented and 

returned to Jerusalem 

d) -17Jehoahaz, taken to Egypt 

e) -18Jehoiakim, taken to Babylon, appointed by 

Egypt 

f) -19Jehoiachin, temple & city sacked taken to 

Babylon lives at least age 45 

g) -20Zedekiah, 11y captive to Babylon 

If a king is in exile or captivity, he cannot reign as a king in 

Jerusalem. Scripture is mostly silent on the duration of 

these exile and captivity times. Prophecy is one way to find 

the time span of the Kings of Jerusalem, like Ezekiel 4:1-13. 

There we find the total years of offense of Jerusalem, 390 

plus 40, not just 390 as some wish to make it. This easily 

seen in the 70 Sabbaths of judgment. For 70 times 

7years/1sabbath is 490. Even if one says the 70 

punishment years are therein included, one gets 490-70 or 

420 years. Still it exceeds the 390 year many wish to use. I 

think the correct total is 500. For we find 70 judgment 

years added to the 430 years of apostasy is 500. Also 

remember that every 50th year is to be 1 extra Sabbath 

year or 10 Jubilee Sabbaths in 500 years, so 70 times 7 

year per Sabbath is 490 plus the 10 Jubilee years gives 500, 

as does 390+40+70=430+70. 

Nebuchadnezzar sacked Jerusalem three times as noted in 

chronicle of Jeremiah. This happened in Nebuchadnezzar, 

7th, 18th, and 23yr years. When the seventy years were 

complete none of the captured kings returned. They all 

died in exile, akin to those of the wicked generation of 

Exodus. Some will say the 70 years started with carry 

away. Jeremiah says it started with the desolating of the 

land, 

Jer25:11 And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an 

astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of 

Babylon seventy years. 

That only happened under the 3rd smiting of the land in 

the 23 year of Neb. Also in looking at Jeremiah count of 

smiting, in Ned7y ended #19Jehoiachin's reign, then 11 

year later in Nebuchadnezzar 18Y ends #20Zedekiah's 11 

years, this leaves yet another 5 years, (23-18) until the 

whole land desolation unto start of the 70 year judgment. 

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In Jer3:10 can be seen the linking of Judah with Israel, "her 

sister, Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous 

than treacherous Judah". This is yet another indication 

that Ezekiel 390 and 40 years are to be summed, not taken 

as separate judgments. Also found is that Ezekiel was given 

the same ration for both judgment periods, 20 shekels of 

meal a day, cooked on cow dung for each of the 430 days 

of his giving the prophecy. 

Also is found in many places the word Israel refers to the 

combined houses of Samaria, the north 10 tribes plus the 

south two tribes. A read thru Hosea shows the varied use 

of these terms, Israel, Ephraim, Judah. One Harlot to 

represent both as unfaithful. 

Sabbaths and Jubilee years 

Finally coming to the Sabbaths and Jubilee years, at look at 

Nehemiah could be helpful. … For since the days of Joshua 

the son of Nun until that day the children of Israel had not 

done so. 

Sabbaths and Jubilee years 

And there was very great gladness. Also day by day, from 

the first day until the last day, he read from the Book of 

the Law of God. 

And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day 

there was a sacred assembly, according to the prescribed 

manner, Neh8:17-18 

For.. Moses .. saying: "At the end of every seven years, at 

the appointed time in the year of release, at the Feast of 

Tabernacles, when all Israel comes to appear before the 

Lord your God in the place which He chooses, you shall 

read this law before all Israel in their hearing. Deut31:10- 

11. 

Now if the books of the law were lost until Josiah, how 

could Israel be keeping the Sabbath years on a regular 

basis? "Hilkiah the priest found the (lost) Book of Moses 

Law in temple & after King Josiah had heard the words of 

the Law, he rent his clothes. 2Kg23:24/25." But alas this 

only mentions the Passover, not the Sabbath years. 

Jubilee Cycle Calculations 

Solomon Temple Dedicate Time From Exodus 

years 

Event Yr-Sol Yr-X Mo Heb Mo# 

gone 

Start 4.17 480.1 May 2 0 

Complete 11.67 487.6 Nov 8 7.50 

Dedicate 12.58 488.5 Oct 7 8.42 

As Dedication of Temple was 488.5 years from Exodus and Conquest was 

complete 38.5 years from Exodus, there are (488.5 - 38.5) = 450 years from 

Moses 1 st reading of the law after east bank conquest. 

The 450 years are 9 jubilees of 50 

years each. Solomon Temple was 

dedicated at end of 9 th Jubilee or 

start of 10 th cycle from when 

Moses starts Jubilee cycle at end 

of East Bank conquest. 

