Class Notes on Sacred History
Volume II: First Samuel through Nehemiah.
J. W. McGarvey (1893)
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  • FIRST KINGS
    AND
    SECOND CHRONICLES.



    THE CHRONOLOGY OF ISRAEL.


    § I. AS COUNTED BY THE REIGNS OF ISRAEL'S KINGS.
    1. House of Jeroboam. I. Ki. xiv. 20; xv. 25, =   24   years
    2. House of Baasha. I. Ki. xv. 33; xvi. 8, =   26     "
    3. Zimri. I. Ki. xvi. 15, =    7   days
    4. House of Omri. 1Ki. xvi. 23, 29; xxii. 51; II. Ki. iii. 1, =   48   years
    5. House of Jehu. II. Ki. x. 36; xiii. 1, 10; xiv. 23; xv. 8, = 102½   "
    6. Revolutionary Period. II. Ki. xv. 19, 17, 23, 27; xvii. 1, =   41      "
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                Total, = 241½   "
    7. Interregnum Between Jeroboam and Zechariah. 
    II. Ki. xiv. 23, cf. xiv. 2; xv. 8,
    =   12      "
    8. Interregnum Between Pekah and Hosea. II. Ki. xvi. 1, cf. xv. 27; xvii. 1, =     9      "
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                Total, = 262½   "
    Deduct, because of Jewish count, one half year from every reign over one year; e. g., I. Ki. xv. 25, 33; xvi. 8; et al., =    8       "
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                Total, = 254½   "
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    § II. AS COUNTED BY THE REIGNS OF JUDAH'S KINGS.
    (1.) Rehoboam. I. Ki. xiv. 21, 17 years
    (2.) Abijam. "   "    xv. 2, 3 "
    (3.) Asa. "   "    xv. 10, 41 "
    (4.) Jehoshaphat. "   "    xxii. 42, 25 "
    (5.) Jehoram. II. Ki. viii. 17, 8 "
    (6.) Ahaziah. "   "     viii. 26, 1 "
    (7.) Athaliah. "   "     xi. 3, 6 "
    (8.) Joash. "   "     xii. 1, 40 "
    (9.) Amaziah. "   "     xiv. 2, 29 "
    (10.) Azariah. "   "     xv. 2, 52 "
    (11.) Jotham. "   "     xv. 32, 33. 16 "
    (12.) Ahaz. "   "     xvi. 2. 16 "
    (13.) Hezekiah. "   "     xviii. 10, 6 "
    ----  
                Total, 260 "
          Deduct, for Jewish count, one half year from every reign over one year. 6 "
    ----  
                Total, 254 "
          Difference from first count caused by inaccuracy of the one half year taken from each reign.
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    REVIEW.
    THE REIGN OF SOLOMON.

    I. HIS ACCESSION.

    II. HIS WISDOM.
    III. HIS ADMINISTRATION.
    IV. THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE.
    V. HIS GRANDEUR.
    VI. HIS MILITARY POLICY.
    VII. HIS SINS AND CONSEQUENT TROUBLES.


    THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL.

    I. THE HOUSE OF JEROBOAM.

    II. THE HOUSE OF BAASHA.

    III. THE HOUSE OF OMRI.
    IV. THE HOUSE OF JEHU.
    V. THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD.


    JUDAH FROM THE DIVISION OF THE KINGDOM
    TILL THE FALL OF ISRAEL.

    I. THE PERIOD OF HOSTILITY WITH ISRAEL.

    II. THE PERIOD OF ALLIANCE WITH ISRAEL.
    III. THE PERIOD AFTER THE ALLIANCE WITH ISRAEL.
    [CNSH2 52-93]

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