Below appears a chart giving the principal events that occurred during the reigns of Saul, David, and Solomon. Each line represents a year. In the first column to the left appear the Bible dates. To the right is the column giving the Ptolemaic dates. The next one presents the sabbatic periods. In the next are the names of the sovereigns and the number of years of their reigns. This chart will give us a bird's-eye view of the historic situation.