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1 Chronicles 5:6 1 Chronicles 5:25–26 2 Chronicles 27:9–28:1 2 Chronicles 28:20: 726–697 Ante C. 727→: Hezekiah reigned 29 years, and he died. He was 54 years old (25 + 29). Hosea, Jonah, Amos, Isaiah, Micah, Joel were prophets. 726. Joel was the name of a Levite who helped Hezekiah cleanse the Temple 1st year of his reign (726). 725–722.
Originally a single work, Chronicles was divided into two in the Septuagint, a Greek translation produced in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. [8] It has three broad divisions: the genealogies in chapters 1–9 of 1 Chronicles; the reigns of David and Solomon (constituting the remainder of 1 Chronicles, and chapters 1–9 of 2 Chronicles); and
1 Chronicles 1 is the first chapter of the Books of Chronicles in the Hebrew Bible or the First Book of Chronicles in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] [2] The book is compiled from older sources by an unknown person or group, designated by modern scholars as "the Chronicler", and had the final shape established in late fifth or fourth century BCE. [3]
The Masoretic Text is the basis of modern Jewish and Christian bibles. While difficulties with biblical texts make it impossible to reach sure conclusions, perhaps the most widely held hypothesis is that it embodies an overall scheme of 4,000 years (a "great year") taking the re-dedication of the Temple by the Maccabees in 164 BCE as its end-point. [4]
The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings (1951) [1] is a reconstruction of the chronology of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah by Edwin R. Thiele.The book was originally his doctoral dissertation and is widely regarded as the definitive work on the chronology of Hebrew Kings. [2]
Zechariah (chapters 1–8 contemporary with Haggai, chapters 9–14 from the 5th century) [35] Malachi (5th century BCE, contemporaneous or immediately prior to the missions of Nehemiah and Ezra) [36] Book of Joel (between 450 and 350 BCE) [37] Chronicles (between 350 and 300 BCE) [38]
Azaliah son of Meshullam, scribe in the Temple in Jerusalem: Mentioned in 2 Kings 22:3 and 2 Chronicles 34:8. A bulla reading "belonging to Azaliahu son of Meshullam." is likely to be his, according to archaeologist Nahman Avigad. [185] Azariah son of Hilkiah and grandfather of Ezra: Mentioned in 1 Chronicles 6:13,14; 9:11 and Ezra 7:1.
The information sources for chronicles vary. Some are written from the chronicler's direct knowledge, others from witnesses or participants in events, still others are accounts passed down from generation to generation by oral tradition. [1] Some used written material, such as charters, letters, and earlier chronicles. [1]