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CHRONOLOGY OF THE KINGS OF
JUDAH AND ISRAEL BY: THEODORE JAMES TURNER
Period of the kings (United Monarchy) Event
Tishri for Judah and Nisanu for Babylon with accession-years
For both Babylon and Judah Nisan accession-years
Julian Date month AC Events Israel reference
1097 2940 Saul becomes King accession
1096 2941 1st
1095 2942 2nd
1094 2943 3rd
1093 2944 4th
1092 2945 5th
1091 2946 6th
1090 2947 7th
1089 2948 8th
1088 2949 9th
1087 2950 10th
1086 2951 11th
1085 2952 12th
1084 2953 13th
1083 2954 14th
1082 2955 15th
1081 2956 16th
1080 2957 17th
1079 2958 18th
1078 2959 19th
1077 2960 20th
1076 2961 21st
1075 2962 22nd
1074 2963 23rd
1073 2964 24th
1072 2965 25th
1071 2966 26th
1070 2967 27th
1069 2968 28th
1068 2969 29th
1067 2970 30th
1066 2971 31st
1065 2972 32nd
1064 2973 33rd
1063 2974 34th
1062 2975 35th
1061 2976 36th
1060 2977 37th
1059 2978 38th
1058 2979 39th
1057 2980 David (Judah) Ishbaal (Ishbosheth) over Israel 40th/access. accession
1056 2981 1st 1
1055 2982 2nd 2
1054 2983 3rd
1053 2984 4th
1052 2985 5th
1051 2986 6th
1050 2987 7th
1049 2988 8th
1048 2989 9th
1047 2990 10th
1046 2991 11th
1045 2992 12th
1044 2993 13th
1043 3994 14th
1042 2995 15th
1041 2996 16th
1040 2997 17th
1039 2998 18th
1038 2999 19th
1037 3000 20th
1036 3001 21st
1035 3002 22nd
1034 3003 23rd
1033 3004 24th
1032 3005 25th
1031 3006 26th
1030 3007 27th
1029 3008 28th
1028 3009 29th
1027 3010 30th
1026 3011 31st
1025 3012 32nd
1024 3013 33rd
1023 3014 34th
1022 3015 35th
1021 3016 36th
1020 3017 37th
1019 3018 38th
1018
3019
Nisan
39th
Iyar
Sivan
Tammuz
Av
Elul
Tishri
Heshvan
Kislev
Tevet
1017
Jan 8th Shevat
Feb 6th Adar
Mar 8th Ve’adar
April 6th
3020
Nisan
40th/ accession
May 6th Iyar
Jun 4th Sivan
Jul 4th Tammuz David dies in his 40th year of his reign
Aug 2nd Av Solomon commences his reign
Sep 1st Elul
Sep 30th Tishri
Oct 30th Heshvan
Nov 28th Kislev
Tevet
1016 3021 1st year begins 1st
1015 3022 2nd year begins 2nd
1014
3023
Nisan 3rd year begins
3rd
Iyar
Sivan
Tammuz
Av
Elul
Tishri
Heshvan
Kislev
Tevet
1013
Jan 8th Shevat
Feb 6th Adar
Mar 8th Ve’adar
April 6th Nisan 4th year begins 4th
May 6th
3024
Iyar/Zif
Foundation to the Temple laid marking 479 years (480th year) since the children of Israel left the land of Egypt. In my chronology this marks not the Exodus but the leaving of the land of Egypt in 1492 BC
1 Kings 6:1
Jun 4th Sivan
Jul 4th Tammuz
Aug 2nd Av
Sep 1st Elul
Sep 30th Tishri
Oct 30th Heshvan
Nov 28th Kislev
Dec Tevet
1012
Shevat
Adar
3025 Solomon’s reign continues spring to spring 5th
1011 3026 6th
1010 3027 7th
1009 3028 8th
1008 3029 9th
1007
3030
10th
1006
Shevet
Adar
Ve’adar
3031
Nisan 11th
Iyar/Zif
Sivan
Tammuz
Av
Elul
Tishri
Heshvan / Bul
Temple is completed 1 Kings 6:38
Kislev
Tevet
1005 3032 Solomon’s reign continues spring to spring 12th
1004 3033 13th
1003 3034 14th
1002 3035 15th
1001 3036 16th
1000 3037 17th
999 3038 18th
998 3039 19th
997 3040 20th
996 3041 21st
995 22nd
994 23rd
993 24th
992 25th
991 26th
990 27th
989 28th
988 29th
987 30th
986 31st
985 32nd
984 33rd
983 34th
982 35th
981 36th
980 37th
979 38th
978 39th
THE DIVIDED MONARCHY Judah
Northern Israel
Assyria Babylon
977 Nisan The death of Solomon / Rehoboam (spring to spring) and 40th/
accession
Jeroboam 1 Kings 13:1-5
Tishri Jeroboam (fall to fall) begin their reigns (390 years to the siege of Jerusalem) 1st
Eze 4:4-6
976 Nisan
1s
Tishri 2nd
975 Nisan
2nd
Tishri 3rd
974 Nisan
3rd
Tishri 4th
973 Nisan
4th
Tishri 5th
972 Nisan
5th
Tishri 6th
971 Nisan
6th
Tishri 7th
970 Nisan
7th
Tishri 8th
969 Nisan
8th
Tishri 9th
968 Nisan
9th
Tishri 10th
967 Nisan
10th
Tishri 11th
966 Nisan
11th
Tishri 12th
965 Nisan
12th
Tishri 13th
964 Nisan
13th
Tishri 14th
963 Nisan
14th
Tishri 15th
962 Nisan
15th
Tishri 16th
961 Nisan
16th
Tishri 17th
960 Nisan Abijam (Judah) 17th /
access
Tishri 18th
1Ki 15:1
959 Nisan
1st
Tishri 19th
958 Nisan
2nd
Tishri 20th
957 Nisan Asa (Judah) 3rd /
accession
1Ki 15:9-10
Tishri 21st
956 Nisan
1st
Tishri 22nd /1st
955 Nisan Nadab (Israel)
2nd 1Ki 15:25
Tishri 2nd / 1st
954 Nisan
3rd
Tishri Baasha (Israel) destroys house of Jeroboam 2nd
1Ki 15:27-28
953 Nisan
4th
Tishri 3rd
952 Nisan
5th
Tishri 4th
951 Nisan
6th
Tishri 5th
950 Nisan
7th
Tishri 6th
949 Nisan
8th
Tishri 7th
948 Nisan
9th
Tishri 8th
947 Nisan 10th 2Ch 14:1
Tishri 9th
946 Nisan
11th
Tishri 10th
945 Nisan
12th
Tishri 11th
944 Nisan
13th
Tishri 12th
943 Nisan
14th
Tishri 13th
942
Nisan Asa’s reform
15th
2Ch 15:8-10
Tishri Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah 36th year from the divided kingdom 14th
2Ch 16:1
941 Nisan
16th
Tishri 15th
940 Nisan
17th
Tishri 16th
939 Nisan
18th
Tishri 17th
938 Nisan
19th
Tishri 18th
937 Nisan
20th
Tishri 19th
936 Nisan
21st
Tishri 20th
935 Nisan
22nd
Tishri 21st
934 Nisan
23rd
Tishri 22nd
933 Nisan
24th
Tishri 23rd
932 Nisan
25th
Tishri 24th / 1st
931 Nisan Elah (Israel)
26th 1Ki 16:8
Tishri 2nd /1st
930 Nisan Zimri (7 days) Omri / Tibni (northern Israel divided)
27th 1Ki 16:10,15,16
Tishri 2nd
1Ki 16:21-23
929 Nisan
28th
Tishri 3rd
928 Nisan
29th
Tishri 4th
927 Nisan
30th
Tishri 5th
926 Nisan
31st
Tishri Omri (sole rule) 6th
1Ki 16:21-23
925 Nisan
32nd
Tishri 7th
924 Nisan
33rd
Tishri 8th
923 Nisan
34th
Tishri 9th
922 Nisan
35th
Tishri 10th
921 Nisan
36th
Tishri 11th
920 Nisan
37th
Tishri 12th / 1st
919 Nisan Ahab (Israel)
38th 1Ki 16:29
Tishri 2nd
918 Nisan
39th
Tishri 3rd
917 Nisan
40th
Tishri 4th
1Ki 22:41,42
916 Nisan Jehoshaphat 41st /
accession
1Ki 15:10
Tishri 5th
915 Nisan 1st
Tishri 6th
914 Nisan
2nd
Tishri 7th
913 Nisan
3rd
Tishri 8th
912 Nisan
4th
Tishri 9th
911 Nisan
5th
Tishri 10th
910 Nisan
6th
Tishri 11th
909 Nisan
7th
Tishri 12th
908 Nisan
8th
Tishri 13th
907 Nisan
9th
Tishri 14th
906 Nisan
10th
Tishri 15th
905 Nisan
11th
Tishri 16th
904 Nisan
12th
Tishri 17th
903 Nisan
13th
Tishri 18th
902 Nisan
14th
Tishri 19th
901 Nisan
15th
Tishri 20th
900 Nisan
16th
Tishri 21st
899 Nisan
17th
Tishri 22nd / 1st
898
Jan Ahaziah (Israel) 1Ki 22:51
Nisan 18th
Tishri 2nd / accession
897 Nisan Joram (Israel)
19th 2Ki 3:1
Tishri 1st
896 Nisan
20th
Tishri 2nd
895 Nisan
21st
Tishri 3rd
894 Nisan
22nd
Tishri 4th
893 Nisan 23th /
accession
Tishri
5th
892
Jan Jehoram co-reign begins
Nisan 24th / 1st
Tishri 6th
891 Nisan Jehoshaphat reign ends 25th /
2nd
Tishri 7th
890 Nisan
3rd
Tishri 8th
889 Nisan
4th
Tishri 9th
888 Nisan
5th
Tishri 10th
887 Nisan
6th
Tishri
11th
886
Jan
Nisan Ahaziah (Judah) Accession / 7th
2Ki 9:27-29
Tishri 12th
2Ki 8:25-26
885 Jan
Nisan Jehoiada & Athalia (Judah) 8th / 2Ki 11:3,4
Tishri Jehu (Israel) accession accession (1)
2Ki 10:36
884 Nisan
1st
Tishri 1st (2nd)
883 Nisan
2nd
Tishri 2nd (3rd)
882 Nisan
3rd
Tishri 3rd (4th)
881 Nisan
4th
Tishri 4th (5th
880 Nisan
5th
Tishri 5th (6th
879 Nisan 6th /
accession
Tishri
6th (7th)
878
Jan Joash (Judah) 2Ki 12:1
Nisan 1st
Tishri 7th
877 Nisan
2nd
Tishri 8th
876 Nisan
3rd
Tishri 9th
875 Nisan
4th
Tishri 10th
874 Nisan
5th
Tishri 11th
873 Nisan
6th
Tishri 12th
872 Nisan
7th
Tishri 13th
871 Nisan
8th
Tishri 14th
870 Nisan
9th
Tishri 15th
869 Nisan
10th
Tishri 16th
868 Nisan
11th
Tishri 17th
867 Nisan
12th
Tishri 18th
866 Nisan
13th
Tishri 19th
865 Nisan
14th
Tishri 20th
864 Nisan
15th
Tishri 21st
863 Nisan
16th
Tishri 22nd
862 Nisan
17th
Tishri 23rd
861 Nisan
18th
Tishri 24th
860 Nisan
19th
Tishri 25th
859 Nisan
20th
Tishri 26th
858 Nisan
21st
Tishri 27th
857 Nisan
22nd
Tishri 28th / accession
856 Nisan Jehoahaz (Israel)
23rd 2Ki 13:1
Tishri 1st
855 Nisan
24th
Tishri 2nd
854 Nisan
25th
Tishri 3rd
853 Nisan
26th
Tishri 4th
852 Nisan
27th
Tishri 5th
851 Nisan
28th
Tishri 6th
850 Nisan
29th
Tishri 7th
849 Nisan
30th
Tishri 8th
848 Nisan
31st
Tishri 9th
847 Nisan
32nd
Tishri 10th
846 Nisan
33rd
Tishri 11th
845 Nisan
34th
Tishri 12th
844 Nisan
35th
Tishri 13th
843 Nisan
36th
Tishri 14th
842 Nisan 37th
Tishri Jehoash (Israel) accession 15th
2Ki 13:10
841 Nisan
38th
Tishri 16th / 1st
840 Nisan
39th
Tishri 17th / 2nd
839 Nisan Amasiah (Judah)
40th 2Ki 14:1,2
Tishri 1st
838 Nisan
1st
Tishri 2nd
837 Nisan
2nd
Tishri 3rd
836 Nisan
3rd
Tishri 4th
835 Nisan
4th
Tishri 5th
834 Nisan
5th
Tishri 6th
