The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings

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Summary: Unscriptural Chronology
Review: The prophecy of Ezekiel 4:1-6 predicted a period of 390 years for Israel's defection. The defection started at the beginning of Jeroboam's reign and was completed at the seige of Jerusalem. Dr Theile ignored this prophecy and shortened the period by introducing coregencies and dual reigns. Thiele's coregencies and dual reigns are unscriptual. The scriptures clearly stated that Jeroboam II began to reign in the 15th year of Amaziah. However, Dr Theile placed the commencement of Jeroboam's reign in the 5th year of Joash (from a suggested partnership). This has resulted in a twelve year problem throughout his entire chronology of the Hebrew Kings. He has added coregencies and dual reigns in order to synchronize the kings, hence the prophecy has been shortened by forty-five years.
When the Bible is taken as read, the chronology is simplified. The reigns of the kings synchronize and total 390 years. The accuracy of the Scriptures is maintained. The chronology of Israel and Judah with their contemporaries Assyria and Babylon is outlined in my book "Chronology of the Hebrew Divided Kingdom" and can be used in conjuction with Dr. Theile's book. For the study of an accurate chronology, this book is a must! ...

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Summary: Ingenious synchronization
Review: Thiele explains in detail how the numbers found in the Bible for the divided kingdoms of Judah and Israel can be synchronized. Quite simply, he has proposed an ingenious synchronization of the numbers through an analysis of how the two kingdoms, at times, used the nonaccession and accession-year systems simultaneously. Moreover, he also explains how coregencies can reconcile other major discrepancies in those numbers. For those who are good at crunching numbers, read this book; you will arrive at the same conclusion as I--namely, that Thiele has proposed the only chronology for the Hebrew kings that is mathematically consistent with the numbers recorded in the Bible. If you intend to read any book on this subject, this one is a must.

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Summary: chronology at its best
Review: Whether you are interested in Christian, Egyptian, or Middle East history or chronology in the period from the death of Solomon till the last king of Judah; this book is a must. The writing itself is maybe not of the most spellbounding type. The core of the matter, however, is the detailed search for the exact years and the synchronism between the historic dates of the kings of Israel, Judah, some Egyptian and "Levant" rulers. And that is brilliant.