Kings David and Solomon Chronological, Historical and Archaeological Evidence Gérard GERTOUX Detailed quotations of Josephus thus allow the establishment of a chronology of the kings of Tyre (Against Apion I:106-127; Jewish Antiquities VIII:141-149, 316-324). He gives the age and length of reign for all kings, from Hiram to Pygmalion, indicating that a 143-year period separated the foundation of the Temple, in the 12th year of Hiram, and the founding of Carthage, in the 7th year of Pygmalion.