The 300 years of Jephthah is 6 

times 50 or the 6 th Jubilee from 

when Moses first read law in ears 

of all Israel. Christ baptism was at 

end of 19 th or start 20 th jubilee 

cycle. 

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Table1 

Table of Kings of Judah 

Years marked from 38.5Y after Exodus 

# Name Event ∆Years Year Die Y Ref 

-8 38.5Y after Exodus Moses reads Law after capture of Amorites 0.00 0 Deut2 

-7 Jephthah Jephthah requested to fight Ammon 300.00 300.0 na Ju11:26 

-6 Eli-Jephthah Overlapping Judges & Eli Priest time 31.00 331.0 na Ju12&13 

-5 Eli last Yrs Eli Judge 40Y die 98Yo last Yrs. b4 Samuel 25.00 356.0 98 1Sa4:15,18 

-4 Samuel Saul overlap Samuel & Saul overlap: Saul as King ~40Y 41.40 397.4 70 Acts13:21 

-3 David David Reign as King 40Y, 7Y Hebron 33Y Jer 40.00 437.4 70 2Sam5:4 

-2 Solomon Temple dedicated by Solomon 12.60 450.0 na 2Chr3:2 

-1 Solomon Solomon Faithful 17.00 467.0 na 1Kg11:4-13 

0 Solomon Dies Dies at end of 10.4 Unfaithful Years 10.40 477.4 58.5? 1Kg11:42 

1 Rehoboam in Y5, Shishak of Egypt came ...& took away gold 17.00 494.4 58 1kg14:20,21 

2 Abijah war between Abijah & Samaria, Jeroboam 3.00 497.4 43 1kg15:1, 2ch13:1,2,20 

3 Asa get gold& treasures by sacking Ethiopians, 41.00 538.4 63 1kgs15:9-10 

4 Jehoshaphat Allied with wicked Ahab of Samaria 25.00 563.4 60 1kg22:41.44 

5 Jehoram allied with Ahab, all neighbors pillaged Jerusalem 8.00 571.4 40 2kgs3:1,12 

6 Ahaziah allied with Ahab exiled HIDING IN SAMARIA 1.00 572.4 23 2Kg 8:26, 9:29 

7 Athaliah usurper mother of Ahaziah murder royals 6.00 578.4 62 2Ch22:12 

8 Joash Jehoash restored Temple but city sacked by Syria 40.00 618.4 47 2kgs13:10 

9 Amaziah Lost treasury& Jerusalem to Jehoash/ Israel 29.00 647.4 59 2kg14:1-2,14 

10 Uzziah, Azariah gained war tribute& built-up Jerusalem walls 52.00 699.4 68 2kg15:1,2 

11 Jotham Got tribute, turn to Jehovah but ppl idolater 16.00 715.4 41 2kg15:32-33 

12 Ahaz Worship Assyria gods brought Judah low 16.00 731.4 36 2kg16:1-2 

13 Hezekiah Assyria besieged Samaria and took away 29.00 760.4 54 2kg18:1-2 

14 Manasseh did evil & repented in Babylon captivity 55.00 815.4 67 2kg21:1 

15 Amon worshiped & sacrificed to carved images 2.00 817.4 24 2kg21:19 

16 Josiah killed by Pharaoh but restored temple 31.00 848.4 39 2kg22:1 

17 Jehoahaz imprisoned by Necho in Egypt 0.25 848.7 24 2Kg23:33 

18 Jehoiakim, -achin Elikim 1st by Egypt, then Babylon, Judah sacked 11.00 859.7 36 2Kg23:36, Dan1:1 

19 Jeconiah at 8Yr old Babylon carried away Jer treasure -3mo 0.25 859.9 na 2kg24:8,12 

20 no king Jeconiah in First Exile from 8 to 18 Y 10.00 869.9 na 2kg24:8,25:27 

21 Jeconiah at 18Yr old Jeconiah 2nd reign from Exile 18Y old 0.28 870.2 19 2kg24:12,25:27 

22 Zedekiah king of Judah, until Babylon exile 11.00 881.2 32 2kg24:18,25:1 

23 Babylon Sacks In 7thY, in 18thY in 23Yof Neb. Jer sacked 6.00 887.2 na Jer52:28-29,Da1:1 

24 unknown Years without King in Jerusalem 9.80 897.0 na 

25 Captivity The Captivity 70.00 967.0 na 

26 Prophesy Jesus Baptized by John at Jordan 483.00 1450 30 Dan9: 

By this count and the Prophetic word of Daniel, unto the Messiah; it shown that from the anointing of Solomon Temple 

by the Holy Spirit unto the anointing of Jesus bodily temple at baptism by the Holy Saint John there were 1000 years or 

one sacred day of elapsed time. 

