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“[Thiele] did not honor the Hebrew Scriptures. He did not even come close. Careful study reveals that his faith and loyalty were totally to the Assyrian Eponym List (to be addressed presently). When the Hebrew Text did not directly fit into the Assyrian chronological scheme, it was contorted and disfigured until it apparently confirmed.”<ref>Floyd Nolen Jones, The Chronology of the Old Testament, rev. edition (Green Forest AR: Master Books, 2005, 2009), p. 114b.</ref>

“[Thiele] did not honor the Hebrew Scriptures. He did not even come close. Careful study reveals that his faith and loyalty were totally to the Assyrian Eponym List (to be addressed presently). When the Hebrew Text did not directly fit into the Assyrian chronological scheme, it was contorted and disfigured until it apparently confirmed.”<ref>Floyd Nolen Jones, ''The Chronology of the Old Testament'', rev. edition (Green Forest AR: Master Books, 2005, 2009), p. 114b.</ref>

     “That Thiele placed the Assyrian data as his infallible guide over the Scriptures is his own choosing . . . it is a decision for which he and all others who follow his example must give an account . . .”<ref>Jones, Chronology of the OT, p. 114b.–15a.</ref>

     “That Thiele placed the Assyrian data as his infallible guide over the Scriptures is his own choosing . . . it is a decision for which he and all others who follow his example must give an account . . .”<ref>Jones, ''Chronology of the OT'', p. 114b.–15a.</ref>

   “. . . the absolute certainty with which he [Thiele] viewed the Assyrian/Babylonian records . . .”<ref>Jones, Chronology of the OT, p. p. 124b.</ref>

   “. . . the absolute certainty with which he [Thiele] viewed the Assyrian/Babylonian records . . .”<ref>Jones, ''Chronology of the OT'', p. p. 124b.</ref>

     “Dr. Thiele . . . held to the Assyrian data as his certain guide rather than the Scriptures (though all the while professing to honor them) . . .”<ref>Jones, Chronology of the OT, p. 134b.</ref>

     “Dr. Thiele . . . held to the Assyrian data as his certain guide rather than the Scriptures (though all the while professing to honor them) . . .”<ref>Jones, ''Chronology of the OT'', p. 134b.</ref>

“Thiele’s chronology tortures and contorts the Hebrew record in order to make it fit the Assyrian framework.”<ref>Jones, Chronology of the OT, p. 147b.</ref>

“Thiele’s chronology tortures and contorts the Hebrew record in order to make it fit the Assyrian framework.”<ref>Jones, ''Chronology of the OT'', p. 147b.</ref>

   “. . . the lengths Thiele went, as well as all who have walked in his footsteps, in unashamedly perverting Scripture.”<ref>Jones, Chronology of the OT, p. 173b.</ref>

   “. . . the lengths Thiele went, as well as all who have walked in his footsteps, in unashamedly perverting Scripture.”<ref>Jones, ''Chronology of the OT'', p. 173b.</ref>

   “The net result of all this is that some have reduced the actual length of the Kingdom of Judah’s existence by 30 years, and as much as 44 (E.R. Thiele) and even as much as 53 years (William F. Albright). These men, including Christian scholars, feel completely justified in this wicked practice . . .”<ref>Jones, Chronology of the OT, p. pp. 112b–13a.</ref>

   “The net result of all this is that some have reduced the actual length of the Kingdom of Judah’s existence by 30 years, and as much as 44 (E.R. Thiele) and even as much as 53 years (William F. Albright). These men, including Christian scholars, feel completely justified in this wicked practice . . .”<ref>Jones, ''Chronology of the OT'', p. pp. 112b–13a.</ref>

“The latest reconstruction by Thiele is but one of many attempts in the last 100 years to adjust the biblical account to match the current conjectured chronology of the Assyrians. Thiele very creatively manipulated the biblical data to eliminate about 40 years of history.” <ref>comment by Larry Pierce in James Ussher, The Annals of the World, revised and updated by Larry and Marion Pierce (Green Forest AR: Master Books, 2003), p. 914a.</ref>

“The latest reconstruction by Thiele is but one of many attempts in the last 100 years to adjust the biblical account to match the current conjectured chronology of the Assyrians. Thiele very creatively manipulated the biblical data to eliminate about 40 years of history.” <ref>comment by Larry Pierce in Ussher ''Annals'', p. 914a.</ref>

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The first two sets of dates is exactly 45 years apart. The obvious question arises: ''Where did those forty-five years go?'' Surprisingly, the two camps agree within two years on the date of the last event, the Fall of Jerusalem.

The first two sets of dates are exactly 45 years apart. The obvious question arises: ''Where did those forty-five years go?'' Surprisingly, the two camps agree within two years on the date of the last event, the Fall of Jerusalem.

The differences result from the two differing assumptions that the two camps have made. Ussher assumed:

The differences result from the two differing assumptions that the two camps have made. Ussher assumed: