Epoker

All of Creation was formed by G-d's spoken word. (GEN 1:1-31)

So all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died. (GEN 5:5)

When Adam had lived one hundred and thirty years, he became the father of a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth. (GEN 5:3) So all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died. (GEN 5:5)

Seth lived one hundred and five years, and became the father of Enosh. (GEN 5:6) So all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years, and he died. (GEN 5:11)

Enosh lived ninety years, and became the father of Kenan. (GEN 5:9) So all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died. (GEN 5:14)

Kenan lived seventy years, and became the father of Mahalalel. (GEN 5:12) So all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred and ninety-five years, and he died. (GEN 5:17)

Mahalalel lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Jared. (GEN 5:15) So all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years, and he died. (GEN 5:20)

Jared lived one hundred and sixty-two years, and became the father of Enoch. (GEN 5:18) So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. (GEN 5:23) Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him. (GEN 5:24)

Enoch lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Methuselah. (GEN 5:21) So all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died. (GEN 5:27)

Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty-seven years, and became the father of Lamech. (GEN 5:25) So all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years, and he died. (GEN 5:31)

Lamech lived one hundred and eighty-two years, and became the father of a son. Now he called his name Noah, saying, "This one will give us rest from our work and from the toil of our hands arising from the ground which the LORD has cursed." (GEN 5:28-29) Noah lived three hundred and fifty years after the flood. (GEN 9:28)

Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (GEN 5:32) In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened. (GEN 7:11) These are the records of the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old, and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood. (GEN 11:10) ...and Shem lived five hundred years, after he became the father of Arpachshad, and he had other sons and daughters. (GEN 11:11)

In the SIX HUNDREDTH YEAR of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened. The rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights. (GEN 7:11-12) Now it came about in the SIX HUNDRED AND FIRST YEAR, in the first month, on the first of the month, the water was dried up from the earth. Then Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the surface of the ground was dried up. (GEN 8:13)

These are the records of the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old, and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood; (GEN 11:10) Arpachshad lived thirty-five years, and became the father of Shelah; and Arpachshad lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Shelah, and he had other sons and daughters. (GEN 11:12-13)

Arpachshad lived thirty-five years, and became the father of Shelah; (GEN 11:12) Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber; and Shelah lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Eber, and he had other sons and daughters. (GEN 11:14-15)

Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber; (GEN 11:14) Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg; and Eber lived four hundred and thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and he had other sons and daughters. (GEN 11:16-17)

Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg; (GEN 11:16) Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu; and Peleg lived two hundred and nine years after he became the father of Reu, and he had other sons and daughters. (GEN 11:18-19)

Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu; (GEN 11:18) Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug; and Reu lived two hundred and seven years after he became the father of Serug, and he had other sons and daughters. (GEN 11:20)

Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug; (GEN 11:20) Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor; and Serug lived two hundred and seven years after he became the father of Nahor, and he had other sons and daughters. (GEN 11:22)

Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor; (GEN 11:22) Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah; and Nahor lived one hundred and nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and he had other sons and daughters. (GEN 11:24)

Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah; (GEN 11:24) The days of Terah were two hundred and five years and Terah died in Haran. (GEN 11:32)

Terah lived SEVENTY YEARS, and became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. (GEN 11:26)

Terah lived SEVENTY YEARS, and became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. (GEN 11:26) These are all the years of Abraham's life that he lived, one hundred and seventy-five years. (GEN 25:7)

Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, “Will a child be born to a man one hundred years old? And will Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?” (GEN 17:17) Now Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years; these were the years of the life of Sarah. (GEN 23:1)

Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say, "And to seeds," as referring to many, but rather to one, "And to your seed," that is, Christ. What I am saying is this: the Law, which came FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY YEARS later, does not invalidate a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to nullify the promise. (GAL 3:16-17)

Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to him. (GEN 16:16) These are the years of the life of Ishmael, one hundred and thirty-seven years; and he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people. (GEN 25:17)

Isaac was born when Shem was 550 years old and Shem lived to an age of 600 years. Abraham and Isaac could have heard about the Flood first-hand from Shem.

