Biblical Chronology: The Kings and Beyond part 2

In looking at the established dates BC for biblical events, we must recognize one thing.  This secular chronology is subject to error and subject to revision.  At this point any choices of dates to be correlated with biblical history must be those having the greatest support.

Two well-established dates of biblical events are the dates of the fall of Samaria to Assyria in 722 BC, and the fall of Jerusalem to Babylon in 586 BC.  These are considered to be firm dates in history. 

Less firmly established, but no less important to our timeline is the date of Solomon's death and the division of the kingdom.  There are several choices of dates for this division, all of them with scholarly support.  They range from 975 BC to 922 BC, with 931/930 BC being the most widely accepted date.

My choice in the issue has been to use these dates and correlate them to the biblical chronology we have established to this point.  My reasons are complex, but in the long run, there are only very minor differences from one interpretation to another.  Using these dates helps keep confusion to a minimum when studying history outside the Bible.

So, using these three dates, we can correlate the timeline we have already completed to dates BC.
If Solomon's death occurred in 931 BC, then his 40 year reign began in 971 BC and he began the temple in 967 BC.  967 BC corresponds to 3208 years after creation, and the remaining dates can be filled in to our charts.

Date of Jacob's birth.......................................................2168 AM  2007 BC
Date Jacob entered Egypt at age 130............................2298 AM  1877 BC
Date of Exodus...............................................................2728 AM  1447 BC
Date Temple was begun in Solomon's 4th year..............3208 AM  967 BC
Date Solomon began his reign........................................3204 AM  971 BC
Date of Solomon's death and accession of Rehoboam...3244 AM  931 BC

You'll notice that each of these combinations adds up to 4175, which then is considered our date of creation.

This differs from Ussher's date by 171 years.  215 years longer because we considered the time in Egypt differently, and 44 years shorter because we used a different date for the division of the kingdom.  It is only these two dates that give us differences from that timeline.

We can also date other events from scripture:
Creation..........................4175 BC
Flood...............................2519 BC
Tower of Babel.............c 2200 BC
Entry into Egypt..............1877 BC
Exodus............................1447 BC
Entry into Canaan...........1407 BC
David becomes King.......1011 BC
Solomon becomes King....971 BC
Temple begun..................967 BC
Division of kingdom..........931/930 BC
Fall of Samaria................722 BC
Fall of Jerusalem..............586 BC
Book of Ezra....................538-457 BC
Book of Esther.................483-473 BC
Ezra returns.................... 458 BC
Nehemiah returns............445 BC
Book of Nehemiah............445-415 BC
Birth of Christ...................5BC

Then our final chronology looks like this: