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If you believe the Bible is the literal and inerrant word of God, there is no way around the fact that the bible teaches the Earth was created in 4163 B.C.E. and that the flood was in 2507 B.C.E.
- Destruction of Jerusalem 587 BC (from secular history and archaology)
Reigns of the kings of Judah from the fall of Jerusalem back to King Joash:
| Year BC
| Reign
| King
| Verse
|
| 597
| 11
| Zedekiah
| (2 Kings 24:18)
|
| 597
| 0.25
| Jehoiachin
| (2 Kings 24:8)
|
| 608
| 11
| Jehoiakim
| (2 Kings 23:36)
|
| 608
| 0.25
| Jehoahaz
| (2 Kings 23:31)
|
| 639
| 31
| Josiah
| (2 Kings 22:1)
|
| 641
| 2
| Amon
| (2 Kings 21:19)
|
| 696
| 55
| Manasseh
| (2 Kings 21:1)
|
| 725
| 29
| Hezekiah
| (2 Kings 18:2)
|
| 741
| 16
| Ahaz
| (2 Kings 16:2)
|
| 757
| 16
| Jotham
| (2 Kings 15:33)
|
| 809
| 52
| Azariah
| (2 Kings 15:2)
|
| 838
| 29
| Amaziah
| (2 Kings 14:2)
|
| 878
| 40
| Joash
| (2 Kings 12:2)
|
| 885
| 7
| Athaliah
| (2 Kings 11:3)
|
| 886
| 1
| Ahaziah
| (2 Kings 8:25)
|
| 894
| 8
| Jehoram
| (2 Kings 8:16)
|
- Jehoram became King of Judah in the fifth year of the reign of King Joram of Israel
Reigns of the Kings of Israel from Joram to Solomon:
| Year BC
| Reign
| King
| Verse
|
| 890
| 12
| Joram
| (2 Kings 3:1)
|
| 892
| 2
| Ahaziah
| (1 Kings 22:52)
|
| 914
| 22
| Ahab
| (1 Kings 16:29)
|
| 926
| 12
| Omri
| (1 Kings 16:23)
|
| 930
| 4
| Tibni
| (1 Kings 16:22)
|
| 932
| 2
| Elah
| (1 Kings 16:8)
|
| 956
| 24
| Baasha
| (1 Kings 15:33)
|
| 958
| 2
| Nadab
| (1 Kings 15:25)
|
| 980
| 22
| Jeroboam
| (1 Kings 14:20)
|
- 980 Division of the Kingdom into the House of Israel, ruled by King Jeroboam, and the House of Judah, ruled by Rehoboam (1 Kings 12:20)
| Year BC
| Reign
| King
| Verse
|
| 1020
| 40
| Solomon
| (1 Kings 11:42)
|
- 1017 BC-4 years (the beginning of the construction of the temple was in Solomon's fourth year of power)
- 1497 BC+480 years from the Exodus to the beginning of the construction of the temple (1 Kings 6:1)
- 1927 BC+430 years from the migration of Israel to the Exodus (Exo. 12:40)
- 2057 BC+130 age of Jacob when he arrived in Egypt (Gen. 47:9)
Table of Patriarchs
| Year BC
| Time span
| Patriarch
| Verse
|
| 2117
| 60
| Isaac to Jacob
| (Gen. 25:26)
|
| 2217
| 100
| Abraham to Isaac
| (Gen. 21:5)
|
| 2287
| 70
| Terah to Abraham
| (Gen. 11:26)
|
| 2316
| 29
| Nahor to Terah
| (Gen. 11:24)
|
| 2346
| 30
| Serug to Nahor
| (Gen. 11:22)
|
| 2378
| 32
| Reu to Serug
| (Gen. 11:20)
|
| 2408
| 30
| Peleg to Reu
| (Gen. 11:18)
|
| 2442
| 34
| Eber to Peleg
| (Gen. 11:16)
|
| 2472
| 30
| Shelah to Eber
| (Gen. 11:14)
|
| 2507
| 35
| Arpaschad to Shelah
| (Gen. 11:12)
|
- 2507 The Great Flood (Gen 11:10)
| Year BC
| Time span
| Patriarch
| Verse
|
| 2607
| 100
| Shem to Arpaschad
| (Gen. 11:10)
|
| 3107
| 500
| Noah to Shem
| (Gen. 5:32)
|
| 3289
| 182
| Lamech to Noah
| (Gen. 5:28)
|
| 3476
| 187
| Methuselah to Lamech
| (Gen. 5:25)
|
| 3541
| 65
| Enoch to Methuselah
| (Gen. 5:21)
|
| 3703
| 162
| Jared to Enoch
| (Gen. 5:18)
|
| 3768
| 65
| Mahalalel to Jared
| (Gen. 5:15)
|
| 3838
| 70
| Kenan to Mahalalel
| (Gen. 5:12)
|
| 3928
| 90
| Enosh to Kenan
| (Gen. 5:9)
|
| 4033
| 105
| Seth to Enosh
| (Gen. 5:6)
|
| 4163
| 130
| Adam to Seth
| (Gen. 5:3)
|