Now Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. (GEN 21:5) Now the days of Isaac were one hundred and eighty years. (GEN 35:28)

God said to Abram, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, where they will be enslaved and oppressed FOUR HUNDRED YEARS. (GEN 15:13)

Now the first came forth red, all over like a hairy garment; and they named him Esau. Afterward his brother came forth with his hand holding on to Esau's heel, so his name was called Jacob; and Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them. (GEN 25:25-26) Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; so the length of Jacob's life was one hundred and forty-seven years. (GEN 47:28)

She conceived again and bore a son and said, “Now this time my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” Therefore he was named Levi. (GEN 29:34) [Eliezer Shulman's "The Sequence of Events in the Old Testament" (page 28) places Levi's birth in the year 2195 AM, 3 years after Leah is given to Jacob in marriage. *This date is oral history informed by logic.] These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon and Kohath and Merari; and the length of Levi's life was one hundred and thirty-seven years. (EXO 6:16)

She named him Joseph, saying, “May the LORD give me another son.” (GEN 30:24) So Joseph died at the age of one hundred and ten years; and he was embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt. (GEN 50:26)

During the seven years of plenty the land brought forth abundantly. (GEN 41:47)

When the seven years of plenty which had been in the land of Egypt came to an end, and the seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said, then there was famine in all the lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. (GEN 41:53-54)

Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, Jacob and his sons, who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn... The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. (GEN 46:8, 11) The sons of Kohath: Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel; and the length of Kohath’s life was one hundred and thirty-three years. (EXO 6:18)

"They left Egypt in the month Xanthicus, on the fifteenth day of the lunar month; four hundred and thirty years after our forefather Abraham came into Canaan, but two hundred and fifteen years only after Jacob removed into Egypt." (Josephus' Antiquities, Book 2, Chapter 15, 2) Josephus states the Hebrews left Egypt 215 years after Jacob moved there. His statement (along with similar statements in the Septuagint and the Samaritan Pentateuch) often causes confusion but simply reflects the 215-year period of time between when Jacob went down to Egypt (in the second year of the seven-year famine) and the Exodus.

The sons of Kohath: Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel; and the length of Kohath’s life was one hundred and thirty-three years. (EXO 6:18) Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses; and the length of Amram’s life was one hundred and thirty-seven years. (EXO 6:20)

Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three, when they spoke to Pharaoh. (EXO 7:7) Aaron was one hundred twenty-three years old when he died on Mount Hor. (NUM 33:39)

The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. And she named him Moses, and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.” (EXO 2:10) Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three, when they spoke to Pharaoh. (EXO 7:7) Although Moses was one hundred and twenty years old when he died, his eye was not dim, nor his vigor abated. (DEU 34:7)

It came about after these things that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being ONE HUNDRED AND TEN YEARS old. (JOS 24:29)

I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land, and I brought word back to him as it was in my heart. (JOS 14:7) “Now behold, the LORD has let me live, just as He spoke, these forty-five years, from the time that the LORD spoke this word to Moses, when Israel walked in the wilderness; and now behold, I am EIGHTY-FIVE YEARS old today." (JOS 14:10)

The sons of Israel ate the manna forty years, until they came to an inhabited land; they ate the manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan. (EXO 16:35) 'Your sons shall be shepherds for forty years in the wilderness, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness, until your corpses lie in the wilderness. 'According to the number of days which you spied out the land, forty days, for every day you shall bear your guilt a year, even forty years, and you will know My opposition. (NUM 14:33-34) "So the LORD'S anger burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the entire generation of those who had done evil in the sight of the LORD was destroyed. (NUM 32:13) For the sons of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, that is, the men of war who came out of Egypt, perished because they did not listen to the voice of the LORD, to whom the LORD had sworn that He would not let them see the land which the LORD had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey. (JOS 5:6)

Now it came about in the four hundred and eightieth year after the sons of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. (1KI 6:1)

Now behold, the LORD has let me live, just as He spoke, these forty-five years, from the time that the LORD spoke this word to Moses, when Israel walked in the wilderness; and now behold, I am eighty-five years old today. (JOS 14:10) [Caleb is 85 years old at the end of the conquest when the Israelites are apportioning the Land and he is 78 when the Israelites enter the Land and begin the conquest. The conquest of the Land took 7 years (math).

Joshua led the nation of Israel for 13 years after the conquest of the Land (a total of 20 years) The Seder Olam has Joshua leading the nation of Israel for 28 years. p121.