833 Nisan
6th
Tishri 7th
832 Nisan
7th
Tishri 8th
831 Nisan
8th
Tishri 9th
830 Nisan
9th
Tishri 10th
829 Nisan
10th
Tishri 11th
828 Nisan
11th
Tishri 12th
827 Nisan
12th
Tishri 13th
826 Nisan
13th
Tishri 14th
825 Nisan
14th
Tishri 15th
824 Nisan
15th
Tishri 16th / accession
823
Jan Jeroboam (Israel) 2Ki 14:23
Nisan 16th
Tishri 1st
822 Nisan 17th
Tishri 2nd
821 Nisan
18th
Tishri 3rd
820 Nisan
19th
Tishri 4th
819 Nisan
20th
Tishri 5th
818 Nisan
21st
Tishri 6th
817 Nisan
22nd
Tishri 7th
816 Nisan
23rd
Tishri 8th
815 Nisan
24th
Tishri 9th
814 Nisan
25th
Tishri 10th
813 Nisan
26th
Tishri 11th
812 Nisan
27th
Tishri 12th
811 Nisan
28th
Tishri 13th
810 Nisan
29th / accession
Tishri
14th
809
Jan Uzziah or Azariah (Judah) He was 4 years old 2Ki 14:17
Nisan 1st
2Ch 26:1-3
Tishri 15th
808 Nisan
2nd
Tishri 16th
807 Nisan
3rd
Tishri 17th
806 Nisan
4th
Tishri 18th
805 Nisan
5th
Tishri 19th
804 Nisan
6th
Tishri 20th
803 Nisan
7th
Tishri 21st
802 Nisan
8th
Tishri 22nd
801 Nisan
9th
Tishri 23rd
800 Nisan
10th
Tishri 24th
799 Nisan
11th
Tishri 25th
798 Nisan
12th
Tishri 26th
797 Nisan
13th
Tishri Azariah or Uzziah (Judah) He was 16 years old (nearly 17) 27th
2Ki 15:1,2
796 Nisan
14th
Tishri 28th
795 Nisan
15th
Tishri 29th
794 Nisan
16th
Tishri 30th
793 Nisan
17th
Tishri 31st
792 Nisan
18th
Tishri 32nd
791 Nisan
19th
Tishri
790 Nisan
20th 33rd
Tishri 34th
789 Nisan
21st
Tishri
35th
788 Nisan
22nd
Tishri 36th
787 Nisan
23rd
Tishri 37th
786 Nisan
24th
Tishri 38th
785 Nisan
25th
Tishri 39th
784 Nisan
26th
Tishri 40th
783 Nisan
27th
Tishri 41st / accession
782 Nisan Zachariah
28th 2Ki 14:29
Tishri (1st)
781 Nisan
29th
Tishri (2nd)
780 Nisan
30th
Tishri (3rd)
779 Nisan
31st
Tishri (4th)
778 Nisan
32nd
Tishri (5th)
777 Nisan
33rd
Tishri (6th)
776 Nisan
34th
Tishri (7th)
775 Nisan
35th
Tishri (8th)
774 Nisan
36th
Tishri (9th)
773 Nisan
37th
Tishri (10th)
772 Nisan
38th
Tishri (11th) 1st
771
Jan
Zachariah 6 month reign (Israel) 2Ki 15:8
Nisan Shallum 1 month reign (Israel) 39th
Ki 15:13
Tishri Menahem 1st
2Ki 15:17
770 Nisan
40th
Tishri 2nd
769 Nisan
41st
Tishri 3rd
768 Nisan
42nd
Tishri 4th
767 Nisan
43rd
Tishri 5th
766 Nisan
44th
Tishri 6th
765 Nisan
45th
Tishri 7th
764 Nisan
46th
Tishri 8th
763 Nisan
47th
Tishri 9th
762 Nisan
48th
Tishri 10th
761
Nisan 49th
Tishri access
Nisan Pekahiah (Israel)
50th
2Ki 15:23
Tishri 1st
759 Jan
Nisan 51st
Tishri 2nd (1st)
758
Jan 2Ki 15:27
Nisan Jotham (Judah) Pekah (Israel) 52nd /
accession
2Ki 15:32,33
Tishri 1st (2nd)
757 Nisan
1st
Tishri 2nd
756 Nisan
2nd
Tishri 3rd
755 Nisan
3rd
Tishri 4th
754 Nisan
4th
Tishri 5th
753 Nisan
5th
Tishri 6th
752 Nisan
6th
Tishri 7th
751 Nisan
7th
Tishri 8th
750 Nisan
8th
Tishri 9th
749 Nisan
9th
Tishri 10th
748 Nisan
10th
Tishri 11th
747 Nisan
11th
Tishri 12th
746 Nisan
12th
Tishri 13th
745 Nisan
13th
Tishri Tiglath-Pileser accession 14th
744 Nisan
14th 1st
Tishri 15th
743 Nisan Nisanu
15th 2nd
Tishri Tishritu
16th
742
Jan Tebetu
3rd
Nisan Nisanu Ahaz (Judah) 16th / accession
2Ki 16:1
Tishri Tishritu Ahaz meets with Isaiah – 65 year prophecy begins
17th
Izaiah 7:8-9
741
Jan
4th
Nisan 1st (17th)
Tishri 18th
740 Nisan
2nd (18th) 5th
Tishri 19th
739 Nisan
3rd (19th) 6th
Tishri 20th
738 Nisan Hoshea slew Pekah (Hoshea is king of Gilead)
4th (20th) 7th 2Ki 15:30
Tishri (1st)
737 Nisan
5th 8th
Tishri (2nd)
736 Nisan
6th 9th
Tishri (3rd)
735 Nisan
7th 10th
Tishri (4th)
734 Nisan
8th 11th
Tishri (5th)
733 Nisan
9th 12th
Tishri (6th)
732 Nisan
10th 13th
Tishri (7th)
731 Nisan
11th 14th
Tishri (8th)
730 Nisan
12th 15th
Tishri Hoshea accession to throne of Samaria 1st
2Ki 17:1
729 Nisan
13th 16th
Tishri 2nd
728 Nisan
Tishri 14th / 17th
727
Jan
Nisan Hezekiah accession (Judah) coregency 15th / accession
18th accession
2Ki 18:1
Tishri Shalmaneser accession (Assyria) 4th
726
Jan
Nisan
16th / 1st 1st
2Ki 18:2
Tishri
5th
725
Jan Hezekiah sole reign begins
Nisan Temple cleansed (Passover in the second month)
2nd 2nd
Tishri 6th
724
Jan
Nisan
3rd 3rd
Tishri
7th
723
Jan Shabatu Shevat
Feb Addaru Adar
Mar 28th Nisanu Nisan captivity of Hoshea and the siege of Samaria
4th
4th
Apr 27th Aiaru Iyar
May 26th Simanu Sivan
Jun 25th Duzu Tammuz
Jul 24th Abu Av
Aug 23nd Ululu Elul
Sep 21st Ululu II Tishri
8th
Oct 21st Tashritu Heshvan
Nov 19th Arahsamnu Kislev
Dec 19th Tebetu Tevet
722
Jan 17th Shabatu Shevat
Feb 16th Addaru Adar
Mar 17th Nisanu Ve’adar 30
Apr 16th Aiaru Nisan
5th
May 16th Simanu Iyar
Jun 14th Duzu Sivan
Jul 14th Abu Tammuz
Aug 12th Ululu Av
Sep 11th Tashritu Elul
Oct 10th Arahsamnu Tishri
9th
Nov 9th Kislimnu Heshvan
Dec 8th Tebetu Kislev
721
Jan 7th Shabatu Tevet death of Shalmaneser V / accession of Sargon II
Feb 5th Addaru Shevat
March 6th Nisanu Adar Lunar eclipse 1st year of Merodach-baladan March 19/20 721 BC
9th of Hoshea/ 1st of Sargon II Sargon II 1st
1st
April 5th Aiaru Nisan Fall of Samaria (at the end, i.e. the first end or the beginning of the third year)
6th
2 Kings 18:10
May 5th Simanu
Iyar
Jun 3rd Duzu Sivan
Jul 3rd Abu Tammuz
Aug 1st Ululu Av
Aug 31th Tashritu Elul
Sep 29th Arahsamnu Tishri
Oct 29th Kislimnu Heshvan
Nov 27th Tebetu Kislev
Dec 27th Shabatu Tevet
Jan 25th Addaru Shevat
720
Feb 24th Nisanu Adar Lunar eclipse 2nd year of Merodach-baladan March 8/9 720 BC
2nd 2nd
Mar 26th Aiaru
Nisan
7th
Apr 25th Simanu Iyar
May 24th Duzu Sivan
Jun 23rd Abu Tammuz
Jul 22nd Ululu Av
Aug 21st Ululu II Elul lunar eclipse 2nd year of Merodach-baladan on Sept. 1/2 720 BC
Sep 19th Tashritu Tishri
Oct 19th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Nov 17th Kislimnu Kislev
Dec 17th Tebetu Tevet
719 Assyria’s and Judah’s reigns run spring to spring 8th 3rd 3rd
718 9th 4th 4th
717 10th 5th 5th
716 11th 6th 6th
715 12th 7th 7th
714 13th 8th 8th
713 14th 9th 9th
712 15th 10th 10th
711 16th 11th 11th
710 17th 12th 12th
709 Sargon II ( Babylon) 18th 13th (1st)
708 19th 14th (2nd)
707 20th 15th (3rd)
706 21st 16th (4th)
705 Sennacherib (accession) 22nd 17th (5th)
704 23rd 1st (6th)
703 Merodachbaladan II (Babylon) 24th 2nd 1st
702 Bêl-ibni (Babylon) 25th 3rd 1st
701 26th 4th 2nd
700 27th 5th 3rd
699 Assur-nâdin-sumi II (Babylon)
28th 6th 1st
698
29th accession
7th
Death of Hezekiah / Manasseh’s fall to fall reigns begin for Judah
697
8th
Manasseh’s first year 1st
696
9th
2nd
695
10th
3rd
694
11th
4th
693
12th
5th
692
13th
6th
691
14th
7th
690
15th
8th
689
16th
9th
688 Sennacherib (Babylon)
17th 1st
10th
687
18th 2nd
11th
686
19th 3rd
12th
685
20th 4th
13th
684
21st 5th
14th
683
22nd 6th
15th
682
23rd 7th
16th
681
24th 8th
17th
680 Esarhaddon accession (Assyria)
1st
18th
679
2nd
19th
678
3rd
Esarhaddon completes rebuilding of Babylon 20th
677
4th
Captivity of Manasseh (Prism B) 21st
2 Chron. 33:11
676
5th
22nd
675
6th
23rd
674
7th
24th
673
8th
25th
672
9th
26th
671
10th
27th
670
11th
28th
669
12th
Assurbanipal Accession (Assyria and Babylon) 29th
668
1st
30th
667 Suamasumaukin (Babylon)
2nd 1st
31st
666 April 10/11 666 BC
3rd 2nd
Ululu II 32nd
665
4th 3rd
33rd
664
5th 4th
34th
663
6th 5th
35th
662
7th 6th
36th
661
8th 7th
37th
660
9th 8th
38th
659
10th 9th
39th
658
11th 10th
40th
657
12th 11th
41st
656
13th 12th
42nd
655
14th 13th
43rd
654
15th 14th
44th
653
16th 15th
45th
652
17th 16th
46th
651
18th 17th
47th
650
19th 18th
48th
649
20th 19th
49th
648
21st 20th
Kandalanu (Babylon) 50th
647
22nd 1st
51st
646
23rd 2nd
52nd
645
24th 3rd
53rd
644
25th 4th
54th
643
26th 5th
Manasseh dies/ Amon’s accession 55th / accession
642
27th 6th
1st
641
28th 7th
Amon dies / Josiah’s accession
2nd / accession
640
29th 8th
1st
639
30th 9th
2nd
638
31st 10th
3rd
637 Ululu II
32nd 11th
4th
636
33rd 12th
5th
635
34th 13th
6th
634
35th 14th
7th
633
36th 15th
8th
632
37th 16th
9th
631
38th 17th
10th
630
39th 18th
11th
629 Assur-etel-ilâni
1st
12th
628 Josiah’s reforms begin
2nd 2Kin 23:15:18
Jeremiah begins his ministry Jer 25:3
Year
B.C. Julian date
Babylonian Month
Hebrew Month
Event Tishri for Judah and
Nisanu for Babylon with accession-years
Assyria
627
Jan 17th Shabatu
Shevat
13th
Feb 16th Addaru Adar
Mar 18th Addaru II Ve’adar 30
3rd
Apr 17th Nisanu Nisan
May 17th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 15th Simanu Sivan
