Divided Kingdom

King Uzziah dies; Isaiah's vision

King Uzziah dies; Isaiah's vision is dated 740 BC in the Modern reckoning and 758 BC in the Traditional. It is told in Isaiah 6:1. Uzziah is part of it.

In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple.

Isaiah 6:1 BSB
  1. a Or the hem of His robe

When did it happen?

Modern reckoning
740 BC
Traditional reckoning
758 BC
How it's dated
the Bible's numbers + Assyrian records

Thiele: 740/739 BC.

Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.

Sources: Theographic event 218; Thiele (1983).

Where is it in the Bible?

Who was there, and where?

Where: Jerusalem.

Which verses connect to Isaiah 6:1?

The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).

  1. John 12:4145 votes

    Isaiah said these things because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about Him.

  2. And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power; and no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.

  3. Daniel 7:922 votes

    As I continued to watch, thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took His seat. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of His head was like pure wool. His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels were all ablaze.

  4. Psalm 113:521 votes

    Who is like the LORD our God, the One enthroned on high?

  5. For this reason, they are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple; and the One seated on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them. ‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.’ …

  6. When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne.

Events, people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (Robert Rouse), CC BY-SA 4.0, reshaped; dates also from the sources named on each anchor.