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APPENDIX


I. — CHRONOLOGICAL TABLES

1. The Old Testament to the Death of Solomon,

(According to Usher. See "Chronology.")

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B.C.

4004..The creation. 3874..Birth of Seth.

3882..Birth of Enoch, the seventh from Adam. 3317..Birth of Methuselah.

3130..Birth of Lamech.

3074..Death of Adam, aged 930 years 3017..Translation of Enoch in the three hundred

and sixty-fifth year of his age.

2948..Birth of Noah. 2348..The deluge.

2233..Dispersion of mankind; confusion of tongues at Babel.

2126..Birth of Terah, Abram's father. 1998..Death of Noah, aged 950 years, 350 years

after the flood.

1996..Birth of Abram. He was 75 years old when his father Terah died.

1922..Terah, with his family, leaves Ur of the Chaldees, and dwells in Haran.

1921..Abram enters the land of Canaan. 1913..Abram rescues Lot, who had been taken

prisoner by Chedorlaomer (Genesis 14:4-20).

1910..Birth of Ishmael,

1897..Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. 1896 Issac born Abraham being 100 years old. 1859..Sarah died at Hebron, in the one hundred

and twenty-seventh year of her age.

1821..Abraham died, aged 175 years, 100 years after his entrance into the land of Canaan.

1773..Ishmael died, aged 137 years.

1760..Jacob fled into Mesopotamia to escape his brother's rage.

1739..Jacob returns to Canaan from Mesopotamia. 1729..Joseph is sold to the Midianites.

1716..Isaac died, aged 180 years. 1715..Joseph made governor over the whole of

Egypt.

1708..The seven years of famine begin. 1706..Jacob, with his family, goes down into

Egypt.


B.C.

1689..Death of Jacob. 1635..Joseph dies, aged 110 years 1571..Birth of Moses.

1531..Moses flees into the land of Midian. 1491..Moses returns to Egypt at the command of

God. 1451..Exodus.

1451..Death of Miriam, Moses' sister. 1444..The first Sabbatical year. From hence the

year of jubilee is to be reckoned. 1444..The Tabernacle set up in Shiloh, wh

remained 328 years.

1427..Joshua dies, aged 110 years. then fol period of anarchy and confusion. Th people sink into idolatry, and are b 1400..Othniel, the first of the judges, deliv

Israel. Israel continued to be gover judges for about 450 years, to the ti Samuel.

1091..Saul anointed king by Samuel. 1085..David, the son of Jesse, born. 1065..David anointed king (1 Samuel 16:1 1055..Death of Saul at Gilboa.

1055..David goes to Hebron, and is there anointed king by the men of Judah, and there he reigns 7 1/2 years.

1048..The captains and elders of all the tri coming to hebron anoint David as over all Israel. Jerusalem now becom seat of his kingdom. Here he reigne years.

1023..Rebellion of Absalom. 1015..Solomon anointed king by the comm

his father David.

1012..Solomon begins to build the temple, was finished in 7 1/2 years.

1004..The temple dedicated at the Feast of Tabernacles.

976..Death of Solomon, after reigning 4 years, The kingdom is now divid

Relations of the Two Kingdom s to each other.

Kingdom of Judah.

B.C

.

Kingdom of Israel.

Contemporan ous Persons a

Events in Heathen Countries.

I. Mutual hostility from B.C. 976 to

B.C. 918.

Rehoboam.

Son of Solomon and Naamah. Reigned 17 years.

976

Jeroboam.

Son of Nebat. Reigned 22 years. Prophet: Ahijah.



Land invaded and Jerusalem plundered by Shishak, and Rehoboam made tributary (1 Kings 14:25, 25).

Prophets: Shemaiah and Iddo.

973


Shishak, king Egypt.


Abijah or Abijam. Son of Rehoboam and

Maachah. Reigned 3 years (1

Kings 15:1, 2).

959




Asa (1 Kings 15:9).

Son of Abijah. Cushite invasion. War with Zerah the Ethiopian (2 Chronicles 14:9). Alliance with Ben- hadad I. (1 Kings 15:18).