Jul 15th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 13th Abu Av
Sep 12th Ululu Elul
Oct 11th Tashritu
Tishri
14th
Nov 10th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 9th Kislimnu Kislev
626
Jan 8th Tebetu Tevet
Feb 7th Shabatu Shevat
Mar 8th Addaru Adar
April 6th Nisanu Nisan
4th
May 5th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 3rd Simanu Sivan
Jul 3rd Duzu Tammuz
Aug 1st Abu Av
Aug 31st Ululu Elul
Sep 29 Tashritu Tishri 15th
Oct 29th Arahsamnu Heshvan After five year hiatus without a king, Nabopolassar becomes king Arahsamnu 26 (November 23) (ABC 2, line 14)
Nov 27th Kislimnu Kislev Sin-shar-ishkun (Assyria)
Dec 27th Tebetu Tevet
625
Jan 25th Shabatu Shevat
Feb 24th Addaru Adar Accession month (ABC 2, line 15)
Mar 24th Nisanu Ve’adar 29
1st 1st
Apr 23rd Aiaru Nisan
May 22nd Simanu Iyar
Jun 21st Duzu Sivan
Jul 20th Abu Tammuz
Aug 19th Ululu Av
Sep 17th Tashritu
Elul
Oct 17th Arahsamnu Tishri
16th
Nov 15th Kislimnu Heshvan
Dec 15th Tebetu Kislev
624
Jan 13th Shabatu Tevet
Feb 12th Addaru Shevat
Mar 14th Nisanu Adar
2nd 2nd
Apr 12th Aiaru Nisan
May 12th Simanu Iyar
Jun 10th Duzu Sivan
Jul 10th Abu Tammuz
Aug 8th Ululu Av
Sep 7th Tashritu
Elul
Oct 6th Arahsamnu Tishri
17th
Nov 5th Kislimnu Heshvan
Dec 4th Tebetu Kislev
623
Jan 4th Shabatu Tevet
Feb 2nd Addaru Shevat
Mar 4th Addaru II Adar
April 2nd Nisanu Nisan
3rd 3rd
May 2nd Aiaru Iyar
May 31st Simanu Sivan
Jun 30th Duzu Tammuz
Jul 29th Abu Av
Aug 28th Ululu Elul
Sep 26th Tashritu
Tishri
18th
Oct 26th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Nov 24th Kislimnu Kislev
Dec 24th Tebetu Tevet
622
Jan 22nd Shabatu Shevat
Feb 21st Addaru Adar 30
Mar 22nd Nisanu Ve’adar
4th 4th
Apr 21st Aiaru Nisan Josiah held Passover (30 years to 592 BC Ezekiel 1:1) 2Kin 23:23
May 20th Simanu Iyar Sabbatical Year (49th)
Jun 19th Duzu Sivan
Jul 18th Abu Tammuz
Aug 17th Ululu Av
Sep 15th Tashritu
Elul
Oct 15th Arahsamnu Tishri Jubilee (50th)
19th
Nov 13th Kislimnu Heshvan
Dec 13th Tebetu Kislev
621
Jan 11th Shabatu Tevet
Feb 10th Addaru Shevat
Mar 11th Nisanu Adar 30
5th 5th
April 10th Aiaru Nisan April, 21/22nd Julian Calendar (Gregorian = April 14/15th) lunar eclipse on the 13th of Nisan
May 10th Simanu Iyar
Jun 8th Duzu Sivan
Jul 8th Abu Tammuz
Aug 6th Ululu Av
Sep 5th Ululu II Elul
Oct 4th Tashritu
Tishri 20
th
Nov 3rd Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 2nd Kislimnu Kislev
Jan 1st Tebetu Tevet
620
Jan 30th Shabatu Shevat
Feb 29th Addaru Adar
Mar 30th Nisanu Nisan
6th 6th
Apr 29th Aiaru Iyar
May 28th Simanu Sivan
Jun 27th Duzu Tammuz
Jul 26th Abu Av
Aug 25th Ululu Elul
Sep 23rd Tashritu
Tishri
21st
Oct 23rd Arahsamnu Heshvan
Nov 21st Kislimnu Kislev
Dec 21st Tebetu Tevet
619
Jan 19th Shabatu Shevat
Feb 18th Addaru Adar
Mar 18th Nisanu Ve’adar 30
7th 7th
April 18th Aiaru Nisan
May 18th Simanu Iyar
Jun 16th Duzu Sivan
Jul 16th Abu Tammuz
Aug 14th Ululu Av
Sep 13th Tashritu
Elul
Oct 12th Arahsamnu Tishri
22nd
Nov 11th Kislimnu Heshvan
Dec 10th Tebetu Kislev
618
Jan 9th Shabatu Tevet
Feb 7th Addaru Shevat
Mar 9th Addaru II Adar
April 7th Nisanu Nisan
8th 8th
May 7th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 5th Simanu Sivan
Jul 5th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 3rd Abu Av
Sep 2nd Ululu Elul
Oct 1st Tashritu
Tishri
23rd
Oct 31st Arahsamnu Heshvan
Nov 29th Kislimnu Kislev
Dec 29th Tebetu Tevet
617
Jan 27th Shabatu Shevat
Feb 26th Addaru Adar
Mar 27th Nisanu Nisan
9th
9th
Apr 26th Aiaru Iyar
May 25th Simanu Sivan
Jun 24th Duzu Tammuz
Jul 23rd Abu Av
Aug 22nd Ululu Elul
Sep 20th Tashritu
Tishri
24th
Oct 20th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Nov 18th Kislimnu Kislev
Dec 18th Tebetu Tevet
616
Jan 16th Shabatu Shevat
Feb 15th Addaru Adar
Mar 16th Nisanu Ve’adar
10th
10th
April 14th Aiaru Nisan
May 14th Simanu Iyar
Jun 12th Duzu Sivan
Jul 12th Abu Tammuz
Aug 10th Ululu Av
Sep 9th Ululu II
Elul
Oct 8th Tashritu Tishri
25th
Nov 8th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 6th Kislimnu Kislev
615 Jan 5th Tebetu Tevet
Feb 3rd Shabatu Shevat
March 4th Addaru Adar 30
April 3rd Addaru II Nisan Sabbatical Year (7th)
May 3rd Nisanu Iyar
11th
11th
Jun 1st Aiaru Sivan
July 1st Simanu Tammuz
Jul 30th Duzu Av
Aug 29th Abu Elul
Sep 27th Ululu
Tishri
26th
Oct 27th Tashritu Heshvan
Nov 25th Arahsamnu Kislev
Dec 25th Kislimnu Tevet
614
Jan 23rd Tebetu Shevat
Feb 22nd Shabatu Adar
Mar 24th Addaru Ve’adar 30
Apr 23rd Nisanu Nisan
12th 12th
May 22nd Aiaru Iyar
Jun 21st Simanu Sivan
July 20th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 19th Abu Av
Sep 17th Ululu
Elul
Oct 17th Tashritu Tishri
27th
Nov 15th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 15th Kislimnu Kislev
613
Jan 13th Tebetu Tevet
Feb 12th Shabatu Shevat
Mar 13th Addaru Adar
April 11th Addaru II Nisan
May 11th Nisanu Iyar
13th 13th
Jun 9th Aiaru Sivan
Jul 9th Simanu Tammuz
Aug 7th Duzu Av
Sep 6th Abu Elul
Oct 5th Ululu
Tishri
28th
Nov 4th Tashritu Heshvan
Dec 3rd Arahsamnu Kislev
612
Jan 2nd Kislimnu Tevet
Jan 31st Tebetu Shevat
Mar 1st Shabatu Adar
Apr 1st Addaru Nisan
May 1st Nisanu Iyar
14th 14th
May 30th Aiaru Sivan
Jun 29th Simanu Tammuz
Jul 28th Duzu Av
Aug 27th Abu Elul
Sep 25th Ululu
Tishri Assur-uballit II (Assyria)
29th
Oct 25th Tashritu Heshvan
Nov 23rd Arahsamnu Kislev
Dec 23rd Kislimnu Tevet
611
Jan 21st Tebetu Shevat
Feb/ 20th Shabatu Adar
Mar 21st Addaru Ve’adar 30
Apr 20th Nisanu Nisan
15th 1st
May 19th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 18th Simanu Sivan
Jul 17th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 16th Abu Av
Sep 14th Ululu
Elul
Oct 13th Ululu II Tishri
30th
Nov 12th Tashritu Heshvan
Dec 11th Arahsamnu Kislev
610
Jan 9th Kislimnu Tevet
Feb 8th Tebetu Shevat
Mar 10th Shabatu Adar 30
Apr 9th Addaru Nisan
May 9th Nisanu Iyar 16th
Jun 7th Aiaru Sivan 2nd
Jul 7th Simanu Tammuz
Aug 5th Duzu Av
Sep 4th Abu Elul
Oct 3rd Ululu
Tishri
31st
Nov 2nd Tashritu Heshvan
Dec 1st Arahsamnu Kislev
Dec 31st Kislimnu Tevet
609
Jan 29th Tebetu Shevat
Feb 28th Shabatu Adar
Mar 28th Addaru Nisan
Apr 27th Nisanu Iyar
17th
3rd
May 26th Aiaru Sivan Josiah died / Jehoahaz rules 3 months (2 Kings 23:31) accession
Jun 25th Simanu Tammuz
Jul 24th Duzu Av
Aug 23th Abu Elul Jehoiakim accession accession
Sep 21st Ululu
Tishri Jehoiakim’s 1st year
1st regnal
Oct 21rd Tashritu Heshvan Assyria ends October
Nov 19th Arahsamnu Kislev
Dec 19th Kislimnu Tevet
608
Jan 17th Tebetu Shevat
Feb 16th Shabatu Adar
Mar 17th Addaru Ve’adar 29
April 15th Nisanu Nisan Sabbatical Year (14th)
18th
May 15th Aiaru Iyar
June13th Simanu Sivan
Jul 13th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 11th Abu Av
Sep 10th Ululu Elul
Oct 9th Tashritu
Tishri
2nd regnal
Nov 8th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 7th Kislimnu Kislev
607
Jan 6th Tebetu Tevet
Feb 4th Shabatu Shevat
Mar 5th Addaru Adar
Apr 4th Nisanu Nisan
19th
May 4th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 2nd Simanu Sivan
July 2nd Duzu Tammuz
Jul 31st Abu Av
Aug 30th Ululu Elul Nebuchadnezzar returns to Babylon
Sep 28th Tashritu
Tishri No record of his actions until 605 BC
3rd
Jer. Chronicles line 12
Oct 28th Arahsamnu Heshvan Start of the 70 years / first Hebrew captives taken Daniel 1:1
Nov 26th Kislimnu Kislev
Dec 26th Tebetu Tevet
606
Jan 24th Shabatu Shevat
Feb 23th Addaru Adar
Mar 25th Nisanu Ve’adar 30
20th
Apr 24th Aiaru Nisan
May 23rd Simanu Iyar
Jun 22nd Duzu Sivan
Jul 21st Abu Tammuz
Aug 20th Ululu Av
Sep 18th Tashritu
Elul
Oct 18th Arahsamnu Tishri The 23rd year of Jeremiah’s ministry begins Jeremiah prophesies 70 years exile
4th
Jer 25:1
Nov 16th Kislimnu Heshvan
Dec 16th Tebetu Kislev
605
Jan 14th Shabatu Tevet
Feb 13th Addaru Shevat
Mar 13th Addaru II Adar
Apr 12th Nisanu Nisan Marks the beginning of Nebuchadnezzar’s Accession year
21st
May 12th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 10th Simanu Sivan Nebuchadnezzar victory at Carchemish (Jer. Chron. obs. line 1-7)
Jer 46:2
Jul 10th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 8th Abu Av Nabopolassar died Abu 8th (Jer. Chron. obs. line 10)
Sep 7th Ululu Elul Nebuchadnezzar accession Ululu 1 (Sept 7th) (Jer. Chron. obs. line 11-12)
Access.
