Eli dies; the Ark is taken
1 Samuel 4:10–18 · KJV
The Ark is captured, Eli’s sons are slain, and Eli dies at ninety-eight. This is the Ark count’s starting year, numbered 0.
Original Timeline · special dual-calendar chronology
The Kings Timeline
The Ark, the united kingdom, Judah, Israel, and the captivity
One continuous KJV register beginning with Eli’s death and the capture of the Ark, then following Saul, David, Solomon, both kingdoms, and Judah’s fall.
| Creation yearTishri · Sept./Oct. | Months | Nisan yearNisan · March/April | BCDec./Jan. | Ark | United kingdom / Judah | Israel | Events and KJV Scripture | Chronology notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2870 | Tishri–AdarTishri · Cheshvan · Kislev · Tevet · Shebat · Adar / Adar II | Dec./Jan.1052 BC | The Philistines return the Ark after seven months1 Samuel 6:1–16 · KJVThe seven-month period belongs inside this same Creation year; it is not counted as a completed year. | |||||
| Nisan–ElulNisan · Iyar · Sivan · Tammuz · Av · Elul | 424 | Ark · 0 | David · age16 | Eli dies; the Ark is taken1 Samuel 4:10–18 · KJVThe Ark is captured, Eli’s sons are slain, and Eli dies at ninety-eight. This is the Ark count’s starting year, numbered 0. The Philistines return the Ark after seven months1 Samuel 6:1–16 · KJVThe seven-month period belongs inside this same Creation year; it is not counted as a completed year. | The Ark remains seven months among the Philistines before its return; the next annual line is the first completed year. | |||
| 2871 | Tishri–AdarTishri · Cheshvan · Kislev · Tevet · Shebat · Adar / Adar II | Dec./Jan.1051 BC | ||||||
| Nisan–ElulNisan · Iyar · Sivan · Tammuz · Av · Elul | 425 | Ark · 1 | David · age17 | Samuel judges Israel1 Samuel 7:15 · KJVArk 1 year | ||||
| 2872 | Tishri–AdarTishri · Cheshvan · Kislev · Tevet · Shebat · Adar / Adar II | Dec./Jan.1050 BC | ||||||
| Nisan–ElulNisan · Iyar · Sivan · Tammuz · Av · Elul | 426 | Ark · 2 | David · age18 | |||||
| 2873 | Tishri–AdarTishri · Cheshvan · Kislev · Tevet · Shebat · Adar / Adar II | Dec./Jan.1049 BC | ||||||
| Nisan–ElulNisan · Iyar · Sivan · Tammuz · Av · Elul | 427 | Ark · 3 | David · age19 | |||||
| 2874 | Tishri–AdarTishri · Cheshvan · Kislev · Tevet · Shebat · Adar / Adar II | Dec./Jan.1048 BC | ||||||
| Nisan–ElulNisan · Iyar · Sivan · Tammuz · Av · Elul | 428 | Ark · 4 | David · age20 | |||||
| 2875 | Tishri–AdarTishri · Cheshvan · Kislev · Tevet · Shebat · Adar / Adar II | Dec./Jan.1047 BC | ||||||
| Nisan–ElulNisan · Iyar · Sivan · Tammuz · Av · Elul | 429 | Ark · 5 | David · age21 | |||||
| 2876 | Tishri–AdarTishri · Cheshvan · Kislev · Tevet · Shebat · Adar / Adar II | Dec./Jan.1046 BC | ||||||
| Nisan–ElulNisan · Iyar · Sivan · Tammuz · Av · Elul | 430 | Ark · 6 | David · age22 | |||||
| 2877 | Tishri–AdarTishri · Cheshvan · Kislev · Tevet · Shebat · Adar / Adar II | Dec./Jan.1045 BC | ||||||
| Nisan–ElulNisan · Iyar · Sivan · Tammuz · Av · Elul | 431 | Ark · 7 | David · age23 | |||||
| 2878 | Tishri–AdarTishri · Cheshvan · Kislev · Tevet · Shebat · Adar / Adar II | Dec./Jan.1044 BC | ||||||
| Nisan–ElulNisan · Iyar · Sivan · Tammuz · Av · Elul | 432 | Ark · 8 | David · age24 | |||||
| 2879 | Tishri–AdarTishri · Cheshvan · Kislev · Tevet · Shebat · Adar / Adar II | Dec./Jan.1043 BC | ||||||
| Nisan–ElulNisan · Iyar · Sivan · Tammuz · Av · Elul | 433 | Ark · 9 | David · age25 | |||||
| 2880 | Tishri–AdarTishri · Cheshvan · Kislev · Tevet · Shebat · Adar / Adar II | Dec./Jan.1042 BC | ||||||
| Nisan–ElulNisan · Iyar · Sivan · Tammuz · Av · Elul | 434 | Ark · 10 | Saul · reign0David · age26 | Saul begins to reign — count 01 Samuel 10:1, 24; 11:14–15; 12:17 · KJVSaul’s accession is anchored in Nisan year 434. His starting row is numbered 0. | Saul begins here at count 0. The KJV’s stated two-year reign governs; later events during Saul’s kingship remain in biblical order where Scripture supplies no exact month. | |||
| 2881 | Tishri–AdarTishri · Cheshvan · Kislev · Tevet · Shebat · Adar / Adar II | Dec./Jan.1041 BC | ||||||
| Nisan–ElulNisan · Iyar · Sivan · Tammuz · Av · Elul | 435 | Ark · 11 | Saul · reign1David · age27 | |||||
