Ancient Seder Olam

A Christian translation

of the 2000-year-old scroll

by

Ken Johnson Th.D.

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Copyright 2006 by Ken Johnson, Th.D.

Ancient Seder Olam

by Ken Johnson, Th.D.

Printed in the United States of America

ISBN 144992784X

EAN-13 9781449927844

All scripture quotations are from the KJV Bible unless otherwise noted.

Table of Contents

Introduction              V

Ancient Seder Olam              1

1   Creation to Jacob              2

2   Jacob              7

3   The Covenant and Slavery              14

4   Noah’s Flood              21

5   Burning bush and Mt. Sinai              27

6   Mt. Sinai              35

7   The Tabernacle              40

8   Book of Numbers              44

9   Fortieth Year              49

10 Death of Moses              54

11 Joshua              58

Judges Chart              64

12 Judges              66

13 Samuel, Saul, and David              72

14 David              77

15 Solomon              82

Divided Kingdom Chart              88

16 Rehoboam to Asa              90

17 Asa to Ahaziah              96

18 Joash              101

19 Jehu to Uzziah              105

20 The Prophets              111

21 The Old Prophets              122

22 The Destruction of Samaria              127

23 Hezekiah              135

24 Manasseh to Jehoiakim              141

25 Jehoiakim to Zedekiah              148

26 Ezekiel              154

27 The Fall of Jerusalem              161

28 Daniel              167

29 Ezra and Esther              179

30 Nehemiah to the end of the Second Temple              186

History after the Ancient Seder Olam              192

31 Cyrus to the 1967 six Day War              193

Appendix A Dates calculated from the Bible              198

Appendix B Jewish Months              200

Appendix C Major Event Timeline              201

Appendix D Chronological Timeline of the Seder              206

Bibliography              211

Other Books By Ken Johnson, Th.D.              212

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History

Introduction

History of the Manuscript

Seder Olam means “order of eternity” in Hebrew. It is an ancient Jewish work dated approximately AD 169. It attempts to prove the biblical Hebrew chronology from the Creation to the destruction of the second temple in AD 70.

Handwritten copies still exist. After the invention of the printing press, Hebrew versions were printed: in Mantua in 1514, Constantinople in 1517, Venice in 1545, Amsterdam in 1711, Hamburg in 1757, Prague in 1795, and Jerusalem in 1971 and 1987. Parallel Hebrew-Latin printings were done in Basel in 1580 and in Amsterdam in 1693.

An English printing was done in 1998 in New Jersey. Now, for the first time, this English translation from a Christian perspective has been produced.

The author of the Seder Olam is unknown. Some have said Rabbi Yose wrote it, but since he is quoted in the work, that seems doubtful.

Rabbi Eliezer is also quoted in this work. He uses the book of Jasher almost exclusively for his chronology. Rabbi Eliezer does seem to be much more accurate than the others. This is even stated by the Seder Olam’s author in Chapter 4.

The Talmud has several quotes from the Seder Olam not found in the modern Hebrew version. This suggests that portions have been cut out of the modern version and/or the Talmud has tried to add false information under the guise of the authority of the Seder Olam.

Authority

The authority of the text is quite different than that of the Book of Genesis or the Book of Jasher. Genesis and Jasher simply present events and dates on their own authority. The Seder Olam, however, appeals to Scripture and other older writings to prove its interpretation of the events and its calculation of the years from Creation to each event.

AD vs. AM

The Jewish calendar dates everything from the Creation. According to Genesis there was 1,656 years from Creation to Noah’s Flood. So Noah’s flood would be the year 1656 AM, on the Jewish calendar. The abbreviation AM stands for “Anno Moundi” meaning “in the year of the world,” or since Creation. The year AD 2007 on the American calendar equals 5767 AM on the Jewish calendar. If the Jewish calendar is completely accurate, that would mean the world was created 5,766 years ago.

Composition

The Hebrew text of the Seder Olam is divided into 30 chapters. Chapter One starts with the chronology from Creation to Jacob. Chapter 30 ends with Nehemiah to the destruction of the second temple. Some books will reference the chapters as 1 through 30, while others will divide it into three major sections: 1.1 though 1.10, 2.1 through 2.10, and 3.1 though 3.10. I have chosen, for simplicity’s sake, to number them 1 though 30.

The normal pattern for the Seder Olam is to quote several passages of Scripture and rabbinical tradition, then comment on them. To put the reader at ease, all scripture quotes are from the King James Version of the Bible, and any comment I make is in a footnote at the bottom of the current page. At the end of each chapter there will be a timeline chart of the events described in that chapter and, sometimes, more notes.

Special Notes

The chronology of the Seder Olam tends to agree with both Scripture and Jasher; however, there are some important things to be brought out in addition to the chronology.

In Chapter 5, Burning bush to Mt. Sinai, the Seder teaches that God gave the seven Noahide laws to all mankind. See Ancient Post-Flood History by Ken Johnson for more information on the Noahide laws.

In Chapter 17, Asa to Ahaziah, the Seder Olam teaches that Elijah will come again and prepare the way for King Messiah. The Messiah will return and set up a kingdom that will last 1000 years. He will then destroy the hordes of Gog and Magog.

In several places the Seder Olam mentions that the prophets of old were filled with the Holy Spirit.

This proves, just like fundamentalist Christians believe today, the ancient Jews believed in a real, physical Messiah, his 1,000 year reign, and in the person and work of the Holy Spirit. The Seder will also show the ancient Jews believed in an eternal hell, not annihilationism like Rabbi Yohanan, and that Daniel’s 70 weeks prophesy points to the death of King Messiah, not some other anointed leader. The Seder actually suggests that Scripture teaches there would be a second exile with a third return to the land of Israel. This third return occurred in AD 1948.

How to read the Seder

1. When the Seder is not sure a thing can be proven, it will say that the evidence implies something.

2. When it simply states a fact without appealing to an authority, it is giving commonly accepted history from the ancient rabbis. This seems to be 90% accurate.

3. All the Scripture quotes come from the KJV.

4. When a comment can be proven to be incorrect or needs explanation, there will be a footnote.

The teaching of the Seder is based on Scripture and ancient Jewish tradition. When a rabbi teaches a wrong idea, the Seder clearly shows the error by quoting Scripture and/or ancient tradition. Then, in contrast, it quotes the rabbi by name.

The Rabbis

Other than Scripture, the Seder Olam quotes several rabbis including Eliezer, Jehoshua, Yohanan ben Nuri, and Yose.

Eliezer and Jehoshua

Rabbi Eliezer was a first century rabbi who used the Book of Jasher almost exclusively for his chronology. He has never been proven to be wrong. In Chapter 4, the Seder contrasts the chronology of Rabbi Jehoshua with Eliezer’s, showing the chronology of Eliezer and the Book of Jasher to be far superior.

Yohanan ben Nuri

In Chapter 3, the Seder contrasts Rabbi Yohanan ben Nuri’s teaching of annihilationism with the teaching of the ancient rabbis – who taught an eternal hell.

Yose

Rabbi Yose is quoted three times when the teaching is suspect, so you know it may or may not be true. Here are three of Rabbi Yose’s unproven teachings:

1. Peleg was a prophet. – Chapter 1

2. Jericho fell on a Sabbath. – Chapter 11

3. When Asa married off his daughter against God’s will, God decreed his dynasty would come to an end. – Chapter 17

In the following passages, the Seder fully quotes Scripture to show Yose’s teaching as false.

1. Yose mixes up the seven years of the Gog/Magog battle with the 70-year Captivity, and later changed the 70 years to 52. –  Chapter 27

2. Yose gives two contradicting theories about the 70 week’s prophecy, while the Seder shows the scriptural interpretation from Daniel. – Chapter 28

3. The Seder makes it clear that the last set of calculations, dealing with the Persian era to the end of the second temple, is from Yose. This section has numerous errors, having been rewritten several times. – Chapter 30

The Unnamed Rabbi

Three quotes from an unnamed rabbi give false information. In Chapters 28 and 29, the unnamed rabbi confuses Cyrus, Darius, and the dates from the Persian era. In Chapter 30, this same rabbi goes even farther saying that Cyrus is Darius and Artaxerxes. We know there are portions missing from the modern Seder, so it is entirely possible that the unnamed rabbi is Yose, since these ideas are in line with Yose’s false chronology.

Prophecy and Chronology

The Seder uses the following four biblical prophecies to fill in historical gaps or to prove the dates for long sections of biblical history are correct.

1. The 430 years from Abraham to the Exodus from Genesis Chapter 15.

2. The 430 years of Ezekiel (390 and 40) from Ezekiel Chapter 4.

3. The 70 weeks of Daniel Chapter 9.

4. The four Persian kings from Daniel Chapter 11.

The Seder Olam ends with chapter 30, Nehemiah to the end of the 2nd Temple. I have added chapter 31, Cyrus to the 1948 War of Independence, which was never in the original scroll.  Using the technique taught in the Seder, I have used modern history and biblical prophecy to go beyond the destruction of the Temple and provide an accurate timeline from Creation to the rebirth of the nation of Israel in 1948.

Conclusion

In conclusion, the Seder seems to only quote individual rabbis when they contradict scripture, with the exception of Rabbi Eliezer. Studying the Seder will show what the ancient rabbis taught and how apostasy set in when the nation of Israel rejected their Messiah.

The writers of the Talmud wanted to reject Jesus Christ as the Messiah. In order to do this, they deliberately changed the timeline to make it look like Jesus did not fulfill Daniel’s prophesies. The Talmud misuses the Seder’s rabbinical quotes to try to justify its corrupted timeline.

Now, for the first time, English-speaking Christians can judge for themselves what really happened.

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The Text of the

Ancient Seder Olam

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Creation to Jacob

1

Creation to Jacob

It was 1,656 years from Adam’s creation to Noah’s Flood;

Adam

Seth

Enos

Cainan

Mahalaleel Jared

Enoch

Methuselah

Lamech

Noah

130

105

90

70

65

162

65

187

182

600

Genesis 5

Enoch buried Adam, then lived another 57 years and was raptured. Methuselah died just before Noah’s Flood.

It was 340 years from the Flood to the division of languages. Noah lived 10 years past the division of languages. Our father Abraham was 48 years old at the division of languages.

Rabbi Yose said: Eber was such a great prophet that he called his son Peleg, meaning “earthquake,”

“for in his days was the earth divided.”

Genesis 10:25

You can’t say the division of the continents happened at Peleg’s birth because the children of his younger brother Joktan had 13 families of their own at the division of Languages. Nor can you say this happened when Peleg was middle-aged because Scripture does not come to hide but to reveal. Therefore, this verse must mean that the division of languages happened near the last year of Peleg’s life.

Our father Abraham was 70 years old when God spoke to him at the Covenant between the Pieces. (Genesis 15)

It is written:

“at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day… that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.”

Exodus 12:41

After God spoke to Abraham, he returned to Haran and stayed there five years.

It is written:

“Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.”

Genesis 12:4

It was 26 years from the Dispersion, at the fall of the Tower of Babel, until the time Abraham left Haran.

It is written:

“Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer…”

Genesis 14:4-5

The year of famine was the same year in which Abraham left Haran. He migrated into Egypt and stayed there three months.[1] When he returned, he settled in the plain of Mamre in Hebron. This was the same year he conquered the five kings. He lived there ten years before he married Hagar.

It is written:

“Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan.”

Genesis 16:3

And it is written:

“And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael.”

Genesis 16:16

Ishmael was 14 years older than Isaac. It was 52 years from the fall of the Tower of Babel until the birth of Isaac. Sodom was settled a total of 52 years, although it and its sister cities lived only 26 years in peace and quiet. It was a total of 392 years from the Flood to the birth of Isaac.

Arphaxad

Salah

Eber

Peleg

Reu

Serug

Nahor

Terah

35

30

34

30

32

30

29

70

Genesis 11:12-26

It is written:

“These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood.”

Genesis 11:10

“And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.”

Genesis 21:5

According to these numbers, our forefather Isaac was 37 years old when father Abraham bound him to the altar.

“And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.”

Genesis 21:34

The “many days” lasted longer than the years he dwelt at Hebron. He lived in Hebron 25 years and in the Philistines' land for 26 years. During that time, Rebecca was born. Isaac married Rebecca when she was 14 years old.

Our forefather Abraham buried his father Terah, two years before Sarah died.

Methuselah learned directly from Adam, since he was born 243 years before Adam’s death. Shem learned directly from Methuselah since he was born 98 years before Methuselah’s death. Jacob learned directly from Shem since he was born 50 years before Shem’s death. Jacob’s birth was also 16 years before Abraham died. These four men lived through 22 generations.

A total of seven men are eyewitnesses of the entire world and each another. These seven are Adam, Methuselah, Shem, Jacob, Amram, Ahijah of Shiloh, and Elijah the prophet, and Elijah is still living.

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From the first chapter we have shown the following chronology listed in years from creation:

Adam Dies

Enoch Raptured

Noah Born

Noah’s Flood

Abraham Born

Tower of Babel falls

930

987

1056

1656

1948

1996

Abraham’s Covenant

Start of the 430 yrs

Abraham left Hebron

Ishmael Born

Isaac born

Isaac bound

2018

2018

2023

2034

2048

2085

It is unclear if the division of languages was 1993 AM or 1996 AM. All dates agree with Genesis and Jasher.

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Jacob

2

Jacob

Our forefather Jacob was 63 years old when God blessed him. Ishmael, Isaac’s half-brother, also died at that time.

It is written:

“When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan; And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram; And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.”

Genesis 28:6-9

This verse didn’t have to mention that Mahalath was Nebajoth’s sister. So why was it mentioned? This implies that Ishmael died shortly after betrothing her, so her brother, Nebaioth, had to give her away. Our father Jacob spent 14 years hidden in the Land of Israel serving Eber.  At the age of 77, Jacob left for Padan-Aram. Eber died just two years later. This is when Jacob lived by the well.

Jacob spent 20 years in the house of Laban: seven years before he married Leah and Rachel, seven years after he married them, and six years after the birth of the 11 sons and Dinah. All the sons, except Benjamin, were born within a seven-year period, each one after only seven months of pregnancy. Jacob left Padan-Aram and dwelt at Succoth for 18 months.

It is written:

“And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle…”

Genesis 33:17

Jacob left Succoth, came and dwelt at Bethel for six months, sacrificing to God.

When Jacob left Bethel, Rachel died giving birth to Benjamin. This same year Rebecca and Deborah died. This implies that Rachel died at age 37 and Leah at 44 or younger. It also implies that Rachel and Leah married at 22 since they were twin sisters.[2] Jacob then migrated back to the Land of Canaan and served his father, Isaac, for 22 years. Joseph served Isaac for only nine years.

“These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old…”

Genesis 37:2

After Leah died, Joseph was sold into slavery in Egypt. Joseph spent 12 months in Potiphar’s house.

It is written:

“And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.”

Genesis 39:5

Joseph then spent 12 years in prison:

“Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.”

Psalm 105:18-19

Joseph was released from prison at the age of 30.

It is written:

“And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh…”

Genesis 41:46

At the beginning of the seven years of plenty and seven of famine, Isaac died. Two years into the famine Jacob migrated into Egypt. This implies that Joseph was 38 or 39 years old and Levi was 44 years old when all of Israel migrated into Egypt. So Joseph must have been 17 when he was sold into slavery and reunited with this father 22 years later.

Judah married Shuah shortly after Joseph was sold into slavery. It is written:

“And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.”

Genesis 38:1-2

One year after Judah’s marriage Er was born. Judah betrothed Er when he was only seven[3] to Tamar. This makes eight years after the time Joseph was sold. Er died after being married for only one year. Tamar was then betrothed to Onan, “who married his brother’s widow.” Onan died that same year.

Add one year for:

“…Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown.”

Genesis 38:11

And:

“And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died.”

Genesis 38:12

Tamar then became pregnant by Judah while pretending to be a temple prostitute. One year later Perez was born. Judah betrothed Perez at the age of seven also. This makes 18 years from the time Joseph was sold. Add one year for Hezron, and one for Hamul and that comes to about 20 years from when Joseph was sold.  Hezron and Hamul migrated into Egypt along with Jacob, so the time from Joseph to the migration into Egypt was not very long.[4]

From Abraham’s birth to the migration into Egypt was 290 years, detailed as follows:

Abraham was ten years older than Sarah. It is written:

“Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?”

Genesis 17:17

Our father Abraham was 99 years old when he was circumcised.

It is written:

“And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.”

Genesis 17:24

Abraham died at 175 and Sarah died at 127.

It is written:

“these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.”

Genesis 25:7

“And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah...”

Genesis 23:1

Isaac died at 180, and Jacob died at 147.

It is written:

“And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.”

Genesis 35:28

“And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.”

Genesis 47:28

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From the second chapter we have shown the following chronology listed in years from creation:

Noah’s Flood

Abraham circumcised

Abraham dies

Ishmael dies

Jacob goes to Padan

Joseph sold

1656

2047

2123

2172

2185

2216

Joseph in prison

Isaac dies

Joseph begins rule

Jacob migrates to Egypt

Jacob dies

2217

2228

2228

2238

2255

Jacob’s birth is not given until chapter 3 of the Seder Oalm.

All dates agree with Genesis and Jasher.

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The Covenant and Slavery

3

The Covenant and Slavery

God spoke to our forefather, Abraham, at the Covenant Between the Pieces:

“Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years.”

Genesis 15:13

Who is the seed spoken of here? It is Isaac.

It is written:

“…for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.”

Genesis 21:12

About Isaac it is written:

“Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them. (Jacob & Esau)”

Genesis 25:26

Our forefather Jacob told Pharaoh:

“The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years.”

Genesis 47:9

The 60 years from Isaac’s birth to Jacob’s birth plus the 130 years from Jacob’s birth to the migration into Egypt is 190 years; this leaves 210 years[5].

Job was born at this time. The number of years of the life of Job was a sign or a type of the years in Egypt.

It is written:

“After this lived Job an hundred and forty years.”

Job 42:16

And it is written:

“The LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.”

Job 42:10

Job was born when Israel migrated into Egypt and he died at the year of the Exodus.

Some have thought that Israel was in Egypt the whole 400 years of the prophecy, but Kohath migrated into Egypt along with his father, Jacob.

It is written:

“These are the names of the children of Israel which came into Egypt… the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.”

Genesis 46:8,11

And it is written:

“The years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years…. the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years.”

Exodus 6:18,20

Add the 80 years of Moses’ life before the Exodus and that comes to 350 years. [6]

What does Scripture say?

“and they shall afflict them four hundred years”

Genesis 15:13

All the time they “sojourned in a land not their own” adds up to 400 years; the years of slavery and the years of sojourning together add up to the 400 years.

Joseph and his brothers all died. None of the 12 brothers died younger than Joseph but none lived longer than Levi. Levi lived to 137 years. This was also the number of years of actual slavery in Egypt.

It is written:

“And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation… Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.”

Exodus 1:6,8

After Levi died, the Egyptians enslaved the Israelites.

It is written:

“If one of brothers dies, all brothers should worry. If one of a company dies, all members of the company should worry.”

Sabbat 105b

“And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly… there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph …”

Exodus 1:7-8

It was 116 years from the death of Levi to the Exodus. The years of slavery were not more than 116 and not less that 86, the age of Miriam at the Exodus, since she was named for “the bitterness.”

The Egyptian plagues all happened within a 12 month period.

It is written:

“So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.”

Exodus 5:12

You find straw in the month of Iyar and since they left Egypt in the month of Nisan, that makes a full year. Therefore, the Egyptians endured ten plagues for 12 months. Job also experienced his plagues for 12 months.

It is written:

“So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.”

Job 7:3

Just as you count the days and nights so you count the months. The future judgment of Gog and Magog will last for 12 months.

It is written:

“They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.”

Isaiah 18:6

Rabbi Yohanan ben Nuri taught evildoers are punished in hell for 12 months.

He based this on scriptures like:

“And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another...”

Isaiah 66:23

Rabbi Yohanan ben Nuri always said: “from Passover to Pentecost,” and “from holiday to holiday.” He taught the souls of common sinners who transgress Torah and the commandments will disappear after 12 months. Their flesh disintegrates. Then hell expels them and their ashes are blown under the feet of the Righteous.

It is written:

“And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.”

Malachi 4:3

In contrast to Rabbi Yohanan, the old sages taught everyone who abandons the teaching of the Scriptures – the Sadducees, informers, hypocrites, epicureans, terrorists, those who deny the resurrection of the physical body, those who say that Bible is not the inspired word of God, and those who scoff at the words of the prophets, will suffer in hell forever.

It is written:

“And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.”

Isaiah 66:24

Even if hell would eventually wear out, the sinners will not wear out.

It is written:

“And their shapes will wear out hell, not to be his dwelling,” [7]

From his dwelling, God will wear out the forms of those sinners, but they will wear out hell because they lifted up their hands against his dwelling. “his dwelling” refers to the Temple in Jerusalem.

It is written:

“I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever”

1 Kings 8:13

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From the third chapter we have shown the following chronology listed in years from creation:

Noah’s Flood

Kohath born

Jacob migrates to Egypt

Jochebed born

1656

2216

2238

2238

Jacob dies

Joseph dies

Levi dies

Moses born

The Exodus

2255

2309

2331

2368

2448

The Years of Slavery

Galatians 3:16-17 states from the promise and prophecy given to Abraham, in Genesis 15, to the giving of the Law on Mt. Sinai, was 430 years. So the same interpretation of the 430-year prophecy is taught by the Scriptures, book of Jasher, and the Seder Olam. The covenant between God and Abraham occurred when Abraham was 70. Exactly 30 years later, Isaac was born. So Abraham’s seed, which starts with Isaac, sojourn in a land not theirs for 400 years, 2048-2448 AM.

Immortality of the soul

The Bible clearly teaches the soul is immortal. It will either live throughout all of eternity with God, or without God in hell. The idea that the soul eventually dies out only appears now, in the second century AD, showing the Rabbis who rejected the Messiah, like Rabbi Yohanan, are falling prey to all kinds of apostasy. Notice all the ancient sages teach immortality of the soul.

We will see, in chapters 28 and 30, some rabbis twisted Daniel’s 70 weeks prophecy to end, not with the Messiah, but with anything else that will fit, even if it meant changing the timeline.

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Noah’s Flood

4

Noah’s Flood

Noah’s flood lasted for twelve months and 11 days.

It is written:

“In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.”

Genesis 7:11

The pre-flood world had been judged and none of them would be partakers in the world to come.

It is written:

“And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man.”

Genesis 6:3

Rabbi Jehoshua taught the world was created in the month of Nisan, when the Pleiades disappear, but since mankind perverted their ways, God, praise to Him, perverted nature on account of them. This would make the 17th day of the second month the 17th of Iyar.

