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→The Chronology of the United and Divided Kingdoms
# That this was also the date that Nebuchadnezzar's son [[Evil-Merodach]] began to reign.
# That this was also the date that Nebuchadnezzar's son [[Evil-Merodach]] began to reign.
From this date, he worked backward, using the meticulous dates that appear throughout I and II Kings, each of which gives a date of a king's accession with references to a year of reign of another king--except that kings of the [[Southern Kingdom]] after the conquest of the [[Northern Kingdom]] are listed only with their ages and lengths of reign, and King [[Jehoiachin]] is referenced by how many years he had been a captive when Evil-Merodach acceded to his throne. That sequence definitely places the division of the kingdoms at 975 BC, and the beginning of Solomon's reign at 1015 BC. {{Bible ref|book=I_Kings|chap=6|verses=1}} states that Solomon broke ground on the Temple in the fourth year of his reign--and that this event took place in the ''four hundred eightieth year since the [[Exodus of Israel out of Egypt|Exodus]].'' This places the Exodus at 1491 BC. (The sequence also places the [[Fall of Jerusalem]] at 588 BC, because it happened 11 years after [[Jehoiachin]] was taken captive.)
From this date, he worked backward, using the meticulous dates that appear throughout I and II Kings, each of which gives a date of a king's accession with references to a year of reign of another king--except that kings of the [[Southern Kingdom]] after the conquest of the [[Northern Kingdom]] are listed only with their ages and lengths of reign, and King [[Jehoiachin]] is referenced by how many years he had been a captive when Evil-Merodach acceded to his throne. That sequence definitely places the division of the kingdoms at 975 BC, and the beginning of Solomon's reign at 1015 BC. {{Bible ref|book=I_Kings|chap=6|verses=1}} states that Solomon broke ground on the Temple in the fourth year of his reign--and that this event took place in the ''four hundred eightieth year since [[the Exodus]].'' This places the Exodus at 1491 BC. (The sequence also places the [[Fall of Jerusalem]] at 588 BC, because it happened 11 years after [[Jehoiachin]] was taken captive.)
Thiele, on the other hand, made a number of assumptions from observations of Assyrian stone tablets that, he believed, warranted a ''revision'' of the king list in I and II Kings.<ref name=Pierce/> They were:
Thiele, on the other hand, made a number of assumptions from observations of Assyrian stone tablets that, he believed, warranted a ''revision'' of the king list in I and II Kings.<ref name=Pierce/> They were: