CHRONOLOGY OF THE KINGS OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH. 273 



compelled to make Ahaz father of Hezekiah at the age of 

 twelve, or to reject the regnal years given in the book of Kings. 

 On the whole then the genealogies give, if not extensive, yet 

 valuable confirmation of the truth of the scheme now proposed. 



I append a table of the ages of the Kings of Judah, (1) at 

 the birth of their first-born ; (2) at their accession to the 

 throne ; (3) at their decease, together with the contemporary 

 high priests, which will be useful for reference. 



King. 



Dead. 



King's Name. 



High Priest. 



[18 



19 



59] 



Solomon 



"23 



41 



58 



Rehoboam 



^22 



35 



38] 



Abijah, 



^21 



16 



56] 



Asa 



28 



35 



60 



J ehoshaphat 



18 



32 



40 



Jehoram 



16 



22 



23 



Ahaziah 



22 



7 



47 



Jehoash 



38 



25 



54 



Amaziah. 



43 



16 



68 



Uzziah ... 



21 



25 



41 



Jotham. 



22 



20 



36 



Ahaz 



32 



[15] 



44 



Hezekiah 



45 



12 



67 



Manasseh 



16 



22 



24 



Amon ... 



14,6 



28 



8 



39 



Josiah . . . 



25 



36 



Jehoiakim 





8 



8,3 



J econiah 





21 



32 



Zedekiah 



Zadok, 1 K. iv, 2 ; Ahi- 

 niaaz, 1 C. vi ; Azariah, 

 1 C. vi, 10. 



Azariah, 2 C. xv, 1. 

 Amariah, 2 C. xix, 11. 

 Jehoiada, 2 C. xxii, 2. 

 Jehoiada, 2 0. xxii, 11. 

 Zechariah, 2 C. xxiv, 20. 



Azariah, 2 C. xxvi, 17. 



Urijah, 2 K. xvi, 10. 

 Azariah, 2 C. xxxi, 10 

 ? Hoshea [Josephus : Sed 



erolara]. 

 Shallum, 1 C. vi. 

 Hilkiah, 2 K. xxii, 4. 

 Seraiah, 2 K. xxv, 18. 



Jehozadak, 1 C. vi. 



The numbers in square brackets are approximate fillings 

 when no dates are given in the sacred text. The other 

 numbers are taken from the Book of Chronicles, occasionally 

 corrected from the Book of Kings for the second and third 

 columns ; the first column is calculated from the other two. 



Finally, to sum up the whole matter now before us, there are 

 four typical schemes of chronology for the period of separation 

 between the kingdoms of Judah and Israel : — 



First, the Ussherian, which introduces arbitrary inter- 

 regnums, etc., and is in absolute contradiction to the 

 official Assyrian data recovered from the monuments ; 



