The Kings of Israel & Judah: Bible Calendars: Bible Dates: Bible ChronologyThe data presented for this period on the Solar Chart demonstrates that if the 52 years of Uzziah are meant to be taken as Solar years, then the synchronizations with the reigns from Zechariah to Pekah are incorrect.
Athaliah - usurper : Reigned 6 artificial / solar years : 2 Kings 11:1
First Artificial Regnal Year commencing 20th February 848 BCE
First True Regnal Year Nisan of 848 BCE
Died Artificial Year Ending 3rd September 843 BCE
8. Joash - King of Judah
Joash of Judah : Son of Ahaziah of Judah : Reigned 40 artificial or 37 solar years : 2 Kings 12:1
First Artificial Regnal year commencing 4th September 843 BCE
First True Regnal Year Nisan of 842 BCE: Died artificial year ending 6th August 806 BCE
9. Amaziah - King of Judah
Amaziah son of Joash of Judah : Assigned a Reign of 29 artificial or 26 solar years : 2 Kings 14:2
Commenced in 2nd year of Jehoash of Israel
First artificial Regnal year commencing 7th August 806 BCE until his death in artificial year ending 13th May 779 BCE
His First True Regnal Year commenced in Nisan of 805 BCE
His reign ceased with the accession of his son Uzziah : in artificial year commencing 17th April 790 BCE
However: Using Solar years instead of Artificial Years, it may be that Uzziah took over in 792 BCE to coincide with Amaziah's True 14th Regnal Year and the 1st True Regnal year of Jeroboam
Note It is possible that Uzziah ruled for 52 True Solar Years (See Solar Chart)
11. Jotham - King of Judah
Jotham son of Uzziah : Reigned 16 years : He was Regent for his father 7 years
2 Kings 15:30 / 2 Chron 26:21 / 2 Kings 15:32
His regency commenced in the artificial year commencing 31st October 749 BCE
He had a 15 solar year independent reign:
His First Artificial Regnal Year commenced 17th April 742 BCE, and it is likely that that Nisan (before or after April 17th) was his First True Regnal Year
Died artificial year ending 21st January 727 BCE
12. Ahaz - King of Judah
Ahaz son of Jotham : Assigned 16 articial years he reigned only 13 solar years
He did not co-reign with his father or his son.
His name has been confused by redactors and some details ascribed to him, belong to his father.
His first artificial regnal year commenced in the year commencing 22 January 727 BCE
His First True Regnal Year commenced in Nisan of 727 BCE
His final year ended prior to 28th November 714 BCE
13. Hezekiah - King of Judah
Hezekiah brother of Ahaz, has had ascribed to him details which belonged to his father Ahaz.
Hezekiah ascended the throne 714 BCE
His first artificial Regnal year commenced on 28th November 714 BCE
His First True Regnal Year will have commenced at Nisan of 714 BCE
His 14th Artificial year extended from 28th Nov 702 BCE to 30th Oct 701 BCE
His 14th Solar Year extended from Nisan (March) 701 to Nisan of 700 BCE
Hezekiah's Artificial and Solar 14th years coincided between March and October of 701 BCE.
He was not reigning in 722 BCE when Samaria fell
His reign does not synchronise with Hoshea's.
He reigned 29 artificial or 27 solar years. However it is possible to provide him with a 28 solar year reign (See Solar Chart)
In the Artificial Calendar, His final year commenced 2nd October 688 BCE and ended prior to 4th September 687 BCE.
Archaeologist in Israel says she's found king's palace Sunday, December 04, 2005 By Scott Wilson, The Washington Post
Israeli archaeologist Eilat Mazar believes the evidence she has uncovered during months of excavation and biblical comparison points to an extraordinary discovery...She believes she has found the palace of King David....Some archaeologists believe Jerusalem was no more than a tiny hilltop village when it served as David's capital. The discovery of a palace or other large public building from David's time would strengthen the opposing view that he and his son, Solomon, presided over a civilization grander than the collection of rural clans some historians say made up the Jewish kingdom.
The Premise: Between the 5th and 3rd centuries BCE (but continuing down to at least 104 BCE), Sectarian redactors transcribed the legitimate 'solar year' chronological records of Israel and Judah, into an artificial form, with listed years as each comprised of 12 months of 4 weeks of 7 days, or 336 days per year, thus creating a 13th artificial year where 12 solar years existed.
When the Synchronous Chronological Data provided in the Books of Kings and Chronicles for the Divided Kingdom Period are measured in years of 336 days, the synchronisms actually align. [Refer to Appendix Five to see how it synchronises the Divided Kingdom Period]
General formula for Biblical Data conversion:
The formula for constructing the artificial calendar was:
'X' times 364 equals 'Y' days
'Y' days divided by 336 equals 'Z' artificial years.
Values are:
'X' = any given number of 'real/solar' years
364 = perceived days in the sectarian calendar
'Y' = number of days calculated
336 = number of days in an artificial year
'Z' = artificial years = 1.083'X' and represents the original number of the converted years plus 8%.
To reverse the process by hand:
'Z' years times 336 equals 'Y' divided by 364 equals the Number of 'X' years converted.
To see how effective this method is, SEE:Appendix 5:Diagrammatic Reconstruction of Israelite History from 936 to 586 BCE:
The Principle of Linear Causality
The King's Calendar is a very simple approach to Biblical Chronology. It substitutes a value of 336 days for every year listed in Scripture. As far as the Divided Kingdom is concerned, when you use this 336 day year value, the synchronisms actually work. To see how effective this method is, SEE:Appendix 5: Diagrammatic Reconstruction of Israelite History from 936 to 586 BCE
Because it is a mathematical system, the King's Calendar must abide by certain mathematical rules, the most important of which, is that if you change any date for any day, month, or year every other day, month, or year is effected and must also change. It's like a 'domino effect'. Chronological references cannot be 'forced' to fit, and nor can they simply be ignored or 'compressed' as is the usual case with historians and archaeologists.
If any King's Calendar chronological determination disagrees with anything in the history books, it must argue the case as to why the history books are wrong, or why the evidence for an assertion is untrustworthy. If the King's Calendar successfully defends its' position, then the history books cannot be treated as definitive, and if the King's Calendar is 'proven' wrong, then every other chronological reference it provides is also wrong.
Because of this, the King's Calendar Chronological Reconstruction of Israel's history is unique, in that its' methodology can be scientifically (mathematically) tested and demonstrated to be either true or false. Its' chronological predictions are able to be 'proved' or 'disproved'.
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Whilst there have been many attempts to solve the chronological riddle of the Bible's synchronisms of reigns of the kings of Israel and Judah and their synchronism with other Ancient Near Eastern Nations, no other research is based on a simple mathematical formula which could, if it is incorrect, be disproved easily. To date, no one has been able to dismiss the mathematical results of this research.
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