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McFall’s Chronology
of the Hebrew Kings

Last updated:

18-Sep-2020 at 14:04

(See History.)

© Richard P. Aschmann

Rick Aschmann

(biblechronology.net/McFallChronology.html)

 

            Most of this chart was copied verbatim from Leslie McFall’s chart CHRONOLOGY OF THE HEBREW KINGS. However, he never added the references from Chronicles to his chart, and he has been with Jesus since 2015, so I have taken the liberty of adding these to his chart. Further detailed information on his chronology can be found in his A Translation Guide to the Chronological Data in Kings and Chronicles. Various kings had alternate names, and I have added these. All of my changes to his chart are marked in green. The comments at the bottom are McFall’s.

 

BIBLICAL

SEQUENCE

Parallel Passages

in Chronicles

Kings of JUDAH

and Israel

COREGENT

(commencement)

KING

(start of sole reign)

DIED

(or last year)

1 Kg. 1:1-2:11

1 Ch. 11-29

DAVID

 

APR 1010

APR 971 – APR 970

1 Kg. 2:11-11:43

2 Ch. 1-9

SOLOMON

 

APR 970

APR 931 – SEPT 931

1 Kg. 12:1-14:20

 

Jeroboam

 

Sept 931 – Apr 930

Sept 910 – Apr 909

1 Kg. 14:21-31

2 Ch. 10-12

REHOBOAM

 

APR 931 – SEPT 931

APR – SEPT 914

1 Kg. 15:1-8

2 Ch. 13

ABIJAM (ABIJAH)

 

APR – SEPT 914

SEPT 912 – APR 911

1 Kg. 15:9-24

2 Ch. 14-16

ASA

 

SEPT 912 – APR 911

SEPT 871 – APR 870

1 Kg. 15:25-32

 

Nadab

 

Sept 910 – Apr 909

Sept 909 – Apr 908

1 Kg. 15:33-16:7

 

Baasha

 

Sept 909 – Apr 908

Sept 886 – Apr 885

1 Kg. 16:8-14

 

Elah

 

Sept 886 – Apr 885

Sept 885 – Apr 884

1 Kg. 16:15-20

 

Zimri

 

Sept 885 – Apr 884

Sept 885 – Apr 884

1 Kg. 16:21-22

 

Tibni

Sept 885 – Apr 884

 

Apr 880 – Sept 880

1 Kg. 16:23-28

 

Omri

Sept 885 – Apr 884

Apr 880 – Sept 880

Sept 874 – Apr 873

1 Kg. 16:29-22:40

 

Ahab

 

Sept 874 – Apr 873

Apr – Sept 853

1 Kg. 22:41-51

2 Ch. 17-20

JEHOSHAPHAT

SEPT 873 –

SEPT 871 – APR 870

APR – SEPT 848

1 Kg. 22:52-2 Kg. 2:25

 

Ahaziah

 

Apr – Sept 853

Apr – Sept 852

2 Kg. 3:1-8:15

 

Joram

 

Apr – Sept 852

Apr – Sept 841

2 Kg. 8:16-24

2 Ch. 21

JEHORAM

SEPT 854 –

APR – SEPT 848

APR – SEPT 841

2 Kg. 8:25-9:29

2 Ch. 22:1-9

AHAZIAH (JEHOAHAZ)

SEPT 842 –

APR – SEPT 841

APR – SEPT 841

2 Kg. 9:30-10:36

 

Jehu

 

Apr – Sept 841

Sept 814 – Apr 813

2 Kg. 11:1-21

2 Ch. 22:10-12

ATHALIAH

 

APR – SEPT 841

APR – SEPT 835

2 Kg. 12:1-21

2 Ch. 23-24

JOASH

 

APR – SEPT 835

APR – SEPT 796

2 Kg. 13:1-10

 

Jehoahaz

 

Sept 814 – Apr 813

Sept 798 – Apr 797

2 Kg. 13:11-25

 

Jehoash

Apr 799 –

Sept 798 – Apr 797

Sept 782 – Apr 781

2 Kg. 14:1-22

2 Ch. 25

AMAZIAH

 

APR – SEPT 796

APR – SEPT 767

2 Kg. 14:23-29

 

Jeroboam II

Apr 793 –

Sept 782 – Apr 781

Aug/Sept 753

2 Kg. 15:1-7

2 Ch. 26

AZARIAH (UZZIAH)

SEPT 791 –

APR – SEPT 767

APR – SEPT 739

2 Kg. 15:8-12

 

Zechariah

 

Aug/Sept 753

March 752

2 Kg. 15:13-15

 

Shallum

 

March 752

late Apr 752

2 Kg. 15:16-22

 

Menahem

late Apr 752 –

(split with Pekah)

Sept 742 – Apr 741

2 Kg. 15:23-26

 

Pekahiah

 

Sept 742 – Apr 741

Sept 740 – Apr 739

2 Kg. 15:27-31

 

Pekah

late Apr 752 –

Sept 740 – Apr 739

Sept 732 – Apr 731

2 Kg. 15:32-38

2 Ch. 27

JOTHAM

APR- SEPT 750 –

APR – SEPT 739 TO

SEPT 732 – SEPT 731

 

 

JOTHAM

SEPT 735 – SEPT 731

SEPT 735

 

2 Kg. 16:1-20

2 Ch. 28

AHAZ

SEPT 735 –

SEPT 732 – SEPT 731

C. MARCH 715

2 Kg. 17:1-41

 

Hoshea

 

Sept 732 – Apr 731

Apr – Sept 723

2 Kg. 18:1-20:21

2 Ch. 29-32

HEZEKIAH

SEPT 729 –

C. MARCH 715

SEPT 687 – SEPT 686

2 Kg. 21:1-18

2 Ch. 33:1-20

MANASSEH

SEPT 697 –

SEPT 697 – SEPT 686

SEPT 643 – SEPT 642

2 Kg. 21:19-26

2 Ch. 33:21-25

AMON

 

SEPT 643 – SEPT 642

SEPT 641 – SEPT 640

2 Kg. 22:1-23:30

2 Ch. 34-35

JOSIAH

 

SEPT 641 – SEPT 640

C. JULY 609

2 Kg. 23:31-35

2 Ch. 36:1-3

JEHOAHAZ (SHALLUM)

 

JULY 609

C. OCT 609

2 Kg. 23:36-24:7

2 Ch. 36:4-8

JEHOIAKIM (ELIAKIM)

 

OCT 609

9 DEC 598

2 Kg. 24:8-17

2 Ch. 36:9-10

JEHOIACHIN (JECONIAH, CONIAH)

SEPT 608 –

DEC 598 – APR 597

AFTER APR 561

2 Kg. 24:18-25:7

2 Ch. 36:11-21

ZEDEKIAH

 

APR 597 – AUG 586

C. AUG 586

The kings of Judah are in bold capital letters, and the kings of Israel are in italic letters.

 

The suggestion that Solomon died between Nisan (April) and Elul (August) 931 B.C. was first put forward by Rodger Young, “When Did Solomon Die?” JETS 46 (2003) 589-603. Consequently, the first four Judean kings (from Rehoboam to Jehoshaphat) have been moved back one year. The implication of this minor, but very important, shift does away with Thiele’s suggestion that Judah’s system was imposed on Israel’s for these four kings by the biblical scribes.