920s BC
Decade
The
920s BC
is a
decade
that lasted from 929 BC to 920 BC.
Millennia
1st
millennium
BC
Centuries
11th
century
BC
10th
century
BC
9th
century
BC
Decades
940s
BC
930s
BC
920s
BC
910s
BC
900s
BC
Years
929
BC
928
BC
927
BC
926
BC
925
BC
924
BC
923
BC
922
BC
921
BC
920
BC
Categories
Deaths
v
t
e
Events and trends
928 BC
— On the death of King
Solomon
, his son
Rehoboam
is unable to hold the tribes of
Israel
together, and the northern part secedes to become the
kingdom of Israel
, making
Jeroboam
its king.
Rehoboam
is left to rule the
kingdom of Judah
.
925 BC
—
Military conquest of Canaan
by
Shoshenq I
.
924 BC
or
922 BC
—
Osorkon I
succeeds his father
Shoshenq I
as king of
Egypt
.
922 BC
—
Phorbas
,
Archon of Athens
, dies after a reign of 30 years and is succeeded by his son
Megacles
.
920 BC
— A
transit of Venus
occurs.
References
↑
Widder, Wendy L. (2026).
Old Testament Prophets: The Covenant Conscience of God's People
. B&H Publishing Group. p.
19.
1
2
Kaiser, Walter C.; Wegner, Paul D. (20 November 2017).
A History of Israel From the Bronze Age Through the Jewish Wars
. B&H Publishing Group. pp.
827–
828.
ISBN
9781433643170
.
↑
Long, Richard J. (3 December 2021).
The Excavations at Mut Al-Kharab II The Third Intermediate Period in the Western Desert of Egypt
. Oxbow Books. p.
8.
ISBN
9781789257168
.
↑
Bohen, Barbara (30 June 2017).
Kratos & Krater: Reconstructing an Athenian Protohistory
. Archaeopress Publishing Limited. p.
63.
ISBN
9781784916237
.
↑
"Six Millennium Catalog of Venus Transits: 2000 BCE to 4000 CE"
.
NASA
. Retrieved
29 March
2026
.