However; Rabbi Eliezer taught the world was created in the month of Tishrei, when the Pleiades appear and the winter rains start. This would make the 17th day of the second month the 17th of Heshvan.

The sages accept the calculations of Rabbi Eliezer for secular chronology from Creation though the Flood and beyond. They only accept the calculations of Rabbi Jehoshua for the religious calendar and the Holy Day festivals.[8]

“And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.”

Genesis 7:12

The “forty days and forty nights” ended on the 27th of Kislev. See Appendix B for the Calendar of Jewish months.

“And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.”

Genesis 7:24

The waters standing quietly punished every evildoer according to his deeds. Then on the first of Sivan, the waters began to recede.

“And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated… And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.”

Genesis 8:3,5

The flood waters were 15 cubits higher (22.5 ft.) than any mountain top. They receded one cubit (1.5 ft.) every four days, one and a half handbreadth (3 in.) per day.

The ark came to rest on the 17th day of the seventh month, which is Sivan.

“And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.”

Genesis 8:4

If we start counting the number of days after the rain stops, we have 16 days. So the bottom of the ark was four cubits (6 ft.) above the earth and its draught[9] was 11 cubits (16.5 ft.).

“And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made… And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.”

Genesis 8:6-7

He waited seven days.

“Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark…”

Genesis 8:8-9

He waited another seven days

“And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off.”

Genesis 8:10-11

He waited another seven days[10]

“And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.”

Genesis 8:12

“in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen”

Genesis 8:5

This is the month of Av, counting from the start of the rains. The waters receded from the first of Av to the first of Tishrei.

“And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried.”

Genesis 8:13

When Genesis says “the waters were dried” it happened this way. The wind evaporated the water from above and the water from below filtered back to where it came from, but the earth was still saturated and had the consistency of thick soup. They did not plant seed until fresh rain came because they considered the Flood waters from to be a curse and no blessing could come from something that is cursed.

“And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. And God spake unto Noah, saying, Go forth of the ark…”

Genesis 8:14-16

Those scriptures give the whole duration of the Flood as 12 months and 11 days long. From this we conclude that the solar year is 11 days longer than the lunar year.

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From the fourth chapter we have shown the following chronology listed in years from creation:

Noah born

Noah’s Flood

End of the 40 days

The waters start to recede

Ark rested on the top of Ararat

Tops of the mountains seen

They Left the Ark

Tishrei 1,1056

Heshvan 17, 1656

Kislev 27, 1656

Sivan 1, 1656

Sivan 17, 1656

Av, 1, 1656

Heshvan 27, 1657

See Appendix B for the Jewish months.

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Burning Bush and Mt. Sinai

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Burning bush and Mt. Sinai

God argued with Moses at the burning bush for seven days.

It is written:

“And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore[11], nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant…”

Exodus 4:10

The “three days ago” are three days. The “neither,” “nor,” and “nor,” are another three. Add the day when he was arguing with God and we come to seven.

This happened on Passover, which is the 15th of Nisan. One year later, on this exact day, the Exodus occurred. The 15th of Nisan was also when God covenanted with our father Abraham between the Pieces. The 15th of Nisan was also when the angels announced to Abraham that Isaac would be born. Exactly one year later, on that same day, Isaac was born.

It is written:

“At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.”

Genesis 18:14

Israel left Egypt on Passover:

It is written:

“And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt”

Exodus 12:41

On the 14th of Nisan, Israel slaughtered the Passover lamb and that same night the firstborn in all of Egypt was slain. The day after Passover, which was a Friday, the Israelites departed from Rameses.

It is written:

“the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth.”

Exodus 12:37

And it is written:

“And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month… For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among them.”

Numbers 33:3-4

Leaving Rameses, they journeyed through Succoth, then Etham, and finally came to Pihahiroth. That journey took three days.

On the fourth, fifth, and sixth days:

“And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled… But the Egyptians pursued after them… and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth.”

Exodus 14:5,9

On the evening of the seventh day the Israelites crossed the Red Sea, protected by the cloud.

It is written:

“And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these.”

Exodus 14:20

The next morning all the Israelites were completely across the sea. The Egyptians drowned in it, and Israel sang.

It is written:

“Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD…”

Exodus 15:1

On the last day of Passover, which was a Thursday, they left the Reed Sea and traveled to Marah.

It is written:

“they came to Marah”

Exodus 15:23

And it is written:

“there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them.”

Exodus 15:25

Israel received the Ten Commandments there; but seven of the Ten had already been given to all of Noah’s children.

The Noahide Laws

The Noahide Laws can be summed up in one verse.

“And the LORD^2 God^3 commanded^1 the man^4, saying^5, Of every tree of the garden^6 thou mayest freely eat^7.”

Genesis 2:16-17

1. System of Government

The “commanded” mentioned here refers to a system of laws. It is written:

“For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment;”

Genesis 18:19

2. Blasphemy

“the LORD” refers to blasphemy as it is written:

“And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death.”

Leviticus 24:16

3. Idolatry

“God” refers to idolatry as it is written:

“Thou shalt have no other gods before me.”

Exodus 20:3

4. Murder

“Man” refers to murder, as it is written:

“Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed:”

Genesis 9:6

5. Adultery

“saying” refers to adultery as it is written:

“They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.”

Jeremiah 3:1

6. Robbery

“Of every tree of the garden” refers to robbery as it is written:

“Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto…”

Leviticus 6:5

7. Blood

“thou mayest freely eat” refers to eating limbs of a still living animal. It is written:

“But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.”

Genesis 9:4

At Mt Sinai Israel was also given these additional three:

8. The Sabbath,

9. The Procedural Law, and

10. The Honor of Father and Mother.

From Marah to Sinai

From Marah they traveled to Elim as it is written:

“And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees.”

Numbers 33:9

Israel only camped near water, so they left Elim and came to the Wilderness of Sin also called Alush.

It is written:

“And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.”

Exodus 16:1

They arrived on a Sabbath. Therefore, the First of Iyar fell on a Sabbath. We can see all of Israel ate the cakes they brought from Egypt for 30 whole days. On they 30th day, in the evening, they ate quail. The next morning they gathered Manna.

Israel kept their very first Sabbath, in the Wilderness of Sin, where the Ten Commandments were first given.

It is written:

“So the people rested on the seventh day.”

Exodus 16:30

On Sunday the 23rd of Iyar, they left the Wilderness of Sin and came to Rephidim. At Rephidim they received the well, fought with Amalek, and observed their second Sabbath. They left Rephidim and came to the wilderness of Sinai, finding its peak to be so high it was in the clouds.

During the next five days Moses went up and down the mountain, telling the people the words of God, and telling God their answers. On the sixth day of the third month, which was a Sabbath, the Ten Commandments were given to them.

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From the fifth chapter we have shown the following chronology listed in years from creation:

God’s covenant with Abraham

Isaac born

God spoke from the burning bush

Slaying of the lambs and first born

Passover

Arrived at Pi Hahiroth

Israel crossed the Red Sea

Israelites ate quail

Ten Commandments given

Nissan 15, 2018

Nissan 15, 2048

Nissan 15, 2447

Nissan 14, 2448

Friday, Nissan 15, 2448

Nissan 17, 2448

Nissan 21, 2448

Iyar 30, 2448

Sabbath, Sivan 6, 2448

See Appendix B for the Jewish months.

