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Hezekiah becomes king in Judah Dated from the sources quoted below
True span 4004 BC – AD 100
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How we know the date ISBE's Old Testament chronology (1915) gives 726 BC.
Written in-house from the sources below · every year is a quotation
The sources, word for word “Allowing a year of confusion, Amon began his short reign in 642, and Manasseh his long reign of 55 years in 697, Hezekiah's reign of 29 years dating back to 726.”
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · CHRONOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT · gives 726 BC Sources