| 2882 | Tishri–AdarTishri · Cheshvan · Kislev · Tevet · Shebat · Adar / Adar II | Dec./Jan.1040 BC | ||||||
| Nisan–ElulNisan · Iyar · Sivan · Tammuz · Av · Elul | 436 | Ark · 12 | Saul · reign2David · age28 | KJV record1 Samuel 15:28 · KJVKing Saul died in battle after speaking with the spirit of | ||||
| 2883 | Tishri–AdarTishri · Cheshvan · Kislev · Tevet · Shebat · Adar / Adar II | Dec./Jan.1039 BC | ||||||
| Nisan–ElulNisan · Iyar · Sivan · Tammuz · Av · Elul | 437 | Ark · 13 | Saul · reign3David · age29 | Samuel anoints David while Saul is king1 Samuel 16:1, 13 · KJVThis preserves the biblical order without turning David’s anointing into the beginning of his reign. | ||||
| 2884 | Tishri–AdarTishri · Cheshvan · Kislev · Tevet · Shebat · Adar / Adar II | Dec./Jan.1038 BC | ||||||
| Nisan–ElulNisan · Iyar · Sivan · Tammuz · Av · Elul | 438 | Ark · 14 | David · age30David · Judah reign0 | David begins to reign over Judah — count 02 Samuel 2:4; 5:4–5 · KJVDavid begins at age thirty. The Judah count and the later all-Israel count remain separately labeled. | ||||
| 2885 | Tishri–AdarTishri · Cheshvan · Kislev · Tevet · Shebat · Adar / Adar II | Dec./Jan.1037 BC | ||||||
| Nisan–ElulNisan · Iyar · Sivan · Tammuz · Av · Elul | 439 | Ark · 15 | David · age31David · Judah reign1 | |||||
| 2886 | Tishri–AdarTishri · Cheshvan · Kislev · Tevet · Shebat · Adar / Adar II | Dec./Jan.1036 BC | ||||||
| Nisan–ElulNisan · Iyar · Sivan · Tammuz · Av · Elul | 440 | Ark · 16 | David · age32David · Judah reign2 | |||||
| 2887 | Tishri–AdarTishri · Cheshvan · Kislev · Tevet · Shebat · Adar / Adar II | Dec./Jan.1035 BC | ||||||
| Nisan–ElulNisan · Iyar · Sivan · Tammuz · Av · Elul | 441 | Ark · 17 | David · age33David · Judah reign3 | |||||
| 2888 | Tishri–AdarTishri · Cheshvan · Kislev · Tevet · Shebat · Adar / Adar II | Dec./Jan.1034 BC | ||||||
| Nisan–ElulNisan · Iyar · Sivan · Tammuz · Av · Elul | 442 | Ark · 18 | David · age34David · Judah reign4 | |||||
| 2889 | Tishri–AdarTishri · Cheshvan · Kislev · Tevet · Shebat · Adar / Adar II | Dec./Jan.1033 BC | ||||||
| Nisan–ElulNisan · Iyar · Sivan · Tammuz · Av · Elul | 443 | Ark · 19 | David · age35David · Judah reign5 | KJV record1 Samuel 7:1-2 · KJV | ||||
| 2890 | Tishri–AdarTishri · Cheshvan · Kislev · Tevet · Shebat · Adar / Adar II | Dec./Jan.1032 BC | ||||||
| Nisan–ElulNisan · Iyar · Sivan · Tammuz · Av · Elul | 444 | Ark · 20 | David · age36David · Judah reign6 | KJV record2 Samuel 6:15 · KJV | ||||
| 2891 | Tishri–AdarTishri · Cheshvan · Kislev · Tevet · Shebat · Adar / Adar II | Dec./Jan.1031 BC | ||||||
| Nisan–ElulNisan · Iyar · Sivan · Tammuz · Av · Elul | 445 | David · age37David · all-Israel reign0 | David begins to reign over all Israel; the Ark is brought to Jerusalem2 Samuel 5:3–5; 6:12–17 · KJVDavid’s all-Israel count begins at 0 while his Judah count reaches 7. The Ark’s twenty-year count has been completed. | The two numbers are intentional: David has completed seven years over Judah, while count 0 begins for his rule over all Israel. | ||||
| 2892 | Tishri–AdarTishri · Cheshvan · Kislev · Tevet · Shebat · Adar / Adar II | Dec./Jan.1030 BC | ||||||
| Nisan–ElulNisan · Iyar · Sivan · Tammuz · Av · Elul | 446 | David · age38David · all-Israel reign1 |
How the two king columns work
Before the kingdom divides, Saul, David, and Solomon appear under “United kingdom / Judah.” After Solomon, the same column follows Judah while the Israel column follows the northern kingdom. Overlapping names in one cell are preserved when Scripture’s synchronisms require them.
How the numbers are read
The accession row is count 0. A verse saying “in the eighteenth year” normally belongs where seventeen years have been completed and the eighteenth ordinal year is underway. Parenthetical or paired counts are not duplicates: they distinguish an age, a prior regional reign, a co-reign, or the reign synchronized in the neighboring kingdom.
The captivity handoff
This Kings Timeline ends with Jerusalem’s fall in Creation year 3336. The corrected Babylonian Captivity Timeline governs the detailed Nebuchadnezzar, Jehoiachin, city-fall, and Ezekiel counts.