The Seven Noahide Laws:

1.    Don’t worship idols

2.    Don’t commit blasphemy

3.    Don’t murder

4.    Don’t commit sexual sins

5.    Don’t steal

6.    Don’t eat flesh cut from a living animal or drink blood

7.    Establish courts of justice

Talmud: Sanhedrin 56a

The Ten Commandments:

1.    Remember the LORD

2.    Don’t make idols

3.    Don’t take God’s name in vain

4.    Remember the Sabbath

5.    Honor your parents

6.    Don’t murder

7.    Don’t commit adultery

8.    Don’t steal

9.    Don’t lie

10.    Don’t covet

Exodus 20:1-17

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Mt. Sinai

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Mt. Sinai

Seven days after the giving of the Ten Commandments Moses went back up the mountain.

It is written:

“And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud… And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.”

Exodus 24:16,18

On the 17th of Tammuz he came back down the mountain and broke the stone tablets:

“And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin.”

Exodus 32:30

Moses went up the mountain on the 18th of Tammuz and pleaded with God for mercy on Israel.

It is written:

“And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.”

Deuteronomy 9:18

God showed mercy on Israel and told Moses to quarry the second tablets and to come back up the mountain.

It is written:

“At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood.”

Deuteronomy 10:1

Moses came back down the mountain on the 28th of Av and quarried two stone tablets identical to the first set.

It is written:

“And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.”

Exodus 34:4

Moses went back up on the 29th of Av and the Torah was taught to him a second time.

It is written:

“And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also, and the LORD would not destroy thee.”

Deuteronomy 10:10

“According to the first time” shows us that the first days and the last days were in pleasure, because Moses was in the presence of the LORD. Therefore, the middle days were in anger.

Moses came back down from the mountain on the 10th of Tishrei, which is Yom Kippur, and announced that God pardoned them and took them for an inheritance.

It is written:

“pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.”

Exodus 34:9

This is why Yom Kippur remains an “ordinance of remembrance” for all generations.

It is written:

“And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year.”

Leviticus 16:34

“And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone… And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him in mount Sinai.”

Exodus 34:30-32

What was the commandment? God commanded them to build the Tabernacle.

When they started:

“And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up.”

Exodus 35:21

“And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.”

Exodus 39:43

How did Moses bless them? He said to them:

“May the will of the LORD’s be that the Shekinah should dwell in the work of your hands.” [12]

They replied:

“And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.”

Psalm 90:17

It is written:

“And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.”

Exodus 25:8

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From the sixth chapter we have shown the following chronology listed in years from creation:

10 Commandments given

Moses went back up

Moses broke the stone tablets

Moses quarried new stone tablets

Moses comes down – announces forgiveness*

Sabbath, Sivan 6, 2448

Sabbath, Sivan 13, 2448

Tammuz 17, 2448

Av 28, 2448

Tishrei 10, 2449

See Appendix B for the Jewish months.

*Yom Kippur is the 10th of Tishrei.

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The Tabernacle

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The Tabernacle

“And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. And thou shalt put therein the ark… And thou shalt bring in the table...”

Exodus 40:1-4

The Seven Days of Dedication started on the 23rd of Adar and continued until the first of Nisan. During the Seven Days of Dedication, Moses would erect the Tabernacle, bring sacrifices, and take the Tabernacle down. On the Eighth Day Moses erected it and did not take it down.[13]

“And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.”

Exodus 29:32

“Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation day and night seven days… So Aaron and his sons did all things which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.”

Leviticus 8:35-36

“And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel.”

Leviticus 9:1

At the completion of the Seven Days of Dedication, it was the first day of the week and the first day of Nissan. That day, Aaron and his sons entered the priesthood, washed their hands and feet in the basin, and performed all the acts which established the order. On that day too, the princes started sacrificing.

It is written:

“And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah.”

Numbers 7:12

The first day of Nissan started the New Year on the religious calendar. This was the first time the princes sacrificed and the first time the Shekinah descended into Israel.

It is written:

“And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.”

Exodus 29:45

On this first day of Nissan many changes came. This was the first day private altars were banned and the new priesthood began. Is was the first time for the priestly blessing, the Tabernacle service, for slaughtering north of the altar, eating of the sacrifices, and the first time the heavenly fire came down.

It is written:

“And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat:”

Leviticus 9:24

On that day, Israel started offering the daily sacrifices, vows, voluntary offerings, sin offerings, first born animals, and tithes.

On that day, Elisheba, the daughter of Aminadab, offered four joyful offerings and one of sorrow: her brother-in-law was king; her husband, a high priest; her brother, a prince; and her sons were vice high priests. She mourned for her two sons, Nadab and Abihu. Some people say her grandson, Phineas, was also anointed as a priest for war. On the second of Nisan, Eleazar burned the Red Heifer, and its ashes were sprinkled and the ritual was repeated. On the 14th of Nissan, which was a Sabbath, they slaughtered the Passover lamb.

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From the seventh chapter we have shown the following chronology listed in years from creation:

Seven Days of dedication start

Seven Days of dedication end

Adar 23

Nissan 1

See Appendix B for the Jewish months.

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Book of Numbers

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Book of Numbers

“And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, Take ye the sum of all the congregation… every male by their polls; From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel… And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.”

Numbers 1:1-4

After that

“Take the sum of the sons of Kohath…”

Numbers 4:1

After that

‘Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon…”

Numbers 4:22

After that

“As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families…”

Numbers 4:29

After that

“According to the commandment of the LORD they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to his service…”

Numbers 4:49

Those who had touched something dead and were unclean because of it offered the Passover sacrifice on the fourteenth of Iyar.

It is written:

“And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man... they came before Moses… And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD.”

Numbers 9:6-10

“And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony.”

Numbers 10:11

They dwelt in the wilderness of Sinai ten days less than a full 12 months.

It says:

“And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the LORD.”

Numbers 33:2

They left the wilderness of Sinai and came to the Graves of Desire (The Kibrothhattaavah of Numbers 11:34), dwelling there 30 days.

It is written:

“Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days; But even a whole month…”

Numbers 11:19-20

They left the Graves of Desire and came to Hazeroth and dwelt there seven days.

It is written:

“And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days.”

Numbers 12:15

They left Hazeroth and came to the wilderness of Paran. Moses sent out the spies on the 28th of Sivan.

It is written:

“Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes… And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.”

Numbers 13:20,25

This was the Ninth of Av. So on the Ninth of Av, God decreed the Israelites would not enter the Promised Land. Shortly thereafter, Korah and those with him were swallowed up by the earth.

It is written:

“Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey...”

Numbers 16:14

“And the LORD'S anger was kindled the same time…”

Numbers 32:10

And it is written:

“And the space in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years…”

Deuteronomy 2:14

They were wandering to and fro 19 years and they dwelt in Kadesh Barnea 19 years.

It is written:

“So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.”

Deuteronomy 1:46

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From the eighth chapter we have shown the following chronology listed in years from creation:

Moses takes a census

Cloud taken up

Moses sends out the spies

God passed the 40-year judgment

Iyar 1, 2449

Iyar 20, 2449

Sivan 28, 2449

Av 9, 2449

See Appendix B for the Jewish months.

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Fortieth Year

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Fortieth Year

“Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there. And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.”

Numbers 20:1,2

There was no water because the well had disappeared. This was forty years after the Exodus, on the first of the month of Nissan.

At that time:

“And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom.”

Numbers 20:14

Israel stayed there for three months:

“And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth month. And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor.”

Numbers 33:38,39

At Aaron’s death, the Shekinah cloud vanished and the Canaanites immediately attacked Israel.

“And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.”

Numbers 33:40

When he heard of the death of the great Aaron and that the Cloud that had waged war for them had vanished; he declared war on them.

The Israelites retreated seven camps back, resting at Mosera.

It is written:

“And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his stead.”

Deuteronomy 10:6

Aaron actually died on Mt. Hor, but from there they went back seven camps and rested at Mosera.

“From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters.”

Deuteronomy 10:7

“And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.”

Numbers 21:16

“And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim (Abarim), in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising… From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon…”

Numbers 21:10-11,13

At Arnon the Israelites waged war against Sihon.

“And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword… And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them… And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand…”

Numbers 21:24,33-34

“And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side of the Jordan by Jericho.”

Numbers 22:1

“And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel…”

Numbers 26:1,2

“Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.”

Numbers 26:53

The fathers of the tribes divided the land among their sons as an inheritance.

Serah, the daughter of Asher, was among those who migrated into Egypt and also left Egypt.

It is written:

“and Serah their sister”,

Genesis 46:17

Among those who entered the Promised Land are:

“And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah.”

Numbers 26:46

Jochebed was among those who migrated into Egypt and left it.

It is written:

“And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt.”

Numbers 26:59

Jair and Machir, the sons of Manasseh, were born while Jacob was still alive. They did not die until after Moses died. Nobah was also born in Egypt, and did not die until after Moses death, and Nobah was buried in Jordan.

“And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair.”

Numbers 32:41

“And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.”

Numbers 26:65

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From the ninth chapter we have shown the following chronology listed in years from creation:

Aaron dies

Cloud vanishes

Av 1, 2487

Nissan 1, 2488

See Appendix B for the Jewish months.

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Death of Moses

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Death of Moses

“And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them; After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei: On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law.”

Deuteronomy 1:3-5

For 36 days, from the first of Shevat to the sixth of Adar, Moses explained the entire Torah.

On the sixth:

“And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die.”

Deuteronomy 31:14

On the seventh:

“And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel. And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day.”

Deuteronomy 31:1-2

Why does Scripture say “this day?” To teach us Moses was born on the Seventh of Adar, and he died on his birthday.

It is written:

“So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day. And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.”

Deuteronomy 34:5-7

“Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying, Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan…”

Joshua 1:1-2

“Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land...”

Joshua 1:10-11

“And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.”

Joshua 4:19

If you count backwards 33 days, from the tenth of the first month, you can see Moses died on the Seventh of Adar.

The manna that they collected on the seventh of Adar sustained them until the sixteenth of Nissan.

It is written:

“And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.”

Joshua 5:12

Why does Scripture say?

“And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.”

Exodus 16:35

The manna stopped coming down the same day Moses died. When it says “they did eat Manna, until they came to the borders of the land of Canaan,” it means on that day all the manna they had on hand simply vanished.

If we subtract the last 30 days and then add the 30 days they ate from the Egyptian cakes they brought with them at the start, we have exactly 40 years.

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From the tenth chapter we have shown the following chronology listed in years from creation:

Miriam dies

Aaron dies

Moses dies

Joshua crosses the Jordan

Nissan 10, 2487

Av 1, 2487

Adar 7, 2487

Nissan 10, 2488

See Appendix B for the Jewish months.

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Joshua

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Joshua

“And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.”

Joshua 4:19

They made a monument out of 12 stones and placed them in the Jordan, exactly where the priests stood when they crossed. They took another 12 stones from the Jordan and made a monument at Gilgal, on the eastern side of Jericho. Afterwards they came to Mt. Gerizim and Mt. Ebal in Samaria, near Sichem, by the groves of Moreh.

It is written:

“Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh.”

Deuteronomy 11:30

There Israel recited the blessings and returned to Gilgal.

“Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you…”

Joshua 4:3

“And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.”

Joshua 4:20

They whitewashed the stones and wrote the Law on them, in 70 languages.

It is written:

“And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.”

Deuteronomy 27:8

They sacrificed peace-offerings at Gilgal and ate there.

It is written:

“And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before the LORD thy God.”

Deuteronomy 27:7

At that time, Israel became obligated to the Hallah, ‘Orlah, and Hadash laws.[14]

On the eleventh of Nissan:

“At that time the LORD said unto Joshua... And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins...”

Joshua 5:2,3

On the fourteenth of Nissan, Israel sacrificed the Passover.

It is written:

“And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.”

Joshua 5:10

On the sixteenth of Nissan, Israel sacrificed the ‘Omer.

It is written:

“And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover…”

Joshua 5:11

On the 22nd of Nissan, after Passover, they encircled Jericho.

“And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city… And it came to pass on the seventh day…”

Joshua 6:3,15

Rabbi Yose said that the battle at Jericho took place on a Sabbath and the battles at Jericho, Ai, and Gibeon, were all fought within a three month period.

On the third of Tammuz:

“Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.”

Joshua 10:12-13

Caleb said to Joshua:

“Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-Barnea to espy out the land… and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.”

Joshua 14:7,10

These passages explain it took seven years to conquer the Land. How do we know that after the seven years it took to divide the land, they started to count years for tithes, sabbatical years, and jubilee years? Because there were 850 years from the time Israel entered the Promised Land until they left, when the Temple was destroyed. These were complete 50-year Jubilee periods.

And it is written:

“In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten…”

Ezekiel 40:1

Ezekiel had this vision at the beginning of a Jubilee period. If they were in possession of the land for 17 complete jubilee periods, where does the extra 14[15] years come from? It has to be that Israel spent 14 years at Gilgal, seven years conquering the land and seven dividing the land.

After that:

“And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there.”

Joshua 18:1

At that time, they started counting the sabbatical, tithing, and Jubilee years.

“Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you...”

Joshua 22:1-2

Joshua blessed them and then sent them to their tents. When the two and a half tribes returned home, on the other side of the Jordan River, they built a large altar as a monument. Joshua celebrated with the Israelites the first sabbatical year; he died before celebrating the second sabbatical year. The Tabernacle at Shiloh was built on a stone foundation and a woven tapestry covered it. Israel worshipped in that Tabernacle for 369 years, until it was destroyed by the Philistines.

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From the eleventh chapter we have shown the following chronology listed in years from creation:

Israel enters the land

Conquering ends

Dividing the land ends

Joshua dies

Tabernacle destroyed (369 years after 2502)

Israel leaves the land (850 years after they enter)

2488

2495

2502

2516

2871

3338

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Judges Chart

Judges Chart

Judge

Foreign Power

2488

Moses (120) dies.

2516

Joshua (110) dies.

17 yr rule of elders

2533-2573

1st Judge Othniel 40 yrs

2533-2541

King of Aram 8 yrs

2573-2654

2nd Judge Ehud 80 yrs

2566-2584

King of Moab 18 yrs

2651-2654

3rd Judge Shamger

Co-ruled with Ehud

2654-2694

4th Judge Deborah (with Barek) 40 yrs

Canaanites (Sisra)

20 yrs

2694-2734

5th Judge Gideon 40 yrs

Midian 7 yrs*

2734-2737

6th Judge Abimelech 3 yrs

2737-2760

7th Judge Tola 23 yrs

2758-2780

8th Judge Jair 22 yrs

2yr overlap with Tola

2764-2782

King of Amon 18 yrs

2779-2785

9th Judge Jeptheth 6 yrs

2781

2nd yr of Jepthath and 300 yr mark

2785-2792

10th Judge Ibzan 7yrs

2792-2802

11th Judge Elon 10 yrs

2802-2810

12th Judge Abdon 8 yrs

2810-2830

13th Judge Samson 20 yrs

2790-2830

Philistines 40 yrs

2830-2870

14th Judge Eli the high Priest 40 yrs

2871-2884

15th Judge Samuel the prophet 13 years*

Overlap with Saul 2 yrs

2882

King Saul*

2884

King David anointed at Hebron

2892

King David anointed at Jerusalem

2924

King Solomon

2928

Solomon lays the foundation of the temple

2935

Solomon dedicates the temple

Notes on the Judges Chart:

The total time from the death of Joshua to the dedication of King Solomon’s temple was 419 years (2516-2935).

