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• A note about dates here… All dates are from the well-researched book The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings, by Edwin Thiele.
• The Assyrian king Shalmaneser III (859-824 B.C.) is contemporary with the Israelite kings Ahab, Jehoshaphat, Joram, Jehoram, Ahaziah, Jehu, Ahaziah, as well as the ill-fated usurpation of Queen Athaliah.
• The Assyrian king Shamshi-Adad V (824-811 B.C.) is contemporary with the Israelite kings Jehu, Joash and Jehoahaz.
• The Assyrian king Adad-Nirari III (811-783 B.C.) is contemporary with the Israelite kings Joash, Jehoahaz, Jehoash, Jeroboam II, Amaziah and Azariah.
• The Assyrian king Shalmaneser IV (783-773 B.C.) is contemporary with the Israelite kings Jeroboam II, Amaziah and Azariah.