While Israel lived in Heshbon and its villages, and in Aroer and its villages, and in all the cities that are on the banks of the Arnon, three hundred years, why did you not recover them within that time? (JDG 11:26) [When did Israel take these cities and villages?] Israel took all these cities and Israel lived in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all her villages. (NUM 21:25) "Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo and Beon, the land which the LORD conquered before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock." (NUM 32:3-4) Israel captured Heshbon and Aroer (east of the Jordan) the year before they entered the Land. Israel began a new year and celebrated Passover only a few days later. (JOS 5:10) [Jephthah made this statement in the first year of Jair's judgeship at the beginning of the Amorites affliction of Gilead. (JDG 10:8)]

Apportioning the Land- The Sequence of Events in the Old Testament, Shulman, p107.

And they buried him [Joshua] in the territory of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash. All that generation also were gathered to their fathers; and there arose another generation after them who did not know the LORD, nor yet the work which He had done for Israel. (JDG 2:9-10) Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, so that He sold them into the hands of Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the sons of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years. (JOS 3:8)

When the sons of Israel cried to the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer for the sons of Israel to deliver them, Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. (JDG 3:9) Then the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died. (JDG 3:11)

Now the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD. So the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD. And he gathered to himself the sons of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and defeated Israel, and they possessed the city of the palm trees. (JDG 3:12-13) The sons of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. (JDG 3:14)

Then the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, after Ehud died. And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor; and the commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim. (JDG 4:1-2) The sons of Israel cried to the LORD; for he had nine hundred iron chariots, and he oppressed the sons of Israel severely for twenty years. (JDG 4:3)

But when the sons of Israel cried to the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer for them, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a left-handed man. And the sons of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab. (JDG 3:15) So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land was undisturbed for eighty years. (JDG 3:30)

Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time. (JDG 4:4) And behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him and said to him, "Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking." And he entered with her, and behold Sisera was lying dead with the tent peg in his temple. (JDG 4:22) So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the sons of Israel. (JDG 4:23) "Thus let all Your enemies perish, O LORD; But let those who love Him be like the rising of the sun in its might." And the land was undisturbed for forty years. (JDG 3:30)

Then the sons of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD gave them into the hands of Midian seven years. (JDG 6:1)

Then the angel of the LORD came and sat under the oak that was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite as his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press in order to save it from the Midianites. (JDG 6:11) So Midian was subdued before the sons of Israel, and they did not lift up their heads anymore. And the land was undisturbed for forty years in the days of Gideon. (JDG 8:28)

Now Eli was NINETY-EIGHT YEARS old, and his eyes were set so that he could not see. (1SA 4:15) When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell off the seat backward beside the gate, and his neck was broken and he died, for he was old and heavy. Thus he judged Israel FORTY years. (1SA 4:18)

And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal [i.e. Gideon] went to Shechem to his mother's relatives, and spoke to them and to the whole clan of the household of his mother's father, saying, "Speak, now, in the hearing of all the leaders of Shechem, 'Which is better for you, that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or that one man rule over you?' Also, remember that I am your bone and your flesh." (JDG 9:1-2) Now Abimelech ruled over Israel three years. (JDG 9:22) When the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, each departed to his home. Thus God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he had done to his father in killing his seventy brothers. (JDG 9:55-56)

Now after Abimelech died, Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, arose to save Israel; and he lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim. He judged Israel twenty-three years. Then he died and was buried in Shamir. (JDG 10:1-2)

After him, Jair the Gileadite arose and judged Israel twenty-two years. (JDG 10:3)

When the sons of Ammon fought against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob; and they said to Jephthah, "Come and be our chief that we may fight against the sons of Ammon." (JDG 11:5-6) Jephthah judged Israel six years . Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead. (JDG 12:7)

Then the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, served the Baals and the Ashtaroth, the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the sons of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him. The anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and into the hands of the sons of Ammon. (JDG 10:6-7) They afflicted and crushed the sons of Israel that year; for eighteen years they afflicted all the sons of Israel who were beyond the Jordan in Gilead in the land of the Amorites. (JDG 10:8) So Jephthah crossed over to the sons of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD gave them into his hand. He struck them with a very great slaughter from Aroer to the entrance of Minnith, twenty cities, and as far as Abel-keramim. So the sons of Ammon were subdued before the sons of Israel. (JDG 11:32-33)

Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead. Now Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel after him. (JDG 12:7-8) Now Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel after him. He had thirty sons, and thirty daughters whom he gave in marriage outside the family, and he brought in thirty daughters from outside for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years. Then Ibzan died and was buried in Bethlehem. (JDG 12:8-10)

Then Ibzan died and was buried in Bethlehem. Now Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel after him; and he judged Israel ten years. (JDG 12:10-11)