The total time that Saul and Samuel ruled was 13 years. They ruled from 2871-2884 AM, having one year of joint rulership. In the Masoretic Text, the spot for the number of years has been rubbed out.

The Seder Olam seems to say the seven years of the oppression of Midian are not inside the time of the rule of Gideon, but it has to be inside Gideon’s rule according to the chronology given.

Josephus has a chronology starting at 5000 BC, however in Ant 8.3 he shows the dedication of the temple to be in the year 3102 AM, a difference of only 166 years from our text.

The 480 years from the Exodus to the laying of the foundation of the temple works out right (1 Kings 6:1).

The 300 years from the 2nd year of Jepthah's rule back to 2481 AM, when they had just settled in the land, works out right (Judges 11:26).

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Judges

12

Judges

Joshua ruled over Israel for 28 years.

“And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old. And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.”

Joshua 24:29-30

Eleazar died shortly after Joshua’s death.

It is written:

“And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son.”

Joshua 24:33

“And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel.”

Joshua 24:31

After Joshua, Othniel, son of Kenaz, judged Israel 40 years. The first eight years of his rule, Israel was oppressed by Cushan Rishathaim, king of Aram. Michah created his idol while Othniel was judge.

It is written:

“And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh[16], he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.”

Judges 18:30

Also the incident with the Concubine of Gibea was while Othniel was judge:

“But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem… And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel.”

Judges 19:10,12

After Othniel, Ehud, son of Gera, judged Israel for 80 years. During this time Eglon, the king of Moab, oppressed Israel for 18 years. During Ehud’s last days, Shamgar, son of Anath, co-ruled with him.

It is written:

“Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. And the name of the man was Elimelech… ”

Ruth 1:1-2

And it is written:

“nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.”

Ruth 1:13

And it is written:

“Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil…”

Judges 2:15

Nahshon son of Aminadab died two years after the Exodus. Salmon was one of those who entered Egypt, and he died after Joshua. Elimelech was Salmon’s brother.

“And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers…”

Judges 2:10

After Shamgar, Deborah and Barak judged Israel for 40 years. The 20-year occupation of Jabin and Sisera occurred during their time.

“And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.”

Judges 6:1

After Deborah, Gideon judged Israel for 40 years. The seven-year occupation of Midian occurred during his time.

“When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel,”

Judges 9:22

“And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.”

Judges 10:1-2

After Tola, Jair of Gilead, judged Israel for 22 years. Tola and Jair co-ruled for one year.[17]

“And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth… And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon. And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.”

Judges 10:6-8

These 18 years lasted until the second year of Jephthah’s rule. When Jephthah had judged Israel for only two years he wrote a letter to the king of the Ammonites:

“While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover them within that time?”

Judges 11:26

Jephthah judged Israel for a total of six years. Then Ibzan judged Israel for seven years. They co-ruled one year.

After Ibzan, Elon, of Zebulon, judged Israel for ten years. Then Abdon judged for eight years. Elon and Abdon co-ruled one year.

“And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.”

Judges 13:1

Samson judged Israel for 20 years. This was the last 20 years of the 40-year occupation of the Philistines.

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From the twelfth chapter we have shown the following chronology listed in years from creation:

Joshua dies

Rule of Elders

Othniel

Ehud

Shamgar

Deborah

Gideon

Abimelech

Tola

2516

2516-2533

2533-2573

2573-2654

2651-2654

2654-2694

2694-2734

2734-2737

2737-2760

Jair

Jephtath

300yrs in the land

Isban

Elon

Abdon

Samson

2758-2780

2779-2785

2788

2785-2792

2792-2802

2802-2810

2810-2830

With the chronology given, the 300-year anniversary for the Israelites entering the land should be 2788. This does not fit with the comment stating it was the second year of Jephthah’s rule, which would be 2781. Jephthah probably meant, when writing the letter, that it was within 6 years of the 300th year anniversary.

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Samuel, Saul, and David

13

Samuel, Saul, and David

Eli judged Israel for forty years. The day he died, it says:

“So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh… And delivered his strength into captivity… Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph.”

Psalm 78:60-61,67

“And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months. And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners…”

1 Samuel 6:1-2

“And the men of Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD… And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years…”

1 Samuel 7:1-2

“And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD.”

1 Samuel 7:2

The Tabernacle was taken to Nob at the start of the 20 years. The sacrifices were held at Nob for 13 years and then at Gibeon for seven years, even though the Ark of the Covenant was at Kirjathjearim. At the end of the 20 years, David took the Ark of the Covenant from Kirjathjearim and brought it to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

Take the seven years that David ruled over Judah in Hebron from the 20 years, and that leaves 13 years. Then take the ten years off for the rule of Samuel the prophet, and that leaves two years for the co-rule of Samuel and Saul.

“And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom the Gittite three months.”

2 Samuel 6:11

This teaches us that Obed-Edom was only blessed because God’s Holy Ark was in his house.

“Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel…”

1 Samuel 13:1

When Samuel anointed Saul he said:

“And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal …”

1 Samuel 10:8

In that first year, Saul went down to Gilgal and defeated Nahash the Ammonite. He was then anointed king. In the second year he broke his promise to the Lord.

“And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God…”

1Samuel 13:13

At that time, Samuel anointed David king, as it is written:

“And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul… I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.”

1 Samuel 16:1

After that

“Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren…”

1 Samuel 16:13

David was 29 years old when Saul tried to kill him.

And it is written:

“But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.”

1 Samuel 16:14

This is when the sanctuary at Nob was destroyed; they then moved the worship and sacrifices to Gibeon.

Samuel lived just a little past the age of 52.

It is written:

“Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD... And she (Hannah) was in bitterness of soul…”

1 Samuel 1:9-10

At that time Eli was already Judge over Israel.

It is written:

“And he had judged Israel forty years.”

1 Samuel 4:18

That leaves 13 years. Take away one year for Hannah’s pregnancy, 11 years for Samuel, and one year for Samuel and Saul. That equals 52 years. So Samuel died about four months before Saul died.

It is written:

“And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.”[18]

1 Samuel 27:7

“And it came to pass after this, that David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? … Ishbosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years…”

2 Samuel 2:1,10

There was a gap of five years when there was no king over Israel.

“So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron…”

2 Samuel 5:3

David was anointed king for the second time when the Elders of Israel came to him at Hebron.

“David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.”

2 Samuel 5:4

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From the thirteenth chapter we have shown the following chronology listed in years from creation:

Eli’s rule

Tabernacle taken to Nob

Samuel’s rule

Saul’s reign

Tabernacle taken to Gibeon

David’s reign in Hebron

David’s reign in Jerusalem

2830-2870

2871

2871-2884

2882-2884

2884

2884-2892

2892-2924

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David

14

David

“So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the Ark of the Covenant…”

1 Chronicles 15:25

“So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it… And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings… And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine.”

1 Chronicles 16:1-3,

2 Samuel 6:17-19

“And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD…”

1 Chronicles 16:4

“Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren...”

1 Chronicles 16:7

The next morning the Levites said:

“Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name…”

1 Chronicles 16:8

Until:

“Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.”

1 Chronicles 16:22

That evening the Levites said:

“Sing unto the LORD, all the earth …”

1 Chronicles 16:23

Until:

“And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.”

1 Chronicles 16:36

David moved the Ark of the Covenant from Kirjathjearim to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite. It was 43 years later when Solomon brought the Ark of the Covenant into the temple, at its dedication.

During this time, David fled before Absalom. Ebiathar was priest until they inquired of Urim and Thummim. Then Zadok replaced Ebiathar as priest.