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Kings of Samaria starting at Solomon'd death as refered to years past the 38.5 year after Exodus 

# ∆Yrs King / Event Start End Comment ref 

J0 na Solomon die 477.4 477.4 Start count from Yr of Solomon death 1Kg11:42 

i1 22 Jeroboam 477.4 499.4 in Jeroboam20Y Asa become King 1kgs14:20,15:9 

i2 2 Nadab 499.4 501.4 Baasha kill Nadab Asa3Y, Samaria Kg24Y 1kgs15:25/29 

i3 24 Baasha 501.4 525.4 Asa Y35 war w/Baasha & Asa lose Gold36Y 1kgs15:28 

i4 2 Elah 525.4 527.4 Asa Y26 Elah become king 1kgs16:8 

i5 0.02 Zimri 527.4 527.4 Zimri kill Elad in Asa27Y reign 7days 1kgs16:10,15 

i6 12 Omri 527.4 539.4 crown Samar kg in asa31Y for 12y & die 1kgs16:23 

i7 22 Ahab 539.4 561.4 Asa 38Y Ahab kg in Israel, r22Y in Samaria 1kgs16:29 

i8 2 Ahaziah 561.4 563.4 Ahaziah2Y Israel king 17Y of Jehoshaphat 1kgs22:51 

i9 12 Joram Jehoram 563.4 575.4 Jehoram Israel Kg 12Y, in Jehoshaphat 18Y 2kgs3:1,12 

i10 28 Jehu 575.4 603.4 Over Samaria 28Y, cut off Joram 2kg9:14 2kgs10:36 

i11 17 Jehoahaz 603.4 620.4 Jehoahaz became king in Samaria, for 17Y 2kgs13:1 

i12 16 Jehoash 620.4 636.4 of Israel who break down 180m city wall 2kgs13:10 

i13 41 Jeroboam2 665.4 706.4 of Israel.. king in Samaria, & reigned 41Y 2kgs14:23 

i14 0.5 Zechariah 706.4 706.9 Zechariah king in Samaria 6 months 2kgs15:8 

i15 0.08 Shallum 706.9 707.0 began to reign in the 39Y of Uzziah 2kgs15:13 

i16 10 Menahem 707.0 717.0 In 39Y of Azariah began Menahem as king 2kgs15:17 

i17 2 Pekahiah 717.0 719.0 In 50Y of Azariah began Pekahiah as king 2kgs15:23 

i18 20 Pekah 719.0 739.0 In 52Y of Azariah begin Pekah as king 2kgs15:27 

i19 9 Hoshea 739.0 748.0 In Ahaz 12Y, begin King Hoshea in samaria 2kgs15:30,17.1 

i20 3 Assyria 748.0 751.0 In Hezekiah 6Y, Hoshea 9Y Samaria taken 2kgs17:5 

Table2 

Table3 

Finding Missing Years of Kings by Cross Reference 

King Reference & # Judah Kings Samaria Kings miss'Yr ref Yr 

i16, 39Y of Azariah, j10 686.4 707 20.6 647.4 



i19, Ahaz 12Y, #j12 727.4 739 11.6 715.4 

i20, Hezekiah 6Y, #j13 737.4 748 10.6 731.4 

Average missed Years 16.4 

Finding the Missing Years of Jerusalem Kings by Cross Reference 

Here are found the missing years of the Kings of Judah. As per prior statement, kings years are listed only regal years. If a 

king was captive or there was no king for an interim time, the scripture not account directly those years. 

In these two table the listed regal year of each listed king is summed sequentially. There be 2 common base points, the 

death of King Solomon and the carry away of Samaria. Both Tables and count is from the 38.5 year after Exodus. 

As seen here there is a maximum of 20.6 years missing. In Table 1 it was found necessary to add 19.8 year(items 20&24) 

to match the 430 year prophesy of Ezekiel 4. This table substantiates that addition of about 19.8 years. It is thought 

most overlook these years as they want fit Judean Kings into a total 390 year time gap. Ignoring the continuity of Ezekiel 

prophesy is not correct. 

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0. Solomon – King of Judah 

Solomon reigned 40 years, his last 10.4Y in 

apostasy, start temple Y4, dedicate Y12, at 

488.5Y from Exodus, 530+488.5= 1018.5 years 

from Abraham birth. 