Oct 6th Tashritu
Tishri Nebuchadnezzar marches to Hatti-land
5th
Nov 5th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 4th Kislimnu Kislev Commemorative fast Jeremiah 36:9 (5th year ninth month.
604
Jan 4th Tebetu Tevet
Feb 2nd Shabatu Shevat Nebuchadnezzar returns from Hatti-land
Mar 4th Addaru Adar 29
April 2nd Nisanu Nisan Nebuchadnezzar performs Akitu Festival
1st Regnal
May 2nd Aiaru Iyar
May 31st Simanu Sivan Nebuchadnezzar marches on Hatti-land; exacts 3 years servitude from Jehoiakim
(2 Kings 24:1)
Jun 30th Duzu Tammuz
Jul 29th Abu Av
Aug 28th Ululu Elul
Sep 26th Tashritu
Tishri
6th
Oct 26th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Nov 24th Kislimnu Kislev Nebuchadnezzar captures Aškelon (Jer. Chron. obs. line 18)
Dec 24th Tebetu Tevet
603
Jan 22nd Shabatu Shevat Nebuchadnezzar returns to Babylon
Feb 21st Addaru Adar
Mar 22nd Nisanu Ve’adar 29
2nd
Apr 20th Aiaru Nisan
May 20th Simanu Iyar
Jun 19th Duzu Sivan
Jul 19th Abu Tammuz
Aug 17th Ululu Av
Sep 16th Ululu II Elul
Oct 15th Tashritu
Tishri
7th
Nov14th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 13th Kislimnu Kislev
602
Jan 11th Tebetu Tevet
Feb 10th Shabatu Shevat
Mar 12th Addaru Adar
April 10th Nisanu Nisan
3rd
May 10th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 8th Simanu Sivan
Jul 8th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 6th Abu Av
Sep 5th Ululu Elul
Oct 4th Tashritu
Tishri
8th
Nov 3rd Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 2nd Kislimnu Kislev
Jan 1st Tebetu Tevet
601
Jan 30th Shabatu Shevat
Feb 29th Addaru Adar 30
Mar 30th Nisanu Nisan Sabbatical Year (21st)
4th
Apr 29th Aiaru Iyar
May 28th Simanu Sivan
Jun 27th Duzu Tammuz
Jul 26th Abu Av
Aug 25th Ululu Elul
Sep 23rd Tashritu
Tishri
9th
Oct 23rd Arahsamnu Heshvan
Nov 21st Kislimnu Kislev Nebuchadnezzar defeated at Egyptian border (Jer. Chron. rvs. line 6-7)
Dec 21st Tebetu Tevet
600
Jan 19th Shabatu Shevat
Feb 18th Addaru Adar
Mar 18th Nisanu Ve’adar 30
5th
April 17th Aiaru Nisan
May 17th Simanu Iyar
Jun 15th Duzu Sivan
Jul 15th Abu Tammuz
Aug 13th Ululu Av
Sep 12th Ululu II Elul
Oct 11th Tashritu
Tishri
10th
Nov 10th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 9th Kislimnu Kislev
599
Jan 8th Tebetu Tevet
Feb 6th Shabatu Shevat
Mar 8th Addaru Adar
April 6th Nisanu Nisan
6th
May 6th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 4th Simanu Sivan
Jul 4th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 2nd Abu Av
Sep 1st Ululu Elul
Sep 30th Tashritu
Tishri
11th
Oct 30th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Nov 28th Kislimnu Kislev
Dec 28th Tebetu Tevet
598
Jan 26th Shabatu Shevat
Feb 25th Addaru Adar 30
Mar 27th Nisanu Nisan
7th
Apr 26th Aiaru Iyar
May 25th Simanu Sivan
Jun 24th Duzu Tammuz
Jul 22nd Abu Av
Aug 22nd Ululu Elul
Sep 20th Ululu II
Tishri 12th regnal
Oct 20th Tashritu Heshvan
Nov 18th Arahsamnu Kislev Jehoiakim dies in his 12th year Kislev 23
Dec 9th Arahsamnu Kislev 23 Jehoiachin accedes reigns for 3 months and 10 days,
Dec 18th Kislimnu Tevet Nebuchadnezzar marches to Hatti-land Jer. Chron. rvs. line 11
597
Jan 16th Tebetu Shevat
Feb 15th Shabatu Adar
Mar 15th Addaru Ve’adar 30
Mar 16th Addaru Ve’adar 30 Jerusalem falls Addaru 2 ( March16th) 3,023 deported (Jer. Chron rvs line12)Jer 52:28
April 14th Nisanu Nisan Zedekiah accession (Jer. Chron. rvs. line 13) at turn of the year / Jehoiachin’s and Ezekiel’s captivities commence
Zedekiah’s accession 8th
(2Ch 36:10)
May 14th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 13th Simanu Sivan
Jul 12th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 10th Abu Av
Sep 9th Ululu Elul
Oct 8th Tashritu
Tishri Ezekiel counts years of the captivity beginning in Tishri
1st year of Jehoiachin’s captivity
Nov 7th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 6th Kislimnu Kislev
596
Jan 5th Tebetu Tevet
Feb 3rd Shabatu Shevat
March 4th Addaru Adar 30
April 3rd Nisanu Nisan Zedekiah’s 1st year commences (spring to spring)
1st 9th
May 3rd Aiaru Iyar
Jun 1st Simanu Sivan
July 1st Duzu Tammuz
Jul 30th Abu Av
Aug 29th Ululu Elul
Sep 27th Ululu II
Tishri
2nd
Oct 27th Tashritu Heshvan
Nov 25th Arahsamnu Kislev
Dec 25th Kislimnu Tevet
595
Jan 23rd Tebetu Shevat
Feb 22nd Shabatu Adar 29
Mar 24th Addaru Ve’adar 30
Apr 23rd Nisanu Nisan 2nd 10th
May 22nd Aiaru Iyar
Jun 21st Simanu Sivan
July 20th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 19th Abu Av
Sep 17th Ululu
Elul
Oct 17th Tashritu Tishri
3rd
Nov 15th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 15th Kislimnu Kislev
594
Jan 13th Tebetu Tevet
Feb 12th Shabatu Shevat
Mar 13th Addaru Adar
April 12th Nisanu Nisan Sabbatical Year (28th)
3rd 11th
May 12th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 10th Simanu Sivan
Jul 10th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 8th Abu Av
Sep 7th Ululu Elul
Oct 6th Tashritu
Tishri
4th
Nov 5th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 4th Kislimnu Kislev Nebuchadnezzar marches again to Hatti-land) (Jer. Chron. rvs. line 25
Jan 3rd Tebetu Tevet
593
Feb 1st Shabatu Shevat
Mar 2nd Addaru Adar 30
Apr 1st Addaru II Nisan
May 1st Nisanu Iyar
4th 12th
May 30th Aiaru Sivan
Jun 29th Simanu Tammuz
Jul 28th Duzu Av
Aug 27th Abu Elul
Sep 25th Ululu
Tishri
5th
Oct 25th Tashritu Heshvan
Nov 23rd Arahsamnu Kislev
Dec 23rd Kislimnu Tevet
592
Jan 21st Tebetu Shevat
Feb/ 20th Shabatu Adar
Mar 21st Addaru Ve’adar 29
Apr 19th Nisanu Nisan 30 years from Josiah’s Passover
5th 13th
May 19th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 17th Simanu Sivan
Jul 17th Duzu Tammuz Ezekiel’s first vision July 21 Ezekiel 1:1-2
Aug 15th Abu Av
Sep 14th Ululu Elul
Oct 13th Tashritu
Tishri
6th
Nov 12th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 11th Kislimnu Kislev
591
Jan 10th Tebetu Tevet
Feb 8th Shabatu Shevat
Mar 10th Addaru Adar
Apr 8th Nisanu Nisan
6th 14th
May 8th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 6th Simanu Sivan
July 6th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 5th Abu Av
Sep 3rd Ululu Elul Ezekiel’s vision on September 7th Eze 8:1
Oct 2nd Tashritu Tishri
7th
Nov 1st Arahsamnu
Heshvan
Nov 30th Kislimnu Kislev
Dec 29th Tebetu Tevet
590
Jan 27th Shabatu Shevat
Feb 26th Addaru Adar 30
Mar 28th Addaru II Nisan
Apr 27th Nisanu Iyar
7th 15th
May 26th Aiaru Sivan
Jun 25th Simanu Tammuz
Jul 24th Duzu Av Ezekiel’s vision on August 2nd Eze 20:1
Aug 23rd Abu Elul
Sep 21st Ululu
Tishri
8th
Oct 21st Tashritu Heshvan
Nov 19th Arahsamnu Kislev
Dec 19th Kislimnu Tevet
589
Jan 17th Tebetu Shevat
Feb 16th Shabatu Adar
Mar 16th Addaru Ve’adar 30
Apr 15th Nisanu Nisan
8th 16th
May 15th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 13th Simanu Sivan
Jul 13th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 11th Abu Av
Sep 10th Ululu
Elul
Oct 9th Tashritu Tishri
9th
Nov 8th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 7th Kislimnu Kislev
588
Jan 6th Tebetu Tevet
Feb 4th Shabatu Shevat
Mar 6th Addaru Adar 30
Apr 5th Nisanu Nisan
9th 17th
May 5th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 3rd Simanu Sivan
Jul 3rd Duzu Tammuz
Aug 1st Abu Av
Aug 31st Ululu
Elul
Sep 29th Tashritu Tishri
10th
Oct 29th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Nov 27th Kislimnu Kislev
Dec 27th Tebetu Tevet Nebuchadnezzar final siege of Jerusalem, 10th month, 10th day of Zedekiah's 9th year (January 6th) (390 and 40 years of Ezekiel 4:4-6 ends)
Ezekiel 24:1
587
Jan 25th Shabatu Shevat
Feb 23rd Addaru Adar
Mar 24th Addaru II Ve’adar 30
Apr 24th Nisanu Nisan Sabbatical Year (35th)
10th 18th
May 23rd Aiaru Iyar
Jun 22nd Simanu Sivan
Jul 21st Duzu Tammuz
Aug 20th Abu Av
Sep 19th Ululu
Elul
Oct 18th Tashritu Tishri Jeremiah prophesies Zedekiah's capture / Nebuchadnezzar deports 832 more
11th
Jer 32:1
Nov 16th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 16th Kislimnu Kislev
586
Jan 15th Tebetu Tevet Ezekiel prophesies against Egypt January 26th Ezek 29:1
Feb 13th Shabatu Shevat
Mar 15th Addaru Adar 30
April 14th Nisanu Nisan Prophecy against Pharaoh April 20th
11th 19th
30:20
May 13th Aiaru Iyar (month 2)
Jun 11th Simanu Sivan (month 3) Ezekiel’s prophecy against Egypt Ezek 31:1
Jul 11th Duzu Tammuz Nebuchadnezzar takes Jerusalem, 4th month 9th day of Zedekiah's 11th (July 19th) / Zedekiah captured
Jer 39:2; 52:5-7
Aug 9th Abu Av Nebuzaradan burns Temple, Av 7th -10
th
commences 13 years (14th) to Tishri 10 of 573 BC
Ezek 26:1; 40:1 Jer 1:3; 52:12-13
Sep 8th Ululu Elul
Oct 7th Tashritu
Tishri THE DEATH OF GEDALIAH
12th
Nov 6th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 5th Kislimnu Kislev
585
Jan 4th Tebetu Tevet Eye witness tells Ezekiel of the city’s destruction Jan 8 Ezek 33:21
Feb 2nd Shabatu Shevat
Mar 3rd Addaru Adar 30
April 2nd Nisanu Nisan Year siege of Tyre by Babylon begins.
