OEDINARY GENERAL MEETING* 



Martin L. Rouse, Esq., in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 

 The following paper was read by the author : — 



ON THE SYNCHRONOUS CHRONOLOGY OF THE 

 KINGS OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH By Frederick Gard 

 Eleay, Esq., M.A., author of Egyptian Chronology, etc. 



IN late years a tendency has developed to disparage the 

 historical accuracy of the book of Kings. This has been 

 caused by the difficulty in harmonizing the chronological 

 details of the Hebrew text with the most recent discoveries 

 made in deciphering the Assyrian records. According to the 

 method adopted by the most eminent Assyriologists the result 

 is : first, that the reigns of Uzziah and Jeroboam IF. have each to 

 be diminished by twenty years, which, as they were contemporary, 

 is a quite admissible hypothesis ; such an error of a round 

 number has its parallels in other places in the sacred text, and 

 its admission would in no way affect any other detail in the 

 chronology. 



But secondly, the scheme devised by the united efforts of the 

 most eminent authorities in matters of oriental philology, and 

 adopted by the most popular expositors of Assyriology among 

 the English public, requires also the following changes : for 

 Jotham, 2 years instead of 15 ; Ahaz, 7 for 15 ; Omri, 8 for 12 ; 



* Monday, April 25th, 1904. 



