Probable Interregnum (jan 2, 739 BC – mar 31, 730 BC)
Description:
This is a probable interregnum determined by comparison of the following verses:
2 Kings 15/27 - Pekah reigned 20 years
2 Kings 15/30 - Hoshea conspired against Pekah
2 Kings 17/1 - Hoshea starts reign in 12th year of Ahaz, King of Judah
2 Kings 15/29; 1 Chron 5/26 Suspension of Monarchy due to Assyrians?
2 Kings 16/9 - Even Damascus of Syria falls to the Assyrians
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Date:
jan 2, 739 BC
mar 31, 730 BC
~ 8 years and 9 months