12th 20th
May 2nd Aiaru Iyar
May 31st Simanu Sivan
Jun 30th Duzu Tammuz
Jul 29th Abu Av
Aug 28th Ululu Elul
Sep 26th Tashritu
Tishri
13th
Oct 26th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Nov 24th Kislimnu Kislev
Dec 24th Tebetu Tevet
Jan 22nd Shabatu Shevat
584
Feb 21st Addaru Adar Prophecy for Pharaoh February 21st and pit March 7th Ezek 32:1, 17
Mar 22nd Nisanu Ve’adar 30
13th 21st
Apr 21st Aiaru Nisan
May 20th Simanu Iyar
Jun 19th Duzu Sivan
Jul 18th Abu Tammuz
Aug 17th Ululu Av
Sep 15th Ululu II
Elul
Oct 15th Tashritu Tishri
Ezekiel’s 14th
Nov 13th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 13th Kislimnu Kislev
Jan 11th Tebetu Tevet
583
Feb 10th Shabatu Shevat
Mar 11th Addaru Adar
April 10th Nisanu Nisan
14th 22nd
May 10th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 8th Simanu Sivan
Jul 8th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 6th Abu Av
Sep 5th Ululu Elul
Oct 4th Tashritu
Tishri
15th
Nov 3rd Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 2nd Kislimnu Kislev
Jan 1st Tebetu Tevet
582
Jan 30th Shabatu Shevat
Feb 29th Addaru Adar
Mar 30th Nisanu Nisan Nebuzaradan deports 745 more
15th 23rd
Apr 29th Aiaru Iyar
May 28th Simanu Sivan
Jun 27th Duzu Tammuz
Jul 26th Abu Av
Aug 25th Ululu Elul
Sep 23rd Tashritu
Tishri
Ezekiel’s 16th
Oct 23rd Arahsamnu Heshvan
Nov 21st Kislimnu Kislev
Dec 21st Tebetu Tevet
581
Jan 19th Shabatu Shevat
Feb 18th Addaru Adar
Mar 18th Addaru II Ve’adar 30
April 17th Nisanu Nisan
16th 24th
May 17th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 15th Simanu Sivan
Jul 15th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 13th Abu Av
Sep 12th Ululu Elul
Oct 11th Tashritu
Tishri
Ezekiel’s 17th
Nov 10th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 9th Kislimnu Kislev
580
Jan 8th Tebetu Tevet
Feb 6th Shabatu Shevat
Mar 8th Addaru Adar
April 6th Nisanu Nisan Sabbatical Year (42nd)
17th 25th
May 6th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 4th Simanu Sivan
Jul 4th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 2nd Abu Av
Sep 1st Ululu Elul
Sep 30th Tashritu Tishri Ezekiel’s
Oct 30th Arahsamnu Heshvan 18th
Nov 28th Kislimnu Kislev
Dec 28th Tebetu Tevet
579
Jan 26th Shabatu Shevat
Feb 25th Addaru Adar
Mar 27th Nisanu Nisan
18th 26th
Apr 26th Aiaru Iyar
May 25th Simanu Sivan
Jun 24th Duzu Tammuz
Jul 23rd Abu Av
Aug 22nd Ululu Elul
Sep 20th Tashritu
Tishri
Ezekiel’s 19th
Oct 20th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Nov 18th Kislimnu Kislev
Dec 18th Tebetu Tevet
578
Jan 16th Shabatu Shevat
Feb 15th Addaru Adar
Mar 16th Addaru II Ve’adar 30
April 15th Nisanu Nisan
19th 27th
May 15th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 13th Simanu Sivan
Jul 13th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 11th Abu Av
Sep 10th Ululu Elul
Oct 9th Tashritu
Tishri
Ezekiel’s 20th
Nov 8th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 7th Kislimnu Kislev
577
Jan 6th Tebetu Tevet
Feb 4th Shabatu Shevat
March 5th Addaru Adar
April 3rd Nisanu Nisan
20th 28th
May 3rd Aiaru Iyar
Jun 1st Simanu Sivan
July 1st Duzu Tammuz
Jul 30th Abu Av
Aug 29th Ululu Elul
Sep 27th Tashritu
Tishri
Ezekiel’s 21st
Oct 27th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Nov 25th Kislimnu Kislev
Dec 25th Tebetu Tevet
576
Jan 23rd Shabatu Shevat
Feb 22nd Addaru Adar
Mar 24th Addaru II Ve’adar 29
Apr 23rd Nisanu Nisan
21st 29th
May 22nd Aiaru Iyar
Jun 21st Simanu Sivan
July 20th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 19th Abu Av
Sep 17th Ululu
Elul
Oct 17th Tashritu Tishri
Ezekiel’s 22nd
Nov 15th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 15th Kislimnu Kislev
Jan 13th Tebetu Tevet
Feb 12th Shabatu Shevat
575
Mar 13th Addaru Adar
April 12th Nisanu Nisan
22nd 30th
May 12th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 10th Simanu Sivan
Jul 10th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 8th Abu Av
Sep 7th Ululu Elul
Oct 6th Tashritu
Tishri
Ezekiel’s 23rd
Nov 5th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 4th Kislimnu Kislev
574 Jan 3rd Tebetu Tevet
Feb 1st Shabatu Shevat
Mar 2nd Addaru Adar 30
Apr 1st Nisanu Nisan
23rd 31st
May 1st Aiaru Iyar
May 30th Simanu Sivan
Jun 29th Duzu Tammuz
Jul 28th Abu Av
Aug 27th Ululu Elul
Sep 25th Ululu II
Tishri
Ezekiel’s 24th
Oct 25th Tashritu Heshvan
Nov 23rd Arahsamnu Kislev
Dec 23rd Kislimnu Tevet
573
Jan 21st Tebetu Shevat
Feb/ 20th Shabatu Adar 30
Mar 21st Addaru Ve’adar 29
Apr 19th Nisanu Nisan Sabbatical Year (49th)
24th 32nd
May 19th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 17th Simanu Sivan
Jul 17th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 15th Abu Av
Sep 14th Ululu Elul
Oct 13th Tashritu
Tishri
13 years (and two months) or 14th year from the destruction of the Temple (Jerusalem smitten in 586 BC) in the 25th year of Ezekiel’s captivity from 597 BC (October 22). This is Jubilee year, in that the tenth day of the beginning of the year (Rosh Hashanah) falls on the tenth day of the 7
th month in
a Jubilee year.
25th of Jehoiachin’s captivity
Ezekiel 40:1
Nov 12th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 11th Kislimnu Kislev
572
Jan 10th Tebetu Tevet
Feb 8th Shabatu Shevat
Mar 10th Addaru Adar
Apr 8th Nisanu Nisan Year Siege of Tyre ends
25th 33rd
May 8th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 6th Simanu Sivan
July 6th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 5th Abu Av
Sep 3rd Ululu Elul
Oct 2nd Tashritu
Tishri
26th of Jehoiachin’s captivity
Nov 1st Arahsamnu Heshvan
Nov 30th Kislimnu Kislev
571
Dec 29th Tebetu Tevet
Jan 27th Shabatu Shevat
Feb 26th Addaru Adar
26th 34th
Mar 28th Addaru II Nisan
Apr 27th Nisanu Iyar
May 26th Aiaru Sivan
Jun 25th Simanu Tammuz
Jul 24th Duzu Av
Aug 23rd Abu Elul
Sep 21st Ululu
Tishri
Ezekiel’s 27th
Oct 21st Tashritu Heshvan
Nov 19th Arahsamnu Kislev
Dec 19th Kislimnu Tevet
570
Jan 17th Tebetu Shevat
Feb 16th Shabatu Adar
Mar 16th Addaru Ve’adar 29
Apr 15th Nisanu Nisan Payment for Tyre
27th 35th
Ezek 29:17
May 15th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 13th Simanu Sivan
Jul 13th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 11th Abu Av
Sep 10th Ululu Elul
Oct 9th Tashritu
Tishri 28th of
Nov 8th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 7th Kislimnu Kislev Jehoiachin’s captivity
569
Jan 6th Tebetu Tevet
Feb 4th Shabatu Shevat
Mar 6th Addaru Adar
Apr 5th Nisanu Nisan Nebuchadnezzar’s 7 years begins (Belshazzar is 6 years old)
28th 36th
May 5th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 3rd Simanu Sivan
Jul 3rd Duzu Tammuz
Aug 1st Abu Av
Aug 31st Ululu Elul
Sep 29th Tashritu
Tishri
29th of Jehoiachin’s captivity
Oct 29th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Nov 27th Kislimnu Kislev
Dec 27th Tebetu Tevet
568
Jan 25th Shabatu Shevat
Feb 23rd Addaru Adar
Mar 25th Addaru II Ve’adar 29
April 23rd Nisanu Nisan
29th 37th
May 23rd Aiaru Iyar
Jun 21st Simanu Sivan
Jul 21st Duzu Tammuz
Aug 19th Abu Av
Sep 18th Ululu
Elul
Oct 17th Tashritu Tishri
30th of Jehoiachin’s captivity
Nov 16th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 15th Kislimnu Kislev
567
Jan 14th Tebetu Tevet
Feb 12th Shabatu Shevat
Mar 14th Addaru Adar 30
April 13th Nisanu Nisan
30th 38th
May 13th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 11th Simanu Sivan
Jul 11th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 9th Abu Av
Sep 8th Ululu Elul
Oct 7th Tashritu
Tishri
31st of Jehoiachin’s captivity
Nov 6th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 5th Kislimnu Kislev
Jan 4th Tebetu Tevet
566
Feb 2nd Shabatu Shevat
Mar 3rd Addaru Adar
April 2nd Nisanu Nisan
31st 39th
May 2nd Aiaru Iyar
May 31st Simanu Sivan
Jun 30th Duzu Tammuz
Jul 29th Abu Av
Aug 28th Ululu Elul
Sep 26th Tashritu
Tishri
32nd of Jehoiachin’s captivity
Oct 26th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Nov 24th Kislimnu Kislev
Dec 24th Tebetu Tevet
565
Jan 22nd Shabatu Shevat
Feb 21st Addaru Adar
Mar 22nd Addaru II Nisan
Apr 21st Nisanu Iyar
32nd 40th
May 20th Aiaru Sivan
Jun 19th Simanu Tammuz
Jul 18th Duzu Av
Aug 17th Abu Elul
Sep 15th Ululu
Tishri
33rd of Jehoiachin’s captivity
Oct 15th Tashritu Heshvan
Nov 13th Arahsamnu Kislev
Dec 13th Kislimnu Tevet
564 Jan 11th Tebetu Shevat
Feb 10th Shabatu Adar
Mar 11th Addaru Ve’adar
April 10th Nisanu Nisan
33rd 41st
May 10th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 8th Simanu Sivan
Jul 8th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 6th Abu Av
Sep 5th Ululu Elul
Oct 4th Tashritu
Tishri
34th of Jehoiachin’s captivity
Nov 3rd Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 2nd Kislimnu Kislev
Jan 1st Tebetu Tevet
563
Jan 30th Shabatu Shevat
Feb 29th Addaru Adar
Mar 30th Nisanu Nisan
34th 42nd
Apr 29th Aiaru Iyar
May 28th Simanu Sivan
Jun 27th Duzu Tammuz
Jul 26th Abu Av
Aug 25th Ululu Elul
Sep 23rd Tashritu
Tishri
35th of Jehoiachin’s captivity
Oct 23rd Arahsamnu Heshvan
Nov 21st Kislimnu Kislev
Dec 21st Tebetu Tevet
562
Jan 19th Shabatu Shevat
Feb 18th Addaru Adar Lunar eclipse March 2/3 562 BCE
Mar 18th Addaru II Ve’adar Nebuchadnezzar’s7 years end
April 17th Nisanu Nisan
35th 43rd/ Access.
May 17th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 15th Simanu Sivan
Jul 15th Duzu Tammuz Evil Merodach Accession
Aug 13th Abu Av
Sep 12th Ululu Elul
Oct 11th Tashritu
Tishri
36th of Jehoiachin’s captivity
Nov 10th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 9th Kislimnu Kislev
561
Jan 8th Tebetu Tevet
Feb 6th Shabatu Shevat
Mar 8th Addaru Adar Jehoiachin’s captivity ends on Adar 27th (36 years) (37th year) 2Ki 25:27
April 6th Nisanu Nisan
36th 1st
May 6th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 4th Simanu Sivan
Jul 4th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 2nd Abu Av
Sep 1st Ululu Elul
Sep 30th Tashritu
Tishri
37th of Jehoiachin’s captivity
Oct 30th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Nov 28th Kislimnu Kislev
Dec 28th Tebetu Tevet
560
Jan 26th Shabatu Shevat
Feb 25th Addaru Adar
Mar 27th Nisanu Nisan
2nd Access.
