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| | Nabataea: Bible Chronology: Solomon to Hezekiah Part II |
 | | During the reign of-Shal-maneser III of Assyria (860-825 BC, usual Assyrian dating) a series of campaigns into Syria were carried out, in which the Assyrians frequently came into contact with well known Biblical figures, among whom are found Ben-hadad (II) and Hazael, kings of Syria, and Jehu, king of Israel, is mentioned once. |
 | | This date of 854 B.C. for Hazael is between eight and twelve years earlier than the date by the usual Assyrian chronology. |
 | | From the mention of Shishak in Solomon's time, 958 BC, to the appearance of Tirhakah in 701 BC is, in the Bible, 257 years, exactly the same interval as given in Breasted's Egyptian Chronology, 945-688 BC, and the intervening points of contact are also spaced to harmonize perfectly. |
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