Chronological Notes on the Reigns of Hezekiah and Hoshea
Abstract
The recent study by Nadav Naʾaman on the Judean »fiscal« bullae from private collections supports the reliability of the synchronism between the deaths of Ahaz and Tiglath-pileser III in Isa 14:28–29. Close attention to this synchronism and to the way it is anchored in Mesopotamian chronology dates the death of Ahaz and the enthronement of Hezekiah to 727/6 BCE (a year later than suggested by Naʾaman) and leads to important conclusions concerning the calendars and the systems of counting regnal years practiced in the courts of Hezekiah of Judah and his contemporary, Hoshea of Israel.
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Bloch, Y. (2026) · Ruch Biblijny i Liturgiczny · doi:10.21906/rbl.3783
“…the death of Ahaz and that of an unnamed (Assyrian) king who smote Philistia – most probably Tiglath-pileser III (Isa 14:28–29) – and of the evidence of Judean fiscal bullae, which suggests that the death of Ahaz and the enthronement of Hezekiah took place in 727 BCE (Na’aman, 2024; Bloch, 2025).”
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- Authors
- Bloch, Y.
- Affiliations
- Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem Shmuel Stephan Wise St 21 IL-Jerusalem Israel
- Corresponding author
- Bloch, Yigal
- ORCID
- Bloch, Yigal
- Venue
- Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH
- Published
- 2025-05-01
- Volume
- 137
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 226-239
- ISSN
- 0044-2526 (ISSN-L)
- 1613-0103
- OpenAlex
- W4410533216
- Cited by
- 1
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1
- FWCI
- 22.17
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Biblical Studies and Interpretation
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Ancient Near East History
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Ancient Egypt and Archaeology
- Keywords
- Hezekiah, Ahaz, Tiglath-pileser III, synchronism, Mesopotamian chronology, calendars, Judah, Israel
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