McFall’s Chronology

McFall’s Chronology
of the Hebrew Kings

Last updated:

18-Sep-2020 at 14:04

(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.