1. Rehoboam - King of Judah 

Rehoboam reigned 17 years: age63d? 58Y 

1Kg14:21 Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned 

in Judah. He was 41Y old when he began to reign, 

and he reigned 17Y in Jerusalem, (2Chr12), Now 

Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord. For they 

also built for themselves high places. In his 5Y… 

Shishak of Egypt came ...& took away all 

treasure, 1Kgs14:25, & there was war between 

him and Jeroboam all their days. 1Kgs14:20 

Jeroboam reigned 22Y.. and Nadab his son 

reigned..in Asa 2Y over Israel, 1Kg15:25 

2. Abijah - King of Judah 

Abijah (Abajam): son of Rehoboam: Reigned 3 

years d42 or 43? 

1Kg15:1. 2Ch13:1/2 In King Jeroboam 18Y, 

Abijah was king & reigned 3Y in Jerusalem... 

there was war between Abijah & Jeroboam... 

2Chr13:20 Jeroboam did not recover strength 

again in the days of Abijah; & the LORD struck 

him, & he died. 

3. Asa - King of Judah 

Asa: son of Abijah: Reigned 41 years: d63? 

1Kgs15:9-10 2Ch16:13, Asa reign as king of 

Judah, he died in his 41Y as king 

In Jeroboam, 20Y, (1Kg15:9) Asa became King, 

Asa 1st 10Y with peace, 2Ch14:1 Asa recovered 

much treasure by defeat and sacking cities of 

Ethiopians, 2Chr14. In Asa 15Y Judah renew 

covenant in 3rd month, 2Chr15:10. 

Nadab, Jeroboam son, (1Kg15:25-30) became 

king for 2Y over Israel in Asa 2Y; Baasha killed 

Nadab in Asa 3Y, Baasha reign in Samaria for 

24Y & die 1Kg15:33 

Elah, Baasha son, became king over Israel Asa 

26Y, 1Kg16:8, & reign 2Y until Zimri killed him 

in Asa 27Y, Zimri had reigned in Tirzah 7D, & 

Israel crown Omri, king over Israel, in Asa 31Y. 

Omri was king over Israel for 12Y & died. 

1Kg16:23 

Asa 35Y war with Baasha house in Y36 sends all 

gold, 1Kg15:18, 2Chr16:2, to Syria against Israel. 

Asa remove idols, follow Jehovah, but not take 

off Judah high places. 

 

Asa 38Y, Ahab, is king over Israel; & Ahab reigned in 

Samaria 22Y, 1Kgs16:29 

4. Jehoshaphat - King of Judah 

Jehoshaphat : son of Asa : Reigned 25 years : st35 

d60y 

1Kg22:41 in Ahab 4Y, Jehoshaphat at 35 years 

old became king, & he reign in Jerusalem 25 

years, 2Ch20:31. 1Kgs22:4 so Ahab said to 

Jehoshaphat, "Will you go with me to fight at 

Ramoth Gilead?" Jehoshaphat said to the king of 

Israel, "I am as you are, my people as your 

people, my horses as your horses, 1Kgs22:43/44 

... the people offered sacrifices and burned 

incense on the high places. Also Jehoshaphat 

made peace with the king of Israel. 

Ahaziah became king over Israel in the 17Y of 

Jehoshaphat for 2Y, and then Jehoram became 

king of Israel for 12Y in Jehoshaphat 18Y. 

5. Jehoram - King of Judah 

Jehoram of Judah : Son of Jehoshaphat : Reigned 

8 years, d40 

2Kg8:16 He was 32Y old when he became king, 

(in Joram 5Y) & reigned in Jerusalem 8Y & 

departed without being desired. 2Ch21:20 And he 

walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as 

the house of Ahab had done, for the daughter of 

Ahab was his wife; and he did evil in the sight of 

the LORD, 2Kgs8:1, Being rebuked by Elijah, he 

& Judah suffered greatly for joining Israel's 

idolatry. For Philistines and Arabians near 

Ethiopia sacked Jerusalem and killed all but Ahaz. 

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6. Ahaziah - King of Judah 

Ahaziah (Jehoahaz) son of Jehoram : Reigned 1 

year, KIA23 or 43 by Syria 

2Kg8:26, 9:29 Ahaziah was 22Yo when he 

became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem 1Y.9:29 

in the 11Y of Joram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah had 

become king over Judah. He became allied with 

Joram. 

2Chr22:9 Then he searched for Ahaziah; and they 

caught him (he was HIDING IN SAMARIA), and 

brought him to Jehu. When they had killed him, ... 

 

So the house of Ahaziah had no one to assume 

power over the kingdom... 2Kgs8:27 and he 

walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did 

evil in the sight of the LORD, like the house of 

Ahab, for he was the son-in-law of the house of 

Ahab. 