Then Elon the Zebulunite died and was buried at Aijalon in the land of Zebulun. Now Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel after him. (JDG 12:12-13) Now Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel after him. He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy donkeys; and he judged Israel eight years. (JDG 12:13-14)

Then the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson; and the child grew up and the LORD blessed him. (JDG 13:24) So he judged Israel twenty years in the days of the Philistines. (JDG 15:20)

He had a son whose name was Saul, a choice and handsome man, and there was not a more handsome person than he among the sons of Israel; from his shoulders and up he was taller than any of the people. (1SA 9:2) Then Saul said to his armor bearer, "Draw your sword and pierce me through with it, otherwise these uncircumcised will come and pierce me through and make sport of me." But his armor bearer would not, for he was greatly afraid. So Saul took his sword and fell on it. (1SA 31:4)

When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell off the seat backward beside the gate, and his neck was broken and he died, for he was old and heavy. Thus he judged Israel forty years. (1SA 4:18)

Now the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, so that the LORD gave them into the hands of the Philistines forty years. (JDG 13:1)

Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan and Ishvi and Malchi-shua; and the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the firstborn Merab and the name of the younger Michal. (1SA 14:49) When the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, with those who were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled; then the Philistines came and lived in them. (1SA 31:7)

Samuel judges Israel

David was THIRTY YEARS old when he became king, and he reigned FORTY YEARS. (2SA 5:4) Then David slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David. (1KI 2:10)

And the men of Kiriath-jearim came and took the ark of the LORD and brought it into the house of Abinadab on the hill, and consecrated Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD. From the day that the ark remained at Kiriath-jearim, the time was long, for it was twenty years; and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD. (1SA 7:1-2)

A son of a year is Saul in his reigning, even two years he has reigned over Israel. (1SA 13:1) Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. (Acts 13:21)

The days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years he reigned in Hebron and thirty-three years he reigned in Jerusalem. (1KI 2:11) Six were born to him in Hebron, and there he reigned seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years. (1CH 3:4)

David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years. (2SA 5:4)

Sons were born to David at Hebron: his firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; (2SA 3:2) Absalom commanded his servants, saying, “See now, when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon,’ then put him to death. Do not fear; have not I myself commanded you? Be courageous and be valiant. The servants of Absalom did to Amnon just as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king’s sons arose and each mounted his mule and fled. (2SA 13:28-29)

and his second, Chileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; (2SA 3:3) Then Joab said, “I will not waste time here with you.” So he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak. And ten young men who carried Joab’s armor gathered around and struck Absalom and killed him. (2SA 18:14-15)

The days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years he reigned in Hebron and thirty-three years he reigned in Jerusalem. (1KI 2:11)

Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and went in to her and lay with her; and she gave birth to a son, and he named him Solomon. (2SA 12:24) Thus the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years. And Solomon slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David, and his son Rehoboam reigned in his place. (1KI 11:42-43)

Now Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was FORTY-ONE YEARS old when he became king, and he reigned SEVENTEEN YEARS in Jerusalem, bthe city which the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel to put His name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess. (1KI 14:21)

Now it came about in the four hundred and eightieth year after the sons of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. (1KI 6:1) Thus the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years. (1KI 11:42)

Now it came about in the four hundred and eightieth year after the sons of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. (1KI 6:1) In the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished throughout all its parts and according to all its plans. So he was seven years in building it. (1KI 6:38)

It came about at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him on the road. Now Ahijah had clothed himself with a new cloak; and both of them were alone in the field. Then Ahijah took hold of the new cloak which was on him and tore it into twelve pieces. He said to Jeroboam, “Take for yourself ten pieces; for thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon and give you ten tribes.'" (1KI 11:29-31) Go, say to Jeroboam, ‘Thus says the LORD God of Israel, “Because I exalted you from among the people and made you leader over My people Israel, and tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you — yet you have not been like My servant David, who kept My commandments and who followed Me with all his heart, to do only that which was right in My sight; you also have done more evil than all who were before you, and have gone and made for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me to anger, and have cast Me behind your back — therefore behold, I am bringing calamity on the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam every male person, both bond and free in Israel, and I will make a clean sweep of the house of Jeroboam, as one sweeps away dung until it is all gone. (1KI 14:7-10)

Thus the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years. And Solomon slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David, and his son Rehoboam reigned in his place. (1KI 11:42-43) Rehoboam reigned after Solomon. Now Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel to put His name there. And his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. (1KI 14:21) Rehoboam reigned in Judah for 17 years: 961-944 BCE Shulman, p121