Reigned 41 years

Prophets: Oded, Azariah, Hanani, and Jehu.

956

955


Nadab (1 Kings

15:25).

Son of Jeroboam. Murdered by Baasha, after a brief reign.

Osorkon II. (= probably Zerah), king of Egypt, the invader of Jud (2 Chronicles

14:9).



953

Baasha (1 Kings

15:28).

Son of Ahijah of Issachar, He exterminated the entire house of Jeroboam (1 Kings

11:29-39; 15:29).

Reigned 24 years.

Prophet: Jehu

Ben-hadad I., king of Syria.



944


The poet Hesi in

Greece

Relations of the Two Kingdom s to each other.

Kingdom of Judah.

B.C

.

Kingdom of Israel.

Contemporan ous Persons a

Events in Heathen Countries.

I. Mutual hostility from B.C. 976 to

B.C. 918.

Rehoboam.

Son of Solomon and Naamah. Reigned 17 years.

976

Jeroboam.

Son of Nebat. Reigned 22 years. Prophet: Ahijah.



Land invaded and Jerusalem plundered by Shishak, and Rehoboam made tributary (1 Kings 14:25, 25).

Prophets: Shemaiah and Iddo.

973


Shishak, king Egypt.


Abijah or Abijam. Son of Rehoboam and

Maachah. Reigned 3 years (1

Kings 15:1, 2).

959




Asa (1 Kings 15:9).

Son of Abijah. Cushite invasion. War with Zerah the Ethiopian (2 Chronicles 14:9). Alliance with Ben- hadad I. (1 Kings 15:18).

Reigned 41 years

Prophets: Oded, Azariah, Hanani, and Jehu.

956

955


Nadab (1 Kings

15:25).

Son of Jeroboam. Murdered by Baasha, after a brief reign.

Osorkon II. (= probably Zerah), king of Egypt, the invader of Jud (2 Chronicles

14:9).



953

Baasha (1 Kings

15:28).

Son of Ahijah of Issachar, He exterminated the entire house of Jeroboam (1 Kings

11:29-39; 15:29).

Reigned 24 years.

Prophet: Jehu

Ben-hadad I., king of Syria.



944


The poet Hesi in

Greece

Relations of the Two Kingdom s to each other.

Kingdom of Judah.

B.C

.

Kingdom of Israel.

Contemporan ous Persons a

Events in Heathen Countries.

I. Mutual hostility from B.C. 976 to

B.C. 918.

Rehoboam.

Son of Solomon and Naamah. Reigned 17 years.

976

Jeroboam.

Son of Nebat. Reigned 22 years. Prophet: Ahijah.



Land invaded and Jerusalem plundered by Shishak, and Rehoboam made tributary (1 Kings 14:25, 25).

Prophets: Shemaiah and Iddo.

973


Shishak, king Egypt.


Abijah or Abijam. Son of Rehoboam and

Maachah. Reigned 3 years (1

Kings 15:1, 2).

959




Asa (1 Kings 15:9).

Son of Abijah. Cushite invasion. War with Zerah the Ethiopian (2 Chronicles 14:9). Alliance with Ben- hadad I. (1 Kings 15:18).

Reigned 41 years

Prophets: Oded, Azariah, Hanani, and Jehu.

956

955


Nadab (1 Kings

15:25).

Son of Jeroboam. Murdered by Baasha, after a brief reign.

Osorkon II. (= probably Zerah), king of Egypt, the invader of Jud (2 Chronicles

14:9).



953

Baasha (1 Kings

15:28).

Son of Ahijah of Issachar, He exterminated the entire house of Jeroboam (1 Kings

11:29-39; 15:29).

Reigned 24 years.

Prophet: Jehu

Ben-hadad I., king of Syria.



944


The poet Hesi in

Greece

 

1. The Old Testament to the Death of Solomon,2. The Kingdoms of Judah and Israel to the Close of the Old Testament.3. Chronology According to the Assyrian Inscriptions.4. Between the Testaments.5. The New Testament History.