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42Yo was Ahaziah when he began his 1Y reign in 

Jerusalem. His mother was Athaliah, a 

granddaughter of Omri. (2Chr.22:2) 

(Compare 2Kg8:26). According to that passage, the 

commencement of his reign is dated in the 22Y of his 

age, and, according to this, in the 42Y of the kingdom 

of his mother‘s family [Lightfoot]. “If Ahaziah 

ascended the throne in the 22Y of his life, he must 

have been born in his father‘s 19Y. The point that is 

being stressed by the Holy Spirit who inspired the 

Chronicler to so write is that Ahaziah is as much the 

"son of Omri" as he is "the son of David". Since the 

Messiah was foretold as being "the son of David" 

(Mat.22:42), and not the "son of Omri", Ahaziah name 

is deliberately omitted in the official genealogy of 

Christ Jesus in Matthew 1:8. That is, Ahaziah, his son 

Joash, and Joash's son Amaziah have been judicially 

removed by the Holy Spirit in Matthew due to their 

relationship to Ahab's and Jezebel's wicked daughter 

Athaliah. Her idolatrous influence infected, as it were, 

the Judaic lineage and these three Kings of Judah were 

all charged with idolatry (1. Ahaziah, 2Chr.22:3-4, the 

"ways of the house of Ahab"; 2. Joash, 2Chr.24:17-18; 

3. Amaziah 2Chr.25:14-15, "gods of Edom"). As the 

sins of the parents are visited to the third and fourth 

generation (Exo.20:5, cp. Ps109:13-14), 3 generations 

are passed over in the register in "cleansing" the 

Messianic lineage so that Messiah may be said to be 

the "son of David" and none other. Thus it may be 

seen that these two Scriptures (2Chr.22:2; Mat.1:8), 

both long held to be erroneous, actually sustain and 

explain one another. If it be doubted that the Holy 

Spirit's omission of these three names in Matthew 1:8 

is deliberate, let the skeptic note that the names of 

three High Priests, (Amariah [Jehoshaphat's], Jehoiada 

[Athaliah etc.], and Zechariah [Joash's]) all of whom 

officiated during this time frame, are also not found in 

the official register. Moreover Jehoiada was one of the 

finest priests since Samuel (2Chr.24:16) and yet his 

name is omitted from the genealogical roll (1Chr.6:1- 

15, cp. Ezr.7:1-5; also see 2Ki11:4-19; 12:2; 2Chr. 22- 

24). Jehoiada lived 130 years (2Chr.24:15) so was alive 

in the days of Rehoboam, perhaps even back to the time of 

Solomon. He would have reached the age of assuming the 

full priesthood during the middle of the reign of Asa and 

was the high priest at the time of Athaliah overthrow and 

the installment of little Joash to his rightful throne 

(2Chr.23:8c, 18-20; 24:6). Why are their names missing? 

Although a conclusive answer for all three is not known, 

perhaps it was due in part to their association with several 

of the monarchs. But, sufficient reasons are to be found 

related to Jehoiada having been excluded 

. First, it was he who made the plural marriages 

for young Joash, undoubtedly in an attempt to 

insure a male heir to David's throne. Such 

marriages were not only wrong in God's eyes, but 

by so doing Jehoiada displayed a lack of faith that 

God Himself would perform the promise to David 

that he would not lack a son who could occupy 

the throne", (2Sam.7; Psa.89:19-37). 

7. Athaliah - Queen of Judah 

Athaliah; usurper mother of Ahaziah Reigned 6 

years: (7Y) d62? By revolt 

2Kg11:1 now when Athaliah the mother of 

Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and 

destroyed all the royal family. Thus they hid him 

(Joash) from Athaliah, so that he was not put to 

death. And he remained with her 6Y, hidden in 

the house of the Lord, while Athaliah reigned over 

the land. She was the granddaughter of Omri, king 

of Israel, 2Kgs8:26 Go page1 GoTable1 

8. Joash - King of Judah 

Joash Reigned 40 years. D47Y wounded by Syria, 

killed in his bed by servant. 

2Kg10:36 & the period that Jehu reigned over 

Israel in Samaria was 28Y. 

2Kg12:1 In 7Y of Jehu, Jehoash began to reign, & 

he reigned 40Y in Jerusalem. 

2Kg11:21 Jehoash was 7Y old when he became 

king, restored Temple only to have city sacked by 

Syria. 

2Kg13:1 In the 23Yr of Joash the son of Ahaziah, 

king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu became 

king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned 17Y. 