Apr 26th Aiaru Iyar
May 25th Simanu Sivan
Jun 24th Duzu Tammuz
Jul 23rd Abu Av Neriglissar accession (Belshazzar is 15 years old) Belshazzar coregency begins
Jer 39:13 YI May 19, 1898
Aug 22nd Ululu Elul
Sep 20th Tashritu
Tishri
Oct 20th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Nov 18th Kislimnu Kislev
Dec 18th Tebetu Tevet
559 Jan 16th Shabatu Shevat
Feb 15th Addaru Adar
Mar 16th Nisanu Ve’adar
1st 1st
April 15th Aiaru Nisan
May 15th Simanu Iyar
Jun 13th Duzu Sivan
Jul 13th Abu Tammuz
Aug 11th Ululu Av
Sep 10th Tashritu Elul
Oct 9th Arahsamnu
Tishri
Nov 8th Kislimnu Heshvan Cyrus II accession (Persia)
Dec 7th Tebetu Kislev
558
Jan 6th Shabatu Tevet
Feb 4th Addaru Shevat
March 5th Addaru II Adar
April 3rd Nisanu Nisan
1st 2nd 2nd
May 3rd Aiaru Iyar
Jun 1st Simanu Sivan
July 1st Duzu Tammuz
Jul 30th Abu Av
Aug 29th Ululu Elul
Sep 27th Tashritu
Tishri
Oct 27th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Nov 25th Kislimnu Kislev
557
Dec 25th Tebetu Tevet
Jan 23rd Shabatu Shevat
Feb 22nd Addaru Adar
Mar 24th Nisanu Ve’adar
2nd 3rd 3rd
Apr 23rd Aiaru Nisan
May 22nd Simanu Iyar
Jun 21st Duzu Sivan
July 20th Abu Tammuz
Aug 19th Ululu Av
Sep 17th Tashritu Elul
Oct 17th Arahsamnu
Tishri
Nov 15th Kislimnu Heshvan
Dec 15th Tebetu Kislev
556
Jan 13th Shabatu Tevet
Feb 12th Addaru Shevat
Mar 13th Nisanu Adar
3rd 4th/ Access.
4th
April 12th Aiaru Nisan Labashi-Marduk (reigned 9 months)
May 12th Simanu Iyar
Jun 10th Duzu Sivan
Jul 10th Abu Tammuz
Aug 8th Ululu Av
Sep 7th Ululu II Elul
Oct 6th Tashritu
Tishri
Nov 5th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 4th Kislimnu Kislev
555
Jan 3rd Tebetu Tevet Nabonidus Accession
Feb 1st Shabatu Shevat
Mar 2nd Addaru Adar
Apr 1st Nisanu Nisan
4th 1st 5th
May 1st Aiaru Iyar
May 30th Simanu Sivan
Jun 29th Duzu Tammuz
Jul 28th Abu Av
Aug 27th Ululu Elul
Sep 25th Tashritu
Tishri
Oct 25th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Nov 23rd Kislimnu Kislev
Dec 23rd Tebetu Tevet
554
Jan 21st Shabatu Shevat
Feb/ 20th Addaru Adar
Mar 21st Nisanu Ve’adar
5th 2nd 6th
Apr 19th Aiaru Nisan
May 19th Simanu Iyar
Jun 17th Duzu Sivan
Jul 17th Abu Tammuz
Aug 15th Ululu Av
Sep 14th Tashritu Elul
Oct 13th Arahsamnu
Tishri
Nov 12th Kislimnu Heshvan
Dec 11th Tebetu Kislev
553
Jan 10th Shabatu Tevet
Feb 8th Addaru Shevat
Mar 10th Addaru II Adar
Apr 8th Nisanu Nisan
6th 3rd 7th
May 8th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 6th Simanu Sivan
July 6th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 5th Abu Av
Sep 3rd Ululu Elul
Oct 2nd Tashritu
Tishri
Nov 1st Arahsamnu Heshvan
Nov 30th Kislimnu Kislev
Dec 29th Tebetu Tevet
552
Jan 27th Shabatu Shevat
Feb 26th Addaru Adar
Mar 28th Addaru II Nisan
7th 4th 8th
Apr 27th Nisanu Iyar
May 26th Aiaru Sivan
Jun 25th Simanu Tammuz
Jul 24th Duzu Av
Aug 23rd Abu Elul
Sep 21st Ululu Tishri
Oct 21st Tashritu
Heshvan
Nov 19th Arahsamnu Kislev
Dec 19th Kislimnu Tevet
551
Jan 17th Tebetu Shevat
Feb 16th Shabatu Adar
Mar 16th Addaru Ve’adar 29
Apr 15th Nisanu Nisan
8th 5th 9th
May 15th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 13th Simanu Sivan
Jul 13th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 11th Abu Av
Sep 10th Ululu Elul
Oct 9th Tashritu
Tishri
Nov 8th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 7th Kislimnu Kislev
550
Jan 6th Tebetu Tevet
Feb 4th Shabatu Shevat
Mar 6th Addaru Adar
Apr 5th Nisanu Nisan Vision of Daniel 8
9th 6th 10th
Daniel 8:1
May 5th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 3rd Simanu Sivan
Jul 3rd Duzu Tammuz
Aug 1st Abu Av
Aug 31st Ululu Elul
Sep 29th Tashritu
Tishri
Oct 29th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Nov 27th Kislimnu Kislev
549
Dec 27th Tebetu Tevet
Jan 25th Shabatu Shevat
Feb 23rd Addaru Adar
Mar 25th Addaru II Ve’adar 29
April 23rd Nisanu Nisan
10th 7th 11th
May 23rd Aiaru Iyar
Jun 21st Simanu Sivan
Jul 21st Duzu Tammuz
Aug 19th Abu Av
Sep 18th Ululu Elul
Oct 17th Tashritu
Tishri
Nov 16th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 15th Kislimnu Kislev
548
Jan 14th Tebetu Tevet
Feb 12th Shabatu Shevat
Mar 14th Addaru Adar 30
April 13th Nisanu Nisan
11th 8th 12th
May 13th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 11th Simanu Sivan
Jul 11th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 9th Abu Av
Sep 8th Ululu Elul
Oct 7th Tashritu
Tishri
Nov 6th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 5th Kislimnu Kislev
547
Jan 4th Tebetu Tevet
Feb 2nd Shabatu Shevat
Mar 3rd Addaru Adar
April 2nd Nisanu Nisan
12th 9th 13th
May 2nd Aiaru Iyar
May 31st Simanu Sivan
Jun 30th Duzu Tammuz
Jul 29th Abu Av
Aug 28th Ululu Elul
Sep 26th Tashritu
Tishri
Oct 26th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Nov 24th Kislimnu Kislev
Dec 24th Tebetu Tevet
546
Jan 22nd Shabatu Shevat
Feb 21st Addaru Adar
Mar 22nd Addaru II Nisan
Apr 21st Nisanu Iyar
13th 10th 14th
May 20th Aiaru Sivan
Jun 19th Simanu Tammuz
Jul 18th Duzu Av
Aug 17th Abu Elul
Sep 15th Ululu
Tishri
Oct 15th Tashritu Heshvan
Nov 13th Arahsamnu Kislev
Dec 13th Kislimnu Tevet
545
Jan 11th Tebetu Shevat
Feb 10th Shabatu Adar
Mar 11th Addaru Ve’adar
April 10th Nisanu Nisan
14th 11th 15th
May 10th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 8th Simanu Sivan
Jul 8th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 6th Abu Av
Sep 5th Ululu Elul
Oct 4th Tashritu
Tishri
Nov 3rd Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 2nd Kislimnu Kislev
544
Jan 1st Tebetu Tevet
Jan 30th Shabatu Shevat
Feb 29th Addaru Adar
Mar 30th Nisanu Nisan
15th 12th 16th
Apr 29th Aiaru Iyar
May 28th Simanu Sivan
Jun 27th Duzu Tammuz
Jul 26th Abu Av
Aug 25th Ululu Elul
Sep 23rd Tashritu
Tishri
Oct 23rd Arahsamnu Heshvan
Nov 21st Kislimnu Kislev
543
Dec 21st Tebetu Tevet
Jan 19th Shabatu Shevat
Feb 18th Addaru Adar
Mar 18th Addaru II Ve’adar
April 17th Nisanu Nisan
16th 13th 17th
May 17th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 15th Simanu Sivan
Jul 15th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 13th Abu Av
Sep 12th Ululu Elul
Oct 11th Tashritu
Tishri
Nov 10th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 9th Kislimnu Kislev
542
Jan 8th Tebetu Tevet
Feb 6th Shabatu Shevat
Mar 8th Addaru Adar
April 6th Nisanu Nisan
17th 14th 18th
May 6th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 4th Simanu Sivan
Jul 4th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 2nd Abu Av
Sep 1st Ululu Elul
Sep 30th Tashritu
Tishri
Oct 30th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Nov 28th Kislimnu Kislev
541
Dec 28th Tebetu Tevet
Jan 26th Shabatu Shevat
Feb 25th Addaru Adar
Mar 27th Nisanu Nisan
18th 15th 19th
Apr 26th Aiaru Iyar
May 25th Simanu Sivan
Jun 24th Duzu Tammuz
Jul 23rd Abu Av
Aug 22nd Ululu Elul
Sep 20th Tashritu
Tishri
Oct 20th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Nov 18th Kislimnu Kislev
Dec 18th Tebetu Tevet
540
Jan 16th Shabatu Shevat
Feb 15th Addaru Adar
Mar 16th Nisanu Ve’adar
19th 16th 21th
April 15th Aiaru Nisan
May 15th Simanu Iyar
Jun 13th Duzu Sivan
Jul 13th Abu Tammuz
Aug 11th Ululu Av
Sep 10th Tashritu Elul
Oct 9th Arahsamnu
Tishri
Nov 8th Kislimnu Heshvan
Dec 7th Tebetu Kislev
539
Jan 6th Shabatu Tevet
Feb 4th Addaru Shevat
March 5th Addaru II Adar
April 3rd Nisanu Nisan
20th
17th 21st
May 3rd Aiaru Iyar
Jun 1st Simanu Sivan
July 1st Duzu Tammuz
Jul 30th Abu Av
Aug 29th Ululu Elul
Sep 28th Tashritu
Tishri Fall of Babylon (October 13th) 40 years for Egypt ends
Oct 28th Arahsamnu Heshvan Cyrus becomes King of Lands and Ugbaru (Darius the Mede)
Media/ Babylon
Nov 26th Kislimnu Kislev
538
Dec 26th Tebetu Tevet
Jan 24th Shabatu Shevat
Feb 22nd Addaru Adar
Mar 24th Nisanu Ve’adar
1st
1st
Apr 23rd Aiaru Nisan
May 22nd Simanu Iyar
Jun 21st Duzu Sivan
July 20th Abu Tammuz
Aug 19th Ululu Av
Sep 17th Tashritu Elul
Oct 17th Arahsamnu
Tishri
Nov 15th Kislimnu Heshvan Cambyses II (Babylon) He co-reigns with Cyrus for about a year.
Access.
537
Dec 15th Tebetu Kislev
Jan 13th Shabatu Tevet
Feb 12th Addaru Shevat
Mar 13th Nisanu Adar
2nd
1st
April 12th Aiaru Nisan
May 12th Simanu Iyar
Jun 10th Duzu Sivan
Jul 10th Abu Tammuz
Aug 8th Ululu Av
Sep 7th Ululu II Elul
Oct 6th Tashritu
Tishri 70 year captivity ends (Cyrus accedes to the throne of Babylon)
Access.
