Person
David
Son of Jesse of Bethlehem; king over Judah 7½ years at Hebron and over all Israel 33 years at Jerusalem, 40 years in all (2 Sam 5:4–5).
Sort year1085 BC
Tier 3 · Ussher–Jones (Floyd Nolen Jones)
Tier 3: Ussher-Jones (F. N. Jones): 1085 BC (no higher-tier year available). Jordan (secondary display) never sets the sort.
Description
Added with the judges-period records from James B. Jordan's chronology (secondary display).
Scripture
Family
- Father
- Not recorded
- Children
- Solomon
Scripture facts
Birth
| Chronology | Date as stated | Year (BC / AM) | Citation & note |
|---|---|---|---|
| CFAH | Not yet established | — | — pending CFAH reference |
| Ussher-Jones | "DAVID BORN 1085 BC"; king 1055 BC "AGE 30" Precision: year |
1085 BC | Jones, Chart No. 4 "Judges to the First 3 Kings" (© 1993 Floyd Jones; chart text revised "As of 2007"), timeline band (opens in a new tab) Sets sort year |
| Ussher | 2919c AM, 1085 BC Precision: year |
1085 BC AM 2919 |
Ussher, Annals of the World, Fourth Age §394 (paragraph numbering of the modern transcription) (opens in a new tab) |
| Jordan secondary | "2919 - Birth of David. Samuel is 58." Precision: year |
AM 2919 | Jordan, From Creation to Solomon (Studies in Biblical Chronology No. 2, Biblical Horizons, Oct. 2001), ch. 11 "The Era of the Judges and the Reign of Saul", p. 52 (opens in a new tab) 2001 revision. Jordan's 1991 list (BC 3:8) has an earlier year; see the second Jordan entry. p. 49: "David would not be born for eight more years" after Saul's rejection; p. 51: "David was born in the tenth year of Saul's reign (2 Samuel 5:4)". Through New Eyes (1988), ch. 15 n. 1: "David was born 406 years after the entrance into Canaan (1 Kings 6:1; 2 Samuel 5:4)" (interval as printed; on Jordan's 2001 years 2919 is 406 years after the Exodus, 2513, not after the entry). Judges (1985), p. 239: "David was born in the tenth year of Saul's reign" (2 Sam. 5:4; Acts 13:21). |
| Jordan secondary | "2919 - Birth of David." Precision: year |
AM 2919 | Jordan, "Chronology and Kings (II)," Biblical Chronology 3:8 (August 1991), section "The Judges", summary list (opens in a new tab) 1991 scheme, superseded by Jordan himself in 2001 (Studies in Biblical Chronology No. 2 dates the whole judges sequence 26 years later because he there ends the 300 years of Judg 11:26 when Ammon took the villages, AM 2860, not at Jephthah's victory). |
| Jordan (compilation) secondary | 2919 AM Birth of David (II Sam.2:10) Precision: year |
AM 2919 | Anno Mundi Chronology Studies (unnamed compiler; a compilation of James B. Jordan's system), p. 10, chart "From Judge Eli (in the South) to the Completion of the Solomon’s Temple" (opens in a new tab) Agrees with Jordan's own published AM 2919. |
Death
| Chronology | Date as stated | Year (BC / AM) | Citation & note |
|---|---|---|---|
| CFAH | Not yet established | — | — pending CFAH reference |
| Ussher-Jones | Not yet established | — | — Jones's Chart No. 4 shows David's 40-year reign 1055–1015 BC and "SOLOMON KING MADE PRO-REX DURING LAST YEAR OF DAVID'S LIFE" but prints no death year. Not inferred. |
| Ussher | 2990a AM, 1015 BC ("After David gave instructions to his son Solomon, he died") Precision: year |
1015 BC AM 2990 |
Ussher, Annals of the World, Fourth Age §459 (paragraph numbering of the modern transcription) (opens in a new tab) |
| Jordan secondary | Not yet established | — | — Jordan gives no year for David's death; he dates "2949 - Accession of David", "2950 - David year 1" and "2989 - Accession of Solomon" (From Creation to Solomon, 2001, pp. 52–53; BC 3:8, 1991, has 2949 and 2989). Not inferred. |
| Jordan (compilation) secondary | 2989 AM Ascension Year of King Solomon ... Death of David 70 yrs. old Precision: year |
AM 2989 | Anno Mundi Chronology Studies (unnamed compiler; a compilation of James B. Jordan's system), p. 10, chart "From Judge Eli (in the South) to the Completion of the Solomon’s Temple" (opens in a new tab) |
Disagreements & open questions
- Chronologies disagree Anno Mundi figures differ: AM 2989 (Jordan (compilation)); AM 2990 (Ussher).
Flags are generated from the figures stored in the data. The master timeline still sorts by the CFAH-weighted sort year.
Events
Related
Free sources
- The King James Version of the Bible (opens in a new tab) — 1Sam.16.1-1Sam.16.13 ; 2Sam.5.4-2Sam.5.5 ; 1Kgs.2.10-1Kgs.2.11 public-domain
- Chart No. 4: Judges to the First 3 Kings (opens in a new tab) free-to-read
- Chronology and Kings (II) (Biblical Chronology 3:8, August 1991) (opens in a new tab) free-to-read
- From Creation to Solomon (Studies in Biblical Chronology No. 2) (opens in a new tab) free-to-read
- The Annals of the World, Deduced from the Origin of Time (1658 English edition), Part One: 4004–176 BC (opens in a new tab) public-domain
- Judges: God's War Against Humanism (opens in a new tab) free-to-read
- Anno Mundi Chronology Studies (A.M. chronology charts and A.M./B.C. table) (opens in a new tab) private-copy
Copyrighted works (CFAH papers, F. N. Jones) are linked, not reproduced.