It came about when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, that they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. None but the tribe of Judah followed the house of David. (1KI 12:20) The time that Jeroboam reigned was twenty-two years; and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his place. (1KI 14:20)

And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. And Abijam his son became king in his place. (1KI 14:31) Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah. (1KI 15:1) He reigned three years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom. (1KI 15:2)

The time that Jeroboam reigned was twenty-two years; and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his place. (1KI 14:20) Now Nadab the son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years. (1KI 15:25)

And Abijam slept with his fathers and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son became king in his place. (1KI 15:8) He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom. (1KI 15:10)

Then Baasha the son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against him, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, while Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon. So Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa king of Judah and reigned in his place. (1KI 15:27-28) In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah became king over all Israel at Tirzah, and reigned twenty-four years. (1KI 15:33)

Jehoshaphat was THIRTY-FIVE YEARS old when he became king, and he reigned TWENTY-FIVE YEARS in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. (1KI 22:42)

Now the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, “Inasmuch as I exalted you from the dust and made you leader over My people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have made My people Israel sin, provoking Me to anger with their sins, behold, I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. (1KI 16:1-3) Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD and so bring wrath on yourself from the LORD? But there is some good in you, for you have removed the Asheroth from the land and you have set your heart to seek God.” (2CH 19:2-3)

And Baasha slept with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah, and Elah his son became king in his place. (1KI 16:6) In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha became king over Israel at Tirzah, and reigned two years. (1KI 16:8)

He was THIRTY-TWO YEARS old when he became king, and he reigned EIGHT YEARS in Jerusalem. (2KI 8:17)

His [Elah's] servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him. Now he was at Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household at Tirzah. Then Zimri went in and struck him and put him to death in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and became king in his place. (1KI 15:9-10) In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned SEVEN DAYS at Tirzah. Now the people were camped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines. The people who were camped heard it said, "Zimri has Conspired and has also struck down the king." Therefore all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp. Then Omri and all Israel with him went up from Gibbethon and besieged Tirzah. When Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the citadel of the king's house and burned the king's house over him with fire, and died, because of his sins which he sinned, doing evil in the sight of the LORD, walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, making Israel sin. (1KI 16:15-19)

Then the people of Israel were divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; the other half followed Omri. (1KI 16:21) But the people who followed Omri prevailed over the people who followed Tibni the son of Ginath. And Tibni died and Omri became king. (1KI 16:22)

Then the people of Israel were divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; the other half followed Omri. (1KI 16:21) But the people who followed Omri prevailed over the people who followed Tibni the son of Ginath. And Tibni died and Omri became king. In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri became king over Israel and reigned twelve years; he reigned six years at Tirzah. (1KI 16:22-23)

So Omri slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son became king in his place. Now Ahab the son of Omri became king over Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years. (1KI 16:28-29) Now Ahab the son of Omri became king over Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years. (1KI 16:29)

1KI 17-21

Now Jehoshaphat the son of Asa became king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. (1KI 22:41) Jehoshaphat became king in the 4th year of Ahab's reign. Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. (1KI 22:42) Jehoshaphat reigned in Judah for 25 years: 900-875 BCE Shulman, p122

Ahaziah was TWENTY-TWO YEARS old when he became king, and he reigned ONE YEAR in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Athaliah the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel. (2KI 8:26)

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the LORD, but I hate him, because he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” But Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say so.” (1KI 22:8) Micaiah said, “If you indeed return safely the LORD has not spoken by me.” And he said, “Listen, all you people.” (1KI 22:28)

Ahaziah the son of Ahab became king over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned two years over Israel. (1KI 22:51)

Now in the fifth year of J[eh]oram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then the king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah became king. (2KI 8:16)

Now Jehoram the son of Ahab became king over Israel at Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years. (2KI 3:1)

The LORD said to him, “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus, and when you have arrived, you shall anoint Hazael king over Aram; and Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint king over Israel; and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint as prophet in your place. So he departed from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, while he was plowing with twelve pairs of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth. And Elijah passed over to him and threw his mantle on him. (1KI 19:15-16, 19) Elisha died, and they buried him. Now the bands of the Moabites would invade the land in the spring of the year. (2KI 13:20)

