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1st year of Amon
2nd & final yr for Amon
1st year of Josiah
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1 Jehoahaz-3 months
1st year Jehoiakim
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Temple destroyed Av 7
Israel was initially taken into captivity and removed to Assyria by the Assyrian king Tiglath Pileser III in the year 732 BC. After Tiglath Pileser III died in 727 BC he was followed by Shalmaneser V, Sargon II, and his son Sennacherib. These Assyrian kings completed the captivity by 721 BC when the remaining northern tribes were removed to Assyria. From 732 BC until the completion of the second temple in 515 BC either Israel and or Judah was in captivity. The consecutive years of captivity starting in 732 BC until 515 BC totaled 217 years. God does not count years of captivity in his calendar of redemption. Nor does God count the six periods of captivity totaling 111 years when Israel was under the rule of the judges after they entered the Promised Land. God also does not count the very first year after Israel departed from captivity in Egypt. The reason there is 112 years difference between the 592 years mentioned by Josepus compared to the amout of time seen in I Kings chapter 6:1 where it mentions the 480 years from the Exodus until the fourth year of Solomon's reign when the construction of Solomon's temple began is because God is not counting the 111 years of captivity under the judges nor the first year after the Exodus. That entire first year was spent in preparing for the Law of Moses . The wilderness tabernacle was ready by the first day of the first month in the second year. Between the exodus from Egypt until the the completion of the second temple there was 329 total years that God does not count in His calendar of redemption.The Israelites exited Egypt in 1562 BC and because God does not count those 329 years of captivity it can therefore be understood why Jesus ministered for exactly 1260 days (Rev. 12:6) and each day of his ministry represented one year for the atonement of Israel. The ministry of Jesus began four days before the Feast of Trumpets in 27 AD. By adding the 1260 days of Chist ministry (they represent years of atonement) to the 329 uncounted years totals 1589. This helps to determine the Exodus date which began in 1562 and Chist ministry followed 1589 years later beginning in 27AD.
The 55th and final year of Menasseh's reign began on Tishri 1 in 644 BC. After Menasseh died his son Amon began his accession period. Amon began to reign on Tishri 1, in 643 BC and he reigned for only two years. Amon followed in the evil practices of his father Menasseh and his servants killed him in his own house.The people of Judah executed those servants that had conspired against Amon. Then Josiah the son of Amon reigned in his place. Josiah began his reign in 641 BC. Josiah was only eight years old when he began his 31 year reign. In the 13th year of Josiah's reign the prophet Jeremiah began his ministry (629/628 BC) . In the 23rd year of his ministry (606/605 BC) Jeremiah warned the people of Jerusalem and Judah that God had already determined to send Nebuchadnezzar against the land to destroy it!
The 31st and final year of Josiah's reign began on Tishri 1 in 611 BC. Probably sometime between April-July in 610 BC King Josiah was killed by an arrow shot by someone in Pharaoh Neco's army. The people of the land made Jehoahaz the son of Josiah the new king. Jehoahaz began his reign on Tishri 1 in 610 BC but he only reigned for 3 months. Pharaoh Neco upon his return from Assyria stopped in Jerusalem and had Jehoahaz removed to the Egyptian outpost at Riblah and he made Eliakim the brother of Jehoahaz the new king over Judah.Pharoah Neco changed Eliakims name to Jehoaikim and he began his reign on Tishri 1 in 609 BC. He reigned for 11 years. The 11th and final year of his reign began in 599 BC. He was removed and humiliated by raiding bands sent by King Nebuchadnezzar and put to death sometime about Nov/Dec in 599 BC. Upon the death of Jehoiakim, his son Jehoiachin began his accession period and Jehoiachin began his reign on Tishri 1 in 598 BC. King Jehoiachin reigned for only 3 months before Nebuchazzar took him and 10,000 others captive from Jerusalem to Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar placed Zedekiah on the throne of Judah. King Zedekiah began his reign on Tishri 1 in 597 BC and reigned 11 years. His 11th and final year began on Tishri 1 in 587 BC. Jerusalem was destroyed and Zedekiah was taken captive to Babylon in 586 BC. The Jerusalem temple was destroyed on the 7th day of Av in 586 BC.