(the dates apply to the kings.)
IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
Prophets.
b.c.
Kings.
Time of Reign.
Samuel.
1095
Saul,
Reigned 40 years.
Gad.
1055
David,
Reigned 40 years.
Nathan.
1015
Solomon,
Reigned 40 years.
IN THE DIVIDED KINGDOM.
JUDAH.
ISRAEL.
Began b.c.
Kings.
Reigned Years
Prophets.
Began b.c.
Kings.
Reigned Years
Prophets.
975
Rehoboam,
17
Shemaiah.
975
Jeroboam,
22
Ahijah.
958
Abijah,
3
Iddo.
955
Asa,
41
Oded.
Azariah.
954
Nadab,
2
Hanani.
953
Baasha,
24
930
Elah,
2
929
Zimri,
7 dys.
929
Omri,
12
918
Ahab,
22
Elijah.
914
Jehoshaphat,
25
Jehu.
Micaiah.
898
Ahaziah,
2
Elisha.
Jahaziel.
896
Joram,
12
892
Jehoram,
8
Eliezer.
885
Ahaziah,
1
884
Athaliah,
6
884
Jehu,
28
878
Jehoash,
40
Zechariah, son of Jehoiada.
856
Jehoahaz,
17
Jonah. [?]
841
Joash,
16
839
Amaziah,
29
825
Jeroboam II.,
41
Hosea.
810
Uzziah,
52
Zechariah,
Amos.
784
Interregnum,
11
773
Zachariah,
6 mo.
772
Shallum,
1 mo.
772
Menahem,
10
761
Pekahiah,
2
759
Pekah,
20
758
Jotham,
16
Isaiah.
742
Ahaz,
16
Micah.
739
Anarchy,
9
Oded.
730
Hoshea,
9
726
Hezekiah,
29
Nahum.
721
The kingdom of Israel overthrown by the Assyrians and Samaria. destroyed.
698
Manasseh,
55
Joel.
643
Amon,
2
641
Josiah,
31
Jeremiah.
610
Jehoahaz,
3 mos.
Habakkuk
610
Jehoiakim,
11
Zephaniah.
599
Jehoiachin,
100 days.
Ezekiel.
——
Daniel.
599
Zedekiah,
11
Obadiah. [?]
Persian Kings, after the Captivity.
588
Jerusalem destroyed.
536 First year of Cyrus.
——
529 Cambyses.
Governors after the Captivity.
521 Darius Hystaspes.
486 Xerxes I.
536
Zerubbabel,
Haggai.
478 Esther Queen.
457
Ezra,
Zechariah.
465 Artaxerxes-Longimanus.
445
Nehemiah,
Malachi.
424 Darius Nothus.
Contemporary with Rehoboam was Sesonchis of the 22d dynasty in Egypt; with Jehoshaphat, Mesha king of Moab, and Eth-baal king of Tyre: and with Athaliah, Dido, who founded Carthage. During Uzziah's long reign the First Olympiad takes its rise: and Rome was founded (753) in the reign of Jotham.