When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she rose and destroyed all the royal offspring. But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah and stole him from among the king's sons who were being put to death, and placed him and his nurse in the bedroom. So they hid him from Athaliah, and he was not put to death. So he was hidden with her in the house of the LORD six years, while Athaliah was reigning over the land. (2KI 11:1-3)

Then Jehu rode in a chariot and went to Jezreel, for Joram was lying there. Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to see Joram. (2KI 9:16) And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength and shot Joram between his arms; and the arrow went through his heart and he sank in his chariot. (2KI 9:24) Now the time which Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years. (2KI 10:36)

In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash became king, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba. (2KI 12:1)

He was TWENTY-FIVE YEARS old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. (2KI 14:2) Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived FIFTEEN YEARS after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel. (2KI 14:17)

And Jehu slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son became king in his place. (2KI 10:35) In the twenty-third year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu became king over Israel at Samaria, and he reigned seventeen years. (2KI 13:1)

All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was SIXTEEN YEARS old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah. (2KI 14:21) He was SIXTEEN YEARS old when he became king, and he reigned FIFTY-TWO YEARS in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. (2KI 15:2)

In the second year of Joash son of Joahaz king of Israel, Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah became king. (2KI 14:1) He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem. (2KI 14:2)

He [Jeroboam] restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the LORD, the God of Israel, which He spoke 1through His servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath-hepher. (2KI 14:25) Jonah's time as prophet ends

The word of the LORD which came to Hosea the son of Beeri, during the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and during the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. (HOS 1:1) The word of the LORD which came to Hosea the son of Beeri, during the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and during the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. (HOS 1:1)

He was TWENTY-FIVE YEARS old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok. (2KI 15:33) And Jotham slept with his fathers, and he was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Ahaz his son became king in his place. (2KI 15:38)

All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah. (2KI 14:21) He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. (2KI 15:2)

The words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders from Tekoa, which he envisioned in visions concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. (AMO 1:1) Amos' time as prophet ends

Ahaz was TWENTY YEARS old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and he did not do what was right in the sight of the LORD his God, as his father David had done. (2KI 16:2) So Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and his son Hezekiah reigned in his place. (2KI 16:20)

In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah the son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in Samaria for six months. (2KI 15:8) Zechariah reigned in Israel for 6 months: 772 BCE

Shallum son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah, and he reigned one month in Samaria. (2KI 15:13)

Then Menachem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah and came to Samaria, and struck Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria, and killed him and became king in his place. (2KI 15:14) In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menachem son of Gadi became king over Israel and reigned ten years in Samaria. (2KI 15:17)

Then Pekah son of Remaliah, his officer, conspired against him [Pekahiah] and struck him in Samaria, in the castle of the king's house with Argob and Arieh; and with him were fifty men of the Gileadites, and he killed him and became king in his place. (2KI 15:25) In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years. (2KI 15:27)

And Azariah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and Jotham his son became king in his place. (2KI 15:7) In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel, Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah became king. (2KI 15:32) He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok. (2KI 15:33)

And Menahem slept with his fathers, and Pekahiah his son became king in his place. (2KI 15:22) In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years. (2KI 15:23)

The word of the LORD that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel: (JOE 1:1) Joel's time as prophet ends

In the year of King Uzziah’s death I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple. (ISA 6:1) Isaiah's time as prophet ends

The word of the LORD which came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. (MIC 1:1) Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, ‘Thus the LORD of hosts has said, “Zion will be plowed as a field, And Jerusalem will become ruins, And the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.”’ (JER 26:18)

And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and struck him and put him to death and became king in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah. (2KI 15:30) In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned nine years. (2KI 17:1)

And Jotham slept with his fathers, and he was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Ahaz his son became king in his place. (2KI 15:38) Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and he did not do what was right in the sight of the LORD his God, as his father David had done. (2KI 16:2)

So Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and his son Hezekiah reigned in his place. (2KI 16:20) Now it came about in the third year of Hoshea, the son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah became king. He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah. (2KI 18:1-2)

Manasseh was TWELVE YEARS old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Hephzibah. (2KI 21:1) And Manasseh slept with his fathers and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza, and Amon his son became king in his place. (2KI 21:18)

So Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and Manasseh his son became king in his place. (2KI 20:21) Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Hephzibah. (2KI 21:1)

Amon was TWENTY-TWO years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. (2KI 21:19) The servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his own house. (2KI 21:23)

