Divided Monarchy
The biblical chronology of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah includes some historical events and can be compared to dates from Assyrian chronology such as the Battle of Qarqar.
The sum of the reigns of the kings of Judah is 430 years, the same as the Septuagint's version of the period between the promise of the Land of Canaan given to Abraham and the covenant at Sinai.
For this period, most historians follow either of the older chronologies established by William F. Albright or Edwin R. Thiele, or the newer chronologies of Gershon Galil and Kenneth Kitchen. See Kings of Israel and Kings of Judah for the differences between these chronologies. These scholarly chronologies may differ for up to about forty years from the traditional Masoretic dates in the early period, while all authorities agree that the last king of Judah, Zedekiah, ruled from 597 to 587 or 586 BCE.
The following table only gives the Anno Mundi dates of the Masoretic tradition and its conversion in the Dionysian era (AM 1 = 3925 BC).
| Masoretic date (AM) |
Masoretic date (BCE) |
Event | Bible verse |
|---|---|---|---|
| The United Monarchy split into two rival kingdoms: Israel in the north and Judah in the south. | 1 Kings 12 | ||
| Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned as king of Judah (Albright: 922–915 BCE; Thiele: 931–913 BCE) | 1 Kings 12 | ||
| Jeroboam I son of Nebat reigned as king of Israel | 1 Kings 12 | ||
| Abijam son of Rehoboam reigned as king of Judah | 1 Kings 15 | ||
| Asa son of Abijam reigned as king of Judah | 1 Kings 15 | ||
| Nadab son of Jeroboam I reigned as king of Israel | 1 Kings 15 | ||
| Baasha reigned as king of Israel | 1 Kings 15 | ||
| Jehoshaphat son of Asa born. | 1 Kings 22 | ||
| Elah son of Baasha reigned as king of Israel | 1 Kings 16 | ||
| Zimri reigned as king of Israel for 7 days in Tirzah. | 1 Kings 16 | ||
| The people of Israel were divided after the death of Zimri, as half wanted Tibni for King, with the other half wanting Omri for King. Omri is declared unofficially as king during 914 BCE. | 1 Kings 16 | ||
| Omri reigned as king of Israel, after the death of Tibni. | 1 Kings 16 | ||
| Ahab son of Omri reigned as king of Israel | 1 Kings 16 | ||
| Jehoshaphat son of Asa reigned as king of Judah, from 35 years old until his death at 60 years old. | 1 Kings 22 | ||
| Ahaziah son of Ahab reigned as king of Israel | 1 Kings 22 | ||
| Jehoram (Joram) son of Jehoshaphat reigned as king of Judah | |||
| Joram (Jehoram) son of Ahab reigned as king of Israel | |||
| Ahaziah son of Jehoram reigned as king of Judah | |||
| Athaliah wife of Jehoram ruled over Judah | |||
| Jehu son of Nimshi reigned as king of Israel | |||
| Joash (Jehoash) son of Ahaziah reigned as king of Judah | |||
| Jehoahaz son of Jehu reigned as king of Israel | |||
| Jehoash (Joash) son of Jehoahaz reigned as king of Israel | |||
| Amaziah son of Joash reigned as king of Judah | |||
| Jeroboam II son of Jehoash reigned as king of Israel | |||
| Uzziah (Azariah) son of Amaziah reigned as king of Judah | |||
| Zechariah son of Jeroboam II reigned as king of Israel | |||
| Shallum reigned as king of Israel | |||
| Menahem son of Gadi reigned as king of Israel | |||
| Pekahiah son of Menahem reigned as king of Israel | |||
| Jotham son of Uzziah reigned as king of Judah | |||
| Pekah son of Remaliah reigned as king of Israel | |||
| Ahaz son of Jotham reigned as king of Judah | |||
| Hoshea son of Elah reigned as king of Israel | |||
| Hezekiah son of Ahaz reigned as king of Judah | |||
| Northern kingdom of Israel fell to Assyria | |||
| Manasseh son of Hezekiah reigned as king of Judah | |||
| Amon son of Manasseh reigned as king of Judah | |||
| Josiah son of Amon reigned as king of Judah | |||
| Jehoahaz son of Josiah reigned as king of Judah | |||
| Jehoiakim son of Josiah reigned as king of Judah | |||
| Jehoiachin (Jeconiah, Coniah) son of Jehoiakim reigned as king of Judah | |||
| Zedekiah (Mattaniah) son of Josiah reigned as king of Judah | |||
| Kingdom of Judah fell to Babylon. The destruction of the First Temple of Jerusalem. The start of the Babylonian Exile. | |||
| The Babylonian Empire falls to the Persians, led by King Cyrus. | Ezra 1 | ||
| End of the Babylonian Exile, as King Cyrus the Great of Persia frees the Jews from exile, in the first year of his reign over Babylon. | Ezra 1 |
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