when trying to draw a picture of ancient history something "does not add up"- literaly !!
the book of kings lists the kings of judah and supplies the number of years each king ruled and almost the same data is in the book chronicles
yet the total of years is 384 years-
somehow josephus has a list almost identical yet totals 466 years
the span of 384 if ending at -586 would begin at the year 970 as at the website
from 970-586=384 yet josephus who was much nearer to those events claims 466 years from the fourth of solomon until the destruction see book 20 of antiquities link above.
clearly their were more kings who were not listed and the number of years of those listed may be inaccurate when in fact those listed reigned shorter but there were more kings not mentioned totalling 466 years almost 80 years longer than our versions of kings and cronicles
another issue is the calculation from antiocus- which we know from history was the year 164 BC called -164 therefore we can count back 612,466,70,414 as detailed in book 20 of josephus
-164 antiocus disturbed the democratic system and 414 years before that, the subjugation of babylonia ended hence 414 years before -164 is 164+414= 578
-578 end of submission to babylon [josephus book 13] and democratic meaning jews choose who are their own leaders to decide about local resources [i like the sound of the rhyming words jews choose]
-648 the seventy year span without a high priest until -578 when the jews choose their own leaders democratically for 414. this ends the era of solomons temple of 466 years [some historians wrote 474 but josephus DID NOT exagerate 466] 466 years before -648 is -1114 for the temple and -1118 for solomon to begin ruling. we can be certain that the book of kings is missing some details.
-1114 solomon built the temple in jerusalem. the era of 612 years preceding the temple was 1114+612=1726 and the egyptian empire conttrolled the land beside the jordan river- certainly around -1500, yet permitted, from -1726, the jews to have self rule democratic as above for local decisions- this is likely the "seed of truth" behind the fable/legend of freedom from egyptian slavery not by leaving exiting because the crosssing the jordan would be a return to egypt !! but the truth which led to the legend.
this 612 year era coincides with precisely 6 names between perez and obed pa of jesse pa of david! clarifying why the list in ruth begins with perez! the six names were chosen at one hundred year intervals and that is the change in wording from the verse "obed father of jesse" to perez "fathered" a series of generations leading to ezron- chosen because of the one hundred year interval from the limited self rule specifically at the time of perez- the choice of the starting point- [and not the father of the family jacob assuming genesis is not a legend] because of the era at the time pf perez which matches josephus division of eras.
in chronological order we can count back as listed in book 20
612+466+70+414+164bc
first egyptian permission for autonomy self-rule democratic as above
-1726 era of perez- selected to start the era because of israelite local autonomy for local resources extending 612 years
-1625 hezron born [chosen for interval not a list of hundreds of years]
-1525 ram born to descendants of ezron
-1425 aminadab born [the truth behind the legend that moses did an exodus in the time of aminadab]
-1325 nakson born [nasson]
-1225 salmon/salma born
-1114 solomon builds the temple- [temple era of 466 years begins 1114 bc in fourth year of solomon] he is the a descendant of salmon=born circa/around 1225 who fathered the series of generations of "boaz" whose "son" was "obed pa of jesse pa of david" in ruth chapter 4- before the changein wording. solomon son of david reigned four years earlier from 1118 bc. this does conflict with modern historians but josephus was nearer to the events.
-1114 temple era for 466 years until babylon [josepus chapter 20 not exagerating 470 nor 474 as other historians wrote]
-648 temple era ends babylon destroyes temple and 70 years with no acting high priest until 648-70
-578 end of submission to babylon =josephus book 13 therefore autonomy- self-rule- and second democratic era for 414 years until 164 bc
-164 antiocus's dad dies and he reigns and interfered with high priests, see footnote page 513 in josephus book 20 from which counting back.
70 end of second temple era with roman destruction and end of high priest era- the leadership WAS high priest and high court until destruction [alon] and switched to president and high court when temple destroyed- assisting us to discover that the commentaries to mishna lied about the presidents and mishna hagiga ONLY reffered to hillel after year 70...
and the answer to who are the missing kings? "god only- knows who"
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