Timeline of the Bible · The Divided Kingdom
Assyria
Empire · 773–610 BC
The Years
- Began 773 BC
- “But Menachem gave him a thousand talents of”
- Ended 610 BC
- As Josiah’s reign ended
From Pul’s coming against the land in the days of Menahem (2 Kings 15:19) to Pharaohnechoh’s going up against the king of Assyria, when Josiah was slain (2 Kings 23:29).
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.