Nov 5th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 4th Kislimnu Kislev
536
Jan 3rd Tebetu Tevet
Feb 1st Shabatu Shevat
Mar 2nd Addaru Adar
Apr 1st Nisanu Nisan
3rd
May 1st Aiaru Iyar
May 30th Simanu Sivan
Jun 29th Duzu Tammuz
Jul 28th Abu Av
Aug 27th Ululu Elul
Sep 25th Ululu II
Tishri
Oct 25th Tashritu Heshvan
Nov 23rd Arahsamnu Kislev
535
Dec 23rd Kislimnu Tevet
Jan 21st Tebetu Shevat
Feb/ 20th Shabatu Adar
Mar 21st Addaru Ve’adar
Apr 19th Nisanu Nisan
4th
May 19th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 17th Simanu Sivan
Jul 17th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 15th Abu Av
Sep 14th Ululu Elul
Oct 13th Tashritu
Tishri
Nov 12th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 11th Kislimnu Kislev
534
Jan 10th Tebetu Tevet
Feb 8th Shabatu Shevat
Mar 10th Addaru Adar
Apr 8th Nisanu Nisan
5th
May 8th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 6th Simanu Sivan
July 6th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 5th Abu Av
Sep 3rd Ululu Elul
Oct 2nd Tashritu
Tishri
Nov 1st Arahsamnu Heshvan
Nov 30th Kislimnu Kislev
533
Dec 29th Tebetu Tevet
Jan 27th Shabatu Shevat
Feb 26th Addaru Adar
Mar 28th Addaru II Nisan
Apr 27th Nisanu Iyar 6th
May 26th Aiaru Sivan
Jun 25th Simanu Tammuz
Jul 24th Duzu Av
Aug 23rd Abu Elul
Sep 21st Ululu
Tishri
Oct 21st Tashritu Heshvan
Nov 19th Arahsamnu Kislev
532
Dec 19th Kislimnu Tevet
Jan 17th Tebetu Shevat
Feb 16th Shabatu Adar
Mar 16th Addaru Ve’adar 29
Apr 15th Nisanu Nisan
7th
May 15th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 13th Simanu Sivan
Jul 13th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 11th Abu Av
Sep 10th Ululu Elul
Oct 9th Tashritu
Tishri
Nov 8th Arahsamnu Heshvan
531
Dec 7th Kislimnu Kislev
Jan 6th Tebetu Tevet
Feb 4th Shabatu Shevat
Mar 6th Addaru Adar
Apr 5th Nisanu Nisan
8th
May 5th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 3rd Simanu Sivan
Jul 3rd Duzu Tammuz
Aug 1st Abu Av
Aug 31st Ululu Elul
Sep 29th Tashritu Tishri
Oct 29th Arahsamnu Heshvan
530
Nov 27th Kislimnu Kislev
Dec 27th Tebetu Tevet
Jan 25th Shabatu Shevat
Feb 23rd Addaru Adar
Mar 25th Addaru II Ve’adar 29
April 23rd Nisanu Nisan
9th
May 23rd Aiaru Iyar
Jun 21st Simanu Sivan
Jul 21st Duzu Tammuz
Aug 19th Abu Av
Sep 18th Ululu Elul Cambyses sole rule
Oct 17th Tashritu Tishri
529
Nov 16th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 15th Kislimnu Kislev
Jan 14th Tebetu Tevet
Feb 12th Shabatu Shevat
Mar 14th Addaru Adar 30
April 13th Nisanu Nisan
1st
May 13th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 11th Simanu Sivan
Jul 11th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 9th Abu Av
Sep 8th Ululu Elul
Oct 7th Tashritu Tishri
528
Nov 6th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 5th Kislimnu Kislev
Jan 4th Tebetu Tevet
Feb 2nd Shabatu Shevat
Mar 3rd Addaru Adar
April 2nd Nisanu Nisan
2nd
May 2nd Aiaru Iyar
May 31st Simanu Sivan
Jun 30th Duzu Tammuz
Jul 29th Abu Av
Aug 28th Ululu Elul
Sep 26th Tashritu Tishri
527
Oct 26th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Nov 24th Kislimnu Kislev
Dec 24th Tebetu Tevet
Jan 22nd Shabatu Shevat
Feb 21st Addaru Adar
Mar 22nd Addaru II Nisan
Apr 21st Nisanu Iyar
3rd
May 20th Aiaru Sivan
Jun 19th Simanu Tammuz
Jul 18th Duzu Av
Aug 17th Abu Elul
Sep 15th Ululu Tishri
Oct 15th Tashritu Heshvan
526
Nov 13th Arahsamnu Kislev
Dec 13th Kislimnu Tevet
Jan 11th Tebetu Shevat
Feb 10th Shabatu Adar
Mar 11th Addaru Ve’adar
April 10th Nisanu Nisan
4th
May 10th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 8th Simanu Sivan
Jul 8th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 6th Abu Av
Sep 5th Ululu Elul
Oct 4th Tashritu Tishri
Nov 3rd Arahsamnu Heshvan
525
Dec 2nd Kislimnu Kislev
Jan 1st Tebetu Tevet
Jan 30th Shabatu Shevat
Feb 29th Addaru Adar
Mar 30th Nisanu Nisan
5th
Apr 29th Aiaru Iyar
May 28th Simanu Sivan
Jun 27th Duzu Tammuz
Jul 26th Abu Av
Aug 25th Ululu Elul
Sep 23rd Tashritu Tishri
Oct 23rd Arahsamnu Heshvan
524
Nov 21st Kislimnu Kislev
Dec 21st Tebetu Tevet
Jan 19th Shabatu Shevat
Feb 18th Addaru Adar
Mar 18th Addaru II Ve’adar
April 17th Nisanu Nisan
6th
May 17th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 15th Simanu Sivan
Jul 15th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 13th Abu Av
Sep 12th Ululu Elul
Oct 11th Tashritu Tishri
523
Nov 10th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 9th Kislimnu Kislev
Jan 8th Tebetu Tevet
Feb 6th Shabatu Shevat
Mar 8th Addaru Adar
April 6th Nisanu Nisan
7th
May 6th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 4th Simanu Sivan
Jul 4th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 2nd Abu Av
Sep 1st Ululu Elul
Sep 30th Tashritu Tishri
Oct 30th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Nov 28th Kislimnu Kislev
522
Dec 28th Tebetu Tevet
Jan 26th Shabatu Shevat
Feb 25th Addaru Adar
Mar 27th Nisanu Nisan Bardiya (False Smerdis)
Apr 26th Aiaru Iyar
May 25th Simanu Sivan
Jun 24th Duzu Tammuz
Jul 23rd Abu Av
Aug 22nd Ululu Elul Darius’ accession early September
Sep 20th Tashritu Tishri
Oct 20th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Nov 18th Kislimnu Kislev
521
Dec 18th Tebetu Tevet
Jan 16th Shabatu Shevat
Feb 15th Addaru Adar
Mar 16th Nisanu Ve’adar
1st
April 15th Aiaru Nisan
May 15th Simanu Iyar
Jun 13th Duzu Sivan
Jul 13th Abu Tammuz
Aug 11th Ululu Av
Sep 10th Tashritu Elul
Oct 9th Arahsamnu Tishri
Nov 8th Kislimnu Heshvan
520
Dec 7th Tebetu Kislev
Jan 6th Shabatu Tevet
Feb 4th Addaru Shevat
March 5th Addaru II Adar
April 3rd Nisanu Nisan
2nd
May 3rd Aiaru Iyar
Jun 1st Simanu Sivan
July 1st Duzu Tammuz
Jul 30th Abu Av
Aug 29th Ululu Elul Haggai begins his ministry Haggai 1:1
Sep 28th Tashritu Tishri Haggai’s second message (October 18th) Haggai 2:1
Oct 28th Arahsamnu Heshvan Zechariah begins to prophesy Zech 1:1
519
Nov 26th Kislimnu Kislev
Dec 26th Tebetu Tevet
Jan 24th Shabatu Shevat Seventy years are mentioned by angel (February 16,) Zech 1:7. 12
Feb 23th Addaru Adar
Mar 25th Nisanu Ve’adar 30
Apr 23th Aiaru Nisan
3rd
May 23rd Simanu Iyar
Jun 22nd Duzu Sivan
Jul 21st Abu Tammuz
Aug 20th Ululu Av
Sep 18th Tashritu Elul
Oct 18th Arahsamnu Tishri
518
Nov 16th Kislimnu Heshvan
Dec 16th Tebetu Kislev
Jan 14th Shabatu Tevet
Feb 13th Addaru Shevat
Mar 13th Nisanu Adar
Apr 12th Aiaru Nisan
4th
May 12th Simanu Iyar
Jun 10th Duzu Sivan
Jul 10th Abu Tammuz
Aug 8th Ululu Av
Sep 7th Ululu II Elul
Oct 6th Tashritu Tishri
517
Nov 5th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 4th Kislimnu Kislev Zechariah receives vision on December 7th Zech 7:1
Jan 3rd Tebetu Tevet
Feb 1st Shabatu Shevat
Mar 2nd Addaru Adar
Mar 31st Nisanu Nisan
5th
Apr 30th Aiaru Iyar
May 29th Simanu Sivan
Jun 28th Duzu Tammuz
Jul 27th Abu Av
Aug 26th Ululu Elul
Sep 24th Tashritu Tishri
516
Oct 24th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Nov 22nd Kislimnu Kislev
Dec 22nd Tebetu Tevet
Jan 20th Shabatu Shevat
Feb 19th Addaru Adar
Mar 20th Nisanu Ve’adar (30) Darius’ decree given in the 6th year of his reign
6th
Apr 19th Aiaru Nisan
May 19th Simanu Iyar
Jun 17th Duzu Sivan
Jul 17th Abu Tammuz
Aug 15th Ululu Av
Sep 14th Tashritu Elul
515
Oct 13th Arahsamnu Tishri
Nov12th Kislimnu Heshvan
Dec 11th Tebetu Kislev
Jan 10th Shabatu Tevet
Feb 8th Addaru Shevat
Mar 10th Addaru II Adar Temple rebuilt March 12th
April 9th Nisanu Nisan
7th
May 9th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 7th Simanu Sivan
Jul 7h Duzu Tammuz
Aug 5th Abu Av
Sep 4th Ululu Elul
514 8th
513 9th
512 10th
511 11th
510 12th
509 13th
508 14th
507 15th
506 16th
505 17th
504 18th
503 19th
502 20th
501 21st
500 22nd
499 23rd
498 24th
497 25th
496 26th
495 27th
494 28th
493 29th
492 30th
491 31st
490 32nd
489 33rd
488 34th
487 35th
486 Xerxes accession 36th
485 1
484 2
483 3 Esther 1
482 4
481 5
480 6 Esther 2
479
7
478 8
477 9
476
10
475
Jan 6th Tebetu Tevet
Feb 4th Shabatu Shevat
Mar 6th Addaru Adar
Apr 15th Nisanu Nisan
11
May 15th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 13th Simanu Sivan
Jul 13th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 11th Abu Av
Sep 10th Ululu Elul
Oct 9th Tashritu Tishri
Nov 8th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Nov 27th Kislimnu Kislev
474
Dec 7th Tebetu Tevet
Jan 5th Shabatu Shevat
Feb 3rd Addaru Adar
Mar 5th Addaru II Ve’adar 30
12th
Apr 4th Nisanu Nisan Casting of lots by Haman (decree given on 17
th of April)
Esther goes before Xerxes on the 20th
Est 3:7,12 Est 5:1
May 4th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 6th Simanu Sivan
Jul 6th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 8th Abu Av
Sep 9th Ululu Elul
Oct 17th Tashritu Tishri
Nov 16th Arahsamnu Heshvan
473
Dec 15th Kislimnu Kislev
Jan 14th Tebetu Tevet
Feb 12th Shabatu Shevat Adar 13 (March 7) Jews delivered
Est 3:13; 8:12; 9:1
Mar 14th Addaru Adar 30
13th
Apr 22nd Nisanu Nisan
May 13th Aiaru Iyar
Jun 11th Simanu Sivan
Jul 11th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 9th Abu Av
Sep 8th Ululu Elul
Oct 7th Tashritu Tishri
Nov 6th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 5th Kislimnu Kislev
472
Jan 4th Tebetu Tevet
Feb 12th Addaru Shevat
Mar 13th Nisanu Adar
April 12th Aiaru Nisan 14th
May 12th Simanu Iyar
Jun 10th Duzu Sivan
Jul 10th Abu Tammuz
Aug 8th Ululu Av
Sep 7th Ululu II Elul
Oct 6th Tashritu Tishri
Nov 5th Arahsamnu Heshvan
Dec 4th Kislimnu Kislev
471 Tebetu 15th
470 16th
469 17th
468 18th
467 19th
466 20th
465
Tebetu Tevet
Nisanu
Nisan 21st
Tashritu Tishri Death of Xerxes in December
464
Dec 20th Tebetu Tevet Artaxerxes1st year / Egyptian new year Thoth 1 (Dec. 17, 465 B.C), Accession
Apr 16th Nisanu
Nisan 1st
Oct 11th Tashritu Tishri Commencement of Artaxerxes reign for Hebrews
1st
463
Tebetu Tevet
Nisanu
Nisan
2nd
Tishritu Tishri
2nd
462
Tebetu Tevet
Nisanu
Nisan
3rd
Tishritu Tishri
3rd
461
Tebetu Tevet
Nisanu
Nisan
4th
Tishritu Tishri
4th
460
Tebetu Tevet
Nisanu
Nisan
5th
Apr 1st Tishritu Tishri
5th
459
Shabatu
Addaru Shevat
Addaru II Adar
Nisanu Ve’adar
Apr 20th Aiaru
Nisan
6th
May 19th Simanu Iyar
Jun 18th Duzu Sivan
Jul 24th Abu Tammuz
Aug 23th Ululu Av
Sep 21st Tashritu Elul
Oct 23rd Arahsamnu Tishri
6th
458
Nov 21st Kislimnu Heshvan
Dec 21st Tebetu Kislev
Jan 19th Shabatu Tevet
Feb 18th Addaru Shevat
Mar 19th Nisanu Adar
Apr 10th Aiaru
Nisan
7th
May 7th Simanu Iyar
Jun 6th Duzu Sivan
Jul 5th Abu Tammuz
Aug 4th Ululu Av
Sep 2nd Tashritu Elul
Sep 31st Arahsamnu Tishri
7th
Oct 31st Kislimnu Heshvan
457
Nov 29th Tebetu Kislev
Dec 29th Shabatu Tevet Artaxerxes issue a decree sometime between Jan 1st and Apr 25th 457 BC
Jan 27th Addaru Shevat
Feb 26th Addaru II Adar
Mar 27th Nisanu
Ve’adar 30
8th
Ezra 7:9
Apr 26th Aiaru Nisan Ezra Leaves Babylon Nisan 1 (going forth of the commandment)
May 25th Simanu Iyar
Jun 24th Duzu Sivan
Jul 23rd Abu Tammuz Ezra Arrives at Jerusalem Av 1 (restore/ return) Ezra 7:9
Aug 22nd Ululu Av
Sep 20th Tashritu Elul
Oct 20th Arahsamnu Tishri Decree goes into effect October 29th (Tishri 10) (build)
8th
Nov 18th Kislimnu Heshvan
456
Dec 17th Tebetu Kislev
9th
9th
455
10th
10th
454
11th
11th
453
12th
12th
452
13th
Tashritu
13th
451
Arahsamnu
Kislimnu
14th
Addaru
Addaru II
Nisanu
Aiaru
Simanu
Duzu
Abu
Elephantine Papyri Kraeling 1 Since the Hebrew month is Sivan and the Egyptian month is Phamenoth, there can be no dispute that this papyrus was written in the 14th year of King Artaxerxes. The date of the papyrus is July 6, 451 BC
Ululu
Tashritu
14th
Arahsamnu
Kislimnu
Tebetu
450
15th
449
16th
Kraeling 2 The papyrus date had some damage. However, the damage was not serious enough to prevent scientifically dating the papyrus to July 13, 449 BC. This papyrus was written in the 16th year of King Artaxerxes' reign.