Are you better than No-amon [Thebes], Which was situated by the waters of the Nile, With water surrounding her, Whose rampart was the sea, Whose wall consisted of the sea? (NAH 3:8) The oracle of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. (NAH 1:1)

Josiah was EIGHT YEARS old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. (2KI 22:1) In his days Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt went up to the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates. And King Josiah went to meet him, and when Pharaoh Neco saw him he killed him at Megiddo. (2KI 23:29)

And Manasseh slept with his fathers and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza, and Amon his son became king in his place. (2KI 21:18) Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. (2KI 21:19)

The servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his own house. Then the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place. (2KI 21:23-24) Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. He did right in the sight of the LORD and walked in all the way of his father David, nor did he turn aside to the right or to the left. (2KI 22:1-2)

The word of the LORD which came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah (ZEP 1:1) The word of the LORD which came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah (ZEP 1:1)

Jehoiakim was TWENTY-FIVE YEARS old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. (2KI 23:36) So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son became king in his place. (2KI 24:6)

The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, to whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. (Jeremiah 1:1-2)

Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz away and brought him to Egypt, and he died there. (2KI 23:34) Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. (2KI 23:36)

For behold, I am araising up the Chaldeans, That fierce and impetuous people Who march throughout the earth To seize dwelling places which are not theirs. (HAB 1:6) Habakkuk time as prophet ends

The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (that was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon)... (Jeremiah 25:1)

In the THIRD YEAR of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. The Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with some of the vessels of the house of God; and he brought them to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, and he brought the vessels into the treasury of his god. Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, the chief of his officials, to bring in some of the sons of Israel, including some of the royal family and of the nobles, youths in whom was no defect, who were good-looking, showing intelligence in every branch of wisdom, endowed with understanding and discerning knowledge, and who had ability for serving in the king's court; and he ordered him to teach them the literature and language of the Chaldeans. Now among them from the sons of Judah were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. (Dan 1:1-4, 5) And Daniel continued until the first year of Cyrus the king. (Dan 1:21)

Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. (2KI 24:8)

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. (2KI 24:18)

Now it came about in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he became king, released Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison; (2KI 25:27) Now it came about in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, showed favor to Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him out of prison. (Jeremiah 52:31)

(On the fifth of the month in the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s exile, the word of the LORD came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and there the hand of the LORD came upon him.) (EZE 1:2-3) Ezekiel's time as prophet ends

In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. (Daniel 1:1)

But because our fathers had provoked the God of heaven to wrath, He gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this temple and deported the people to Babylon. (Ezra 5:12) For thus says the LORD, 'When seventy years have been completed for Babylon, I will visit you and fulfill My good word to you, to bring you back to this place. (Jeremiah 29:10)

On the day that you stood aloof, On the day that strangers carried off his wealth, And foreigners entered his gate And cast lots for Jerusalem — You too were as one of them. (OBA 1:11) Obadiah's time as prophet ends

Evil-merodach reigned after Nebuchadnezzar for 23 years: 560-538 BCE.

Cyrus reigned after Darius for 3 years: 534-531 BCE.

Daniel 5 Belshazzar reigned after Evil-merodach for 3 years: 538-535 BCE.

Now in the SECOND YEAR of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all who came from the captivity to Jerusalem, began the work and appointed the Levites from twenty years and older to oversee the work of the house of the LORD. Then Jeshua with his sons and brothers stood united with Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah and the sons of Henadad with their sons and brothers the Levites, to oversee the workmen in the temple of God. Now when the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests stood in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise the LORD according to the directions of King David of Israel. (Ezra 3:8-10)

Darius (the First) reigned after Belshazzar for 1 year: 535-534 BCE.

In the SECOND YEAR of Darius the king, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came by the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying, "Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'This people says, "The time has not come, even the time for the house of the LORD to be rebuilt."'" (HAG 1:1-2) Then the word of the LORD came a second time to Haggai on the twenty-fourth day of the month, saying, (HAG 2:20)

In the eighth month of the SECOND YEAR of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah the prophet, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo saying, “The LORD was very aangry with your fathers. Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, “Return to Me,” declares the LORD of hosts, “that I may return to you,” says the LORD of hosts. (ZEC 1:1-3) In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Chislev. (ZEC 7:1)

The oracle of the word of the LORD to Israel through Malachi. (MAL 1:1) Malachi's time as prophet ends

Ahasuerus reigned after Cyrus for 14 years: 532-519 BCE.

Artaxerxes reigned after Ahasuerus for 41 years: