Timeline of the Bible · The Divided Kingdom
Amos
Prophet · 810–784 BC
In the days of Uzziah and Jeroboam II
In the Days Of
- Uzziah King of Judah · 810–759 BC · named in Amos 1:1
- Jeroboam II King of Israel · 826–784 BC · named in Amos 1:1
The Years
- Began 810 BC
- As Uzziah’s reign began
- Ended 784 BC
- As Jeroboam II’s reign ended
“In the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake” (Amos 1:1): within the years the two reigns share.
Dated by Archbishop James Ussher’s Annals of the World (1658), quoted as printed, whose dates were printed in the margins of King James Bibles for two centuries.