448
17th
447
18th
446
19th
445
Jan 15tth Tebetu Shevat
Feb 14th Shabatu Adar
Mar 15th Addaru
Ve’adar
April 13th Nisanu Nisan
20th
May 14th Aiaru Iyar
June12th Simanu Sivan
Jul 12th Duzu Tammuz
Aug 10th Abu Av
Sep 9th Ululu Elul
Oct 8th Tashritu Tishri
Nov 7th Arahsamnu Heshvan
444
Dec 6th Kislimnu Kislev Nehemiah 1:1
Jan 5th Tebetu Tevet
Feb 3rd Shabatu Shevat
Mar 5th Addaru
Adar
Apr 3rd Addaru II Nisan Nehemiah still reckons this as Artaxerxes 20th year. Nehemiah 2:1
May 4th Nisanu Iyar
21st
Jun 2nd Aiaru Sivan
July 2nd Simanu Tammuz
Jul 31st Duzu Av
Aug 30th Abu Elul
Sep 28th Ululu Tishri
Oct 28th Tashritu Heshvan
Nov 26th Arahsamnu Kislev
443
442
22nd 23rd
441
24th 24th
440
25th 25th
AP 14 The papyrus date shown above had no damage and is dated to August 26, 440 BC. This papyrus was written in the 25th year of King Artaxerxes' reign
439
26th 26th
438
27th 27th
437
Jan 17th Shevat
Feb 16th Adar
Mar 16th Ve’adar 29
28th 28th
Apr 14th Nisan
May 14th Iyar
Jun 12th Sivan
Jul 12th Tammuz
Aug 10th Av
Sep 9th Elul
Kraeling 3 September 14, 437 BC (dated Elul 7) The Hebrew calendar date for King Artaxerxes will change to year 29 on Tishri 1 (which occurred 22 days later). And the Egyptian date as noted above is Payni 9. The Egyptian calendar date for King Artaxerxes will change to year 29 on Thoth 1 (which occurred 86 days later). Another papyrus verifies this change which was written 90 days later in the 29th year of King Artaxerxes.
Oct 8th Tishri
Nov 7th Heshvan .
436
Dec 6th Kislev AP 10 December 13, 437 BC
29th 29th
435
30th 30th
434
31st 31st
433
32nd 32nd
432
33rd 33rd
431
34th 34th
430
35th 35th
429
36th 36th
428
37th 37th
427
38th 38th
The papyrus date shown above (Kraeling 5) had no damage and is dated to June 12, 427 BC
426
425
424
423
422
421 Shabatu
420
Jan 9th Addaru Tevet
Feb 7th Addaru II Shevat
Mar 9th Nisanu Adar
April 7th Aiaru Nisan
May 7th Simanu Iyar
Jun 5th Duzu Sivan
Jul 5th Abu Tammuz Kraeling 6 July 11th is written in the 3
rd year of Darius
Aug 3rd Ululu Av
Sep 2nd Tashritu Elul
Oct 1st Arahsamnu 3 Tishri
Oct 31st Kislimnu Heshvan
Nov 29th Tebetu Kislev
Dec 29th Tevet II.
419
418
417
416
415
414
413
412
411
410
409
408
723 BC AND THE END OF NORTHERN ISRAEL One of the most controversial or, at least, most difficult to pin down is the date for the captivity of
Hoshea the last king of northern Israel. In establishing any date of the Bible there are variables, which cannot be known. In this case, those variables are many. The Bible and the Spirit of Prophecy say almost nothing about the events around the captivity. Kenneth Bergland lays out some of the difficulties that must be overcome, if we are to establish the date for the destruction of Samaria, the captivity, and death, of Manasseh and that which it is the ends the reigns of the kings of northern Israel and the commencement of the 2520 years. These are, “(1) The apparent conflict in the biblical synchronisms, claiming that Hoshea came to power both in the 20th year of Jotham and the 12th year of Ahaz, and that the end of his reign and the fall of Samaria coincided with the 6th year of Hezekiah. (2) The apparent conflict between the biblical material and the Babylonian Chronicle saying that Shalmaneser V was the conqueror of Samaria, and the Assyrian sources claiming it was Sargon II. (3) The claim in the Assyrian sources that Sargon II defeated Samaria both in his accession year and in his second year. (4) The lack of information on the reign of Shalmaneser V in the Assyrian sources. (5) The number and date of Samarian rebellions and Assyrian campaigns against Samaria. (6) The date of Hoshea’s imprisonment; prior to or at the end of his nine year reign, before, during or after the three year siege of Samaria.” 1
I think that his list is incomplete. Even in just dating the reign of the kings of Judah and Israel, we have an extremely large number of variables. Further points which must be considered are, (1) the reckoning system used by both the king of Israel (Hoshea) and the king of Judah (Hezekiah) as spring to spring or fall to fall; (2) establishing the commencement of Hoshea’s reign (how long was the interregnum between Pekah and Hoshea? That is, is the commencement of the reign of Hoshea that is described as commencing in the 12th year of Ahaz counted as Hoshea’s accession year, or his first year?); (3) establishing whether it is the captivity, or death, of Hoshea that marks the ninth year or, even, the destruction of the city of Samaria itself; (4) interpreting the Assyrian records and their relation to biblical events (that is. was it Shalmaneser V and/or Sargon II who destroyed Samaria and/or took Israel into captivity); (5) and ultimately determining whether or not this event can be connected prophetically to the rise of the United states 2520 years later in 1798.
In taking into account all the variables, there is not one solution, especially when we consider this date in isolation. However, any treatment of the many variables must be consistent which our treatment of the same or similar variables that exist in determining other dates for the events recorded in Scripture. That is, no date exists in isolation. Consistency demands that Israel’s reign is still fall-to-fall
1 Kenneth Bergland, Analysis and Assessment of Chronological Explanations of the Fall of Samaria, ,p 64-65
and Judah’s reign is still spring-to-spring. I have assumed that the reigns of the kings of Judah have been recorded in the books of 1 and 2 Kings that gives a running total.2 We know when Josiah’s reign ended. It seems it would be easy to count back from there to the 6th year of Hezekiah (in which the Bible says Samaria was taken) and determine the year for the fall of Samaria. However, somewhere between Hezekiah and Josiah Judah changed the reckoning of their kings of from spring-to-spring to fall-to-fall. I have placed this change at the beginning of Manasseh’s reign, assuming this was done as an act of rebellion in adopting the pagan practises of the now defunct northern kingdom. It can be assumed that there were many who fled from northern Israel at the time of Samaria’s destruction and that it was their influence that led to the change. How the Bible writers account for this, in relationship to the running total, is unknown. We can either add or subtract a year from the running total but it is only a guess. The other option is that Judah continues spring to spring until the end of the last king. This creates other problems but is not impossible.
The chronological data that we have from the biblical record is scanty.
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years. Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years. In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. (2 Kings 17:1, 5-6)
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year
of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it. And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken. (2 Kings 18:9-10)
An apparent discrepancy occurs in the plain reading of the text. We must align the 9th year of
Hoshea with the 6th year of Hezekiah. Where exactly do they overlap? We could have Hezekiah’s 6th year begin in the spring of 721 BC with Hoshea’s 9th year beginning in the fall of 722. This would still have Hoshea’s reign commencing in the 12th of Ahaz. This would place the destruction of Samaria somewhere between the spring and fall of 721 BC.
This is probably the most common solution. This would mean that it was Sargon II who destroyed
Samaria and carried Israel away captive. If Hoshea’s captivity commenced in 723 BC, it would have had to occur at the beginning of the siege. This would mean is was Shalmaneser V who took Hoshea captive, breaking the pride of power of Israel and thus marking the commencement of the 2520 years for
2 I am not convinced that the reigns are totalled based upon the regnal year. That is, it is possible that when the Bible says, for
instance, that a king reigned 9 years in Jerusalem, it does not always mean that he died, or was replaced, in the 9th year of his reign.
These two will mostly coincide but not always. We find this with the reign of Jehoiakim. The Bible says he reign for 11 years, yet he
died two months into his 12th
year. His total reign was 11 years and 3 months. Zedekiah also has a reign that is characterised as 11
years. His total reign was 11 years and 5 months. Their reigns are separated by Jehoiachin’s short 3 months and 10 days reign. The
short accession year (maybe as little as two weeks) and the two months of his 12th
year allow for a running total of 11 but not 12. Few
chronologists take this possibility into account.
northern Israel. This would make these verses understandable.
And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison. Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years. (2 Kings 17:4-5)
The series of events would be these, (1) Hoshea’s captivity in fourth year of Hezekiah (Nisan) in
March or April of 723 BC; (2) the siege beginning immediately afterward; (3) the death of Shalmaneser V in January of 721; (4) and the destruction of Samaria in the spring of 721. This is not the only option and I am not sure it is the correct one, but it does agree with all of the data.