those hoping and waitng for summary of the bible i apologize for the delay- i wrote until end of genesis but i need time to type and this article deserves priority.
the fact that nebucadnezer is mentioned in the book of kings in the bible, can assist us in dating the kings of judaea. 2 kings 24.1 "During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded the land" since we know about babylon's history and that neb was king in 604 bc we know that j' was near -604 around 2600 years ago. after j his son joicin was king but-
WE CAN COUNT we can count back according to the numbers in the book of kings and then we can know what the book meant-
and then challenge it from "mesha stele" identified as moabite stone
the span between omri mentioned in this artifact and mesha mentioned in 2 kings 3.1-6=7+4+18=29 years: 31 of asa until jhspt +18 the "eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah... Mesha king of Moab raised sheep, and he had to pay the king of Israel a tribute of a hundred thousand lambs and the wool of a hundred thousand rams. 5 But after Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. 6 So at that time King Joram set out from Samaria and mobilized all Israel.
mesha rebelled in the time of omri and again at the time of ahab's son joram 2 kings 3.1-6 [the division interrupts so i want to dall it kings 25.1-6] mesha lost verse 26 but maybe he won against omri 30 years before and then paid tribute?
the span from the rebel in 18 jhspt 7+8+1+6+40 until amazia if mesha 850 then amazia 60 years LATER in -790 and not enuf time between amazia and neb! AS DEMONSTRATED BELOW BY THE NUMBERS IN THE BOOK OF KINGS. according to the book of kings amazia died and azarya began -820 so the numbers in the book of kings create problems.
problem one is the span between mesha and amazya and problem 2 is span between amazia and nebucadnezer so we compare.
between mesha in 2 kings 3, 7 years of jhspt kings 22.42+8 years [2k8.17]+7 years [2k11.21] +40 years [2k12.1 i like to call it kings 34.1]=62 if mesha -850 then 62 years later is near -800 and not enuf time for the span from amazia to neb. because 15 of amazia totals over 830 as will be demonstrated.
also the calculation from omri contains a flaw that from 31 of asa until 38 of asa 12 years passed so some detail is wrong
***the spirit of god did not prevent errors in the book of kings and we know that either the number 12 is false or the number 38 is false and without the spirit of god much more can be mistaken. or we can say do not take numbers literaly and it is still a false number.
i will also attempt to blend the list of kings with the known prophets in the other books of the hebrew bible.
so I start with jonah- the famous prophet known for being swallowed by a whale
the jonah couplet:
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Jonah was swallowed by a big whale
that is a very unique detail!
i start with jona because he is famous. not first- it is possible "obadia of the dozen" preceded at the time of elija and ahab kings 18.
In the fifteenth year of Amaziah jona is mentioned 2 kings 14.23-25 he said a prophecy that was fulfilled in that era.
***list of what the BOOK meant not what religious taught
-835 jonah with king amazya- king until -820 for 29 years
-820 king azarya also called uziya hence co-prophets hosea and amos -780
-770 king jotam with prophet mica [j and a] -760 [taught as amos with king uzia]
-755 king ahaz
-740 king hezekia with prophet isaiah
-710 king menasse until josia, 90 years since isaia probably NHJM of dozen.
-650 king josia with Zpnia 1.1
-620 king joahaz
-605 king jehoiakim with nebucadnezer
-520 darius and co-prophets hagai and zacaria
if mesha 850 then amazia not ten years later because kings said 60 years. but adjusting results in the span from amaziya to nebucadnezer does not match the book either.
***conclusion: the length of the years was an intentional lie to make the davidic line seem longer than it truly was, but we know mesha and we know neb so it IS VERIFIED BUT NOT AS LONG.
i estimate hosea not 750/760 but -780 according to book, as below but they are likely closer to our time.
footnote: Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah began to reign. 2 He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. 16+52=68 can this be?
i believe the claim in psalms that people lived 70-80 years in the era from david to nebucadnezer and most kings died younger except two. 80 years is reasonable and supported by psalms. later as virusses evolved they weakened people and by roman times people were weakened by disease and dying 45. now we have vaccines and medicine that help us fight these powerful diseases- the weak viruses became extinct and "the fittest" attack us constantly with every breath of air we inhale. every sip of water- if not for chloride that weakens the germs in the water we drink. but even today in countries without these medical helpers many children die before reaching age ten.
hosea and amos were prophets both at the time of uziya and jotam hence bible college is late because by 760 bc and 750 bc uziya had been long dead according to the numbers in kings so i early-fy to 780 for this reason.
however the mesha stelle which verifies some events challenges the date becuase if we add the years of the kings there is not enough years between david and amazya- also stelle mesha tells about omri and omri was at the time of assa! "FIRST kings 16.23" In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned twelve years and compare http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Mesha_Stele
so the years in the bible must be exagerated despite the fact that they are possible we have evidence that mesha was -850 hence amazya MUCH later with jona-
and we can conclude that each king reigned much shorter than the book of kings claimed.
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