9. Amaziah - King of Judah 

Amaziah son of Joash of Judah : Reign of 29 

years, killed age 59Y 

2Kg14:2 In the second year of Joash the son of 

Joahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah the son of Joash, 

king of Judah, began to reign. He was 25Y old 

when he began to reign, and he reigned 29Y in 

Jerusalem. Lost treasury to Jehoash of Israel who 

break down 180m city wall. Amaziah took much 

of Edomite land but worshipped they gods & lost 

his kingdom and life. 2Kgs14:23 In Amaziah 

15Y, Jeroboam-II, the son of Joash, king of Israel, 

became king in Samaria, and reigned 41Y, 

recapture much of Jordan valley from Syria to 

Arabah. 

2Kgs14:13-15 Amaziah was CAPTURED by 

Jehoash and lived fifteen years after the death of 

Jehoash. Israel captured the treasure of Jerusalem 

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10. Uzziah - King of Judah 

Uzziah (Azariah) son of Amaziah : Reigned 52 

years d68Y as Leaper last 5Y 

2Kgs15:1, 2Ch26, In Jeroboam king of Israel 

27Y, Azariah the son of Amaziah, king of Judah, 

began to reign at 16Yo, 2Kg14:21, and he reigned 

52Y but died a leper, about 5Y after burn incense, 

as he was angry with the priests. He gained tribute 

from war and fortified Jerusalem walls. Jotham 

admin last 5Y. 

2Kg15:8 In the 38Yof Azariah king of Judah did 

Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in 

Samaria 6Months. 

2Kg15:13 Shallum the son of Jabesh began to 

reign in the 39Y of Uzziah king of Judah; and he 

reigned a full 1Month in Samaria. 

2Kg15:17 In the 39Y of Azariah king of Judah 

began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over 

Israel, and reigned 10Y in Samaria. : 23 In the 

50Y of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of 

Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, 

and reigned 2Y. v:27 In the 52Y of Azariah king 

of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to 

reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned 20Y. 

11. Jotham - King of Judah 

Jotham son of Uzziah : Reigned 16 years : d41 

2Kg15:30-33 2Chr26:21-27:7 Jotham son of 

Uzziah became king of Judah at age 25Y when he 

became king, reigned 16 years, rested in 

Jerusalem. Got tribute, worshipped Jehovah but 

the people still sacrificed and burned incense on 

the high places. 

2Kg15:30 And Hoshea...against Pekah... &...slew 

him, & reigned in his stead, in Jotham, the son of 

Uzziah, 20Y. 

12. Ahaz - King of Judah 

Ahaz son of Jotham : Reigned 16 years d36 

2Ch28:1 2Kgs16:1, 2 Ahaz was 21Y old when he 

became king, and he reigned 16Y in Jerusalem; 

(In Pekah 17Y, the son of Remaliah) 

2Ch28:22 in the time of his distress King Ahaz 

became increasingly unfaithful to the LORD. 

Worship Assyria gods brought Judah low, gave 

treasury unto Damascus for naught. Isaiah gives 

65Y prophecy against Israel, Is7:8 

Is7:1 in the days of Ahaz... Rezin the king of 

Syria, and Pekah... went up toward Jerusalem ... 

Is7:3, 8 Then the LORD said to Isaiah, "Go out 

now to meet Ahaz; Within 65Y Ephraim will be 

broken, So that it will not be a people. 2Ch28:5-6 

. 

12. Ahaz - King of Judah 

 

And (Ahaz) was also delivered into the hand of 

the king of Israel, who smote him with a great 

slaughter. 

 

For Pekah... slew in Judah …(120k men) 


2Kgs17:1 In Ahaz 12Y, Hoshea the son of Elah 

became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned 

nine years. 

13. Hezekiah - King of Judah 

Hezekiah reigned 29 years. D54 

2Ch29:1 2Kgs18:2 At age 25Yo Hezekiah 

became king, & reigned in Jerusalem 29Y. Rested 

with his fathers in Jerusalem 

2Kgs18:1 Hezekiah son of Ahaz, began to reign 

in Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel 3Y 

2Kg18:9-10 in King Hezekiah, 4Y, which was 

Hoshea.., king of Israel, 7Y, Shalmaneser king of 

Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it. 

At the end of 3Y they took it. In Hezekiah, 6Y, 

that is, Hoshea king of Israel, 9Y Samaria was 

taken. … 

========= 284Y ========== 

14. Manasseh - King of Judah 

Manasseh son of Hezekiah : Reigned 55 years : 

d67 

2Kg21:1 Manasseh became king at 12Yo & 

reigned in Jerusalem 55Y. He made his sons pass 

through the fire, practiced soothsaying, used 

witchcraft, and consulted spiritists and mediums. 

He did much evil, invoked more wrath than Israel. 

Although he repented, his 'generational curse' 

caused Jerusalem to be sacked during reign of his 

heirs. 

2Chr33:11-13 So the Lord brought against them 

the commanders of the host of the king of 

Assyria, who took Manasseh with hooks and in 

fetters and brought him to Babylon. Now when he 

was in affliction, he implored the Lord his God, 

and humbled himself greatly before the God of his 

fathers, and prayed to Him; and He received his 

entreaty, heard his supplication, and brought him 

back to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then 

Manasseh knew that the Lord was God. … 

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15. Amon - King of Judah 

Amon son of Manasseh : Reigned 2 years : d24 

sired Josiah at 15y or16) 

2Kg21:19-26 - Amon became king, at 22Yo & 

reigned in Jerusalem 2Y, & he worshiped & 

sacrificed to all the carved images which his 

father Manasseh had made, & served them until 

killed by his servants & was buried in tomb... 

2Ch33:21-24 

16. Josiah - King of Judah 

Josiah son of Amon : Reigned 31 years : d39 KIA 

Pharaoh Necho 2Kg23:29 

2Kg21:1, 2Ch34:1 Josiah became king @8Yo & 

reigned in Jerusalem 31Y. In his 8Y (while 

young) he began to seek Elohim and in his 12Y 

begin remove idols & take off the alters of Baals 

& In 18Y when finish cut down all the idols 

throughout all his land.., he returned to Jerusalem 

& give money that had collected from Manasseh, 

Ephraim, all the remnant of Israel, and from all 

Judah, Benjamin, and Jerusalem. While gathering 

the money that was brought into the house of the 

Lord, Hilkiah the priest found the (lost) Book of 

Moses Law in temple & after King Josiah had 

heard the words of the Law, he rent his clothes. 

..and commanded saying, Go; inquire of the Lord 

for me and for those who are left in Israel and in 

Judah about the words of the book that is found. 

For great is the Lord's wrath... because our fathers 

have not kept the word of the Lord, to do 

according to all that is written in this book. … 

(then spake) Huldah the prophetess, she said to... 

Josiah... your eyes shall not see all the evil that I 

will bring upon this place and its inhabitants... 

Then Josiah took away all the abominations out of 

all the countries that pertained to the children of 

Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to 

serve, even to serve the Lord their God. 

2Chr35:18-25 … there was no Passover like to 

that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the 

prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep 

such a Passover as Josiah kept, ..., and all Judah 

and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of 

Jerusalem. In the 18Y... of Josiah was this 

Passover kept. …After all this, when Josiah had 

prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came 

up to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates: and 

Josiah went out against him ... in the valley of 

Megiddo ... & the archers shot at king Josiah...& 

he later died in Jerusalem And Jeremiah lamented 

for Josiah: 

16. Josiah - King of Judah 

2Ch34/35, 2Kg22. Jer3:10-11: And yet for all this 

her treacherous sister Judah has not turned to Me 

with her whole heart, but in pretense," says the 

LORD. Then the LORD said to me, "Backsliding 

Israel has shown herself more righteous than 

treacherous Judah 2Kg22&23 show extent of 

Ahaz influence in Jerusalem 


17. Jehoahaz - King of Judah 

Jehoahaz son of Josiah : reigned 3mo. d23.25Y 

imprisoned by Necho in Egypt 

2Kgs23:31-33, 2Chr36:2 Jehoahaz was 23Y old 

when he became king, and he reigned 3 months in 

Jerusalem; in prison Riblah land of Hamath, under 

Egypt 

18. Jehoiakim - King of Judah 

Jehoiakim (Eliakim) son of Josiah : reigned 11Y : 

d36 

2Kgs23:36/24:1-7, 2Chr36:5-6 Jehoiakim was 

25Y old when he became king (as vassal to Necho 

of Egypt), and he reined 11Y in Jerusalem... 

Nebuchadnezzar ... came up against him,.. to carry 

him off to Babylon... With costly items from the 

Temple..; 1 st under Egypt, then Babylon, Judah 

sacked in days of J'kim. 

Jer25:1..in Jehoiakim 4th Y .. that was 

Nebuchadnezzar 1st Y king of Babylon.. 

19. Jehoiachin - King of Judah 

Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim : reigned 3 months 

10dy captive 18.25 & 8.5 

Jehoiachin at 18Yo began to reign, & reigned in 

Jerusalem 3mo 10d (2Ki.24:8, ..2Ch36:9, says 

8Yo) & did evil in the sight of the LORD. He & 

treasure were carried away to Babylon. On the 5th 

day of the month, this was in the 15thYr of King 

Jehoiachin’s captivity. Ez1:2 Now it came to pass 

in the 37Y of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of 

Judah, in the 12th month, on the 27D of the 

month, that Evil-Merodach king of Babylon, in 

the year that he began to reign, released 

Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison. 

2Kg25:27..in 37Y of the captivity of Jehoiachin 

king of Judah, in the 12 month, on the 25D of the 

month, that Evil-Merodach king of Babylon, in 

the 1st Y of his reign, lifted up the head of 

Jehoiachin ...Jer52:31. From this Nebuchadnezzar 

passed in Jehoiachin 36Y. 

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20. Zedekiah - King of Judah 

Zedekiah son of Josiah : reigned 11Y carried to 

Babylon 

2Kg24:8 2Ch36:11 Jer52:12, 1:3 It came also in 

the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of 

Judah, until the end of the 11Y of Zedekiah 

(Mattaniah) he son of Josiah, king of Judah, until 

the exile of Jerusalem in the 5M. Ez33:21 in the 

12Y of our captivity, in the 10M, in the 5D, that 

one.. of Jerusalem came .. saying, The city is 

smitten. Ez40:1, In the 25Y of our captivity, in the 

beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the 

month, in the 14Y after that the city was smitten, 

Jer52:1 Zedekiah became king at 21Yo & reigned 

11Y in Jerusalem, 2Ch36:11. 

Jer32:1, in the 10Y of Zedekiah .., which was the 

18Y of Nebuchadnezzar. 

21. Babylonian Sacking of Judah 

Babylonians sack Judah unto all carry away 11Y 

+ 5Y= 16Y Judah without king. 

Jer52:28-30, Dan1:1 These Nebuchadnezzar 

carried away captive: in the 7thY, .. (Jo'kim11Y) 

in the 18thY of Neb. (Jo'kim22Y, Zed'11Y) he 

carried away ... in the 23Y year of 

Neb.,(Jo'kim27Y, Zed'16Y) Nebuzaradan the 

captain of the guard carried away captive of the 

Jews … 18-7=11Y, 23-18=5Y 

Ez40:1 In the 25Y of our captivity, in the 

beginning of the year, in the 10d of the month, in 

the 14Y after that the city was smitten, in .. (11Y 

after captivity city..) 

22. Jeremiah 70 years Prophecy & Judgment upon 

Israel & Judah 

2Chr36:21 "To fulfill the word of the Lord by the 

mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her 

Sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept 

Sabbath, to fulfill 70Y." 

Jer25:11 And this whole land shall be a 

desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations 

shall serve the king of Babylon 70 years. 

For in 70 years of Sabbaths we have 7Y/1Sabbath 

year times 70 Sabbath years or 490 years, and in a 

total of 500 years there be 10 Jubilee land 

Sabbaths spaced 50Y apart. The sum is 

490+10=500Y, for in the 50thY, the land was to 

rest also. Even double counting 49 year Jubilers 

will see 490

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The 1 st time line breaks the 480 Years into 3 parts: A) From Exodus unto East 

Bank Conquest in the 38.5 Year from Exodus, B) The 300Y told Jephthah from 

East Bank Conquest unto beginning of Jephthah Judgeship, C) by difference 

there remain 141.5Y from start of Jephthah unto start of Solomon Temple. In 

part C, a further breakdown is made to see how the known years and 

unspecified years could be fitted into the 141.5Y time gap. 

The key numbers given in old testament are: times of the 4 listed Judges, 

(6,7,10,8); The 40 year priesthood of Eli’s 98 year life that ended with capture 

of the Ark; then 20 years the Ark spent at Abinadab’s until David brought it to 

Jerusalem in the 1 st year of his 33 years there, David’s 7 years as King outside 

Hebron, and the 4 years of Solomon reign unto laying Temple foundation. 

Eli’s 98 year life ended at capture of Ark. It is told he was priest for 40 years. 

This cannot start until age 30 by Moses Law. Thus his last 28 years were as an 

Elder. It is seen that Eli as Tabernacle Priest, overlapped the 4 judges by 15 

years by counting back. The total time of either Samuel or Saul is not specified 

in scripture. But David kingship began at Solomon death, also Samuel could 

not be Tabernacle Priest until Eli retired. This leaves about 41 or 42 combined 

years for Saul and Samuel. It is possible Saul was king for 40 years. In one 

place David’s term is given as 33Y and a few months. The Ark was also 7 

months in Gaza before return to Israel. Samson time by Seder Olam is placed 

outside the 141.5 year span. 

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