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# That [[Sennacherib]] invaded the [[Southern Kingdom]], in the days of King [[Hezekiah]], in 701 BC. | # That [[Sennacherib]] invaded the [[Southern Kingdom]], in the days of King [[Hezekiah]], in 701 BC. | ||
All these dates presented serious problems for a strict reading of I and II Kings--primarily because Ussher calculated King Jehu as having acceded to the throne of Israel (and also killed King [[Ahaziah of Judah | All these dates presented serious problems for a strict reading of I and II Kings--primarily because Ussher calculated King Jehu as having acceded to the throne of Israel (and also killed King [[Ahaziah]] of Judah) in 884 BC (Ussher, ''Annals'', pgh. 535). Thiele solved this problem by ''moving forward the date of Jehu's campaign'' from 884 BC to 841 BC. That movement alone accounts for 43 of the 45 years by which the Ussher and Thiele dates of the Exodus and the Temple are discrepant. | ||
Having done that, Thiele evidently saw no reason to change the stated chronology of the Divided Kingdoms between Solomon's death and Jehu's ascendancy. But he compressed greatly the reigns of [[Uzziah]], his son [[Joram of Judah]], and his grandson [[Ahaz]]. | Having done that, Thiele evidently saw no reason to change the stated chronology of the Divided Kingdoms between Solomon's death and Jehu's ascendancy. But he compressed greatly the reigns of [[Uzziah]], his son [[Joram of Judah]], and his grandson [[Ahaz]]. | ||