Everything except the Ark remained at the holy site in Gibeon; the Tabernacle that Moses had constructed in the desert, the copper altar constructed by Bezalel, the seven-branched candlestick, the table of showbread, and the heavenly fire that had came down in the days of Moses.

“And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon… And with them Heman and Jeduthun…”

1 Chronicles 16:39,41

Fifty years passed from the time the priests moved the holy vessels into Gibeon, and started worshiping there, to the time when they moved into Solomon’s temple.

“And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow…”

2 Samuel 15:7

Absalom’s Rebellion started in the 37th year of David’s reign. Rabbi Nahorai speaking for Rabbi Yehoshua, said “It was exactly 40 years from when Israel demanded a king, in the tenth year of the prophet Samuel, to when Absalom started his rebellion. One can also use this to calculate that Solomon became king at the age of 12.”

“And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah…”

2 Samuel 12:25

It is written:

“And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar… And it came to pass after two full years... So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.”

2 Samuel 13:1,23,38

That adds up to five years:

“So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face.”

2 Samuel 14:28

That adds up to seven years.

“Then there was a famine in the days of David three years…”

2 Samuel 21:1

“So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.”

2 Samuel 24:8

That adds up to 11 years total. King David created the 24 classes of priests and Levites and he wrote the procedures for the Temple in the last year of his reign.

And it is written:

“In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for…”

1 Chronicles 26:31

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From the fourteenth chapter we have shown the following chronology listed in years from creation:

Israel demands a king

David rules from Hebron

David rules from Jerusalem

Absalom’s Rebellion

David dies

Solomon brings Ark into Temple

2881

2884-2892

2892-2924

2921

2924

2935

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Solomon

15

Solomon

“And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years…”

1 Kings 2:11

And it is written:

“And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.”

1 Kings 6:1

Jephthah, in his second year, wrote a letter to the king of the Ammonites:

“While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns… three hundred years…”

Judges 11:26

From the second year[19] of Jephthah’s rule to the year when construction started on Solomon’s Temple was 140 years. Add the 40 years Israel was in the wilderness and 300 years for the period between entering the land and Jephthah, and we arrive at 480 years.

Construction on Solomon’s Temple started in the fourth year of Solomon’s rule which was also the fourth year of a seven-year period and the middle of a Jubilee period.

It is written:

“In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif: And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished… So was he seven years in building it. But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years…”

1 Kings 6:37-38,7:1

“Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.”

1 Kings 8:1-2

The following verses teach us that the Shekhinah only appears in the general assembly.

And it is written:

“when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.”

Leviticus 9:24

And it is written:

“…and all the congregation drew near and stood before the LORD.”

Leviticus 9:5

At the time the Torah was given, Scripture says:

“And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.”

Exodus 19:11

About the LORD’s Temple it is written:

“Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house. And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.”

2 Chronicles 7:1,3

About that very hour it is written:

“Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.”

Song of Solomon 3:11

About the day of his wedding, the eighth day after the dedication of the holy temple, it is written:

“And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.”

1 Kings 3:3

Four years before Solomon started to build the Temple:

“And Solomon… took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David.”

1 Kings 3:1

It is written:

“And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead…”

1 Kings 11:21

“And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did:”

1 Kings 11:25

“And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones… And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt… And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver… But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh…”

1 Kings 10:27-29, 11:1

This is why Scripture says:

“For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built…”

Jeremiah 32:31

However; when Solomon was old and near death, the Holy Spirit rested on him and he wrote these three books: Proverbs, Song of Solomon, and Ecclesiastes.

Ahijah the prophet said to Jeroboam:

“And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.”

1 Kings 11:38

Jeroboam rejected the Lord. He ended his reign by his own hand after 33 years for him and three for his son.

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From the fifteenth chapter we have shown the following chronology listed in years from creation:

Exodus

Joshua enters Canaan

Jephthah’s Rule

300 yr anniversary of entering Canaan

David’s reign

Solomon starts reign

Temple construction begins

Temple dedicated

2448

2488

2779-2785

2788

2884-2924

2924

2928

2935

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Divided Kingdom Chart

Divided Kingdom Chart

Judah

Israel

2924-2964

Solomon

2928

Foundation of the temple laid

2935

Solomon’s Temple  dedicated

2964-2981

Rehoboam 17 yrs

2964

Jeroboam I

2969

Shishak of Egypt invades

2985

Nadab

2981

Abijam 3 yrs

2986

Baasha 22 or 24 yrs

2983

Asa 41 yrs

3009

Elah 2 yrs

2999

Zerah the Nubian attacked

3010

Zimri

3019

Baasha attacked Judah

3010

Omri

3024

Jehoshaphat 25 yrs

3021

Ahab

3047

Jehoram II 8ys

3041

Ahaziah I

3055

Ahaziah II 1 yr

3043

Jehoram I

3056

Athaliah 7 yrs

3055

Jehu 28 yrs

3061

Joash 23 yrs

3083

Jehoahaz I 17yrs

3084

Joash renovated the Temple 155 yrs after Solomon

3098

Joash II

3100

Amaziah

3115

Jeroboam II

3115

Uzziah

3153

Zechariah

3167

Jotham

3154

Shallum

3183

Ahaz

3154

Manahem

3199

Hezekiah

3164

Pekahiah

3228

Manasseh

3166

Pekah

3283

Amon

3187

Hoshea

3285

Josiah

3205

Fall of Samaria

3302*

Josiah renovated the Temple 218 yrs after Joash

3316

Jehoahaz II 3 mths

3316

Jehoiakim 11 yrs

3327

Jehoiachin 3mths (18 yrs old)

3327

Zedekiah

3336-3338

Jerusalem besieged

3332

Ezekiel prophesies

3338

1st temple destroyed

3338

End of the 850 yrs

Notes on the Divided Kingdom Chart:

Total time from the dedication of Solomon’s temple to its destruction was 403 years (2935-3338 AM).

The Split of the kingdom is dated between 926 and 931 BC. The Fall of Samaria is dated 721/722 BC. The fall of Jerusalem was in three waves dated at 606, 597, and 587 BC. The destruction of the Temple is dated 587 BC.

Seder Olam Chapter 18 gives 155 years between Solomon finishing the temple in 2934 AM (finished in 2934 AM and dedicated after the New Year in 2935 AM) to Joash renovating the temple in 3084 AM. Seder Olam Chapter 24 gives 218 years from Joash’s 18th year, when he renovated the temple in 3084 AM, to the renovation of Josiah in 3302 AM. Seder Olam Chapter 11 gives 850 years from entering the Promised Land in 2488 AM, to leaving the Promised Land in 3338 AM. The accepted Jewish date for the destruction of King Solomon’s Temple is 3338 AM.

If 3338 AM is 587 BC then 3205 AM would give 720 BC for the fall of Samaria and 2964 AM would give 961 BC for the start of the divided Kingdom.

Ezekiel 4:5 prophesied after 390 years the house of Israel would be destroyed. Taking 390 years from 3332 AM gives us 2942 AM. This is about the time Solomon started worshiping idols.

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Rehoboam to Asa

16

Rehoboam to Asa

“And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.”

1 Kings 11:42

Solomon’s son, Rehoboam, reigned 17 years. Then Abijah, Rehoboam’s son, reigned three years.

“And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.”

1 Kings 15:9

“Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem...”

2 Chronicles 12:13

Rehoboam and his children walked in the ways of David for only three years. In the fourth year, they rebelled.

It is written:

“for three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon.”

2 Chronicles 11:17

It is written:

“And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.”

2 Chronicles 12:1

“And there were also sodomites in the land…”[20]

1 Kings 14:24

“And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD… So Shishak king of Egypt… took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house…”

2 Chronicles 12:2,9

“And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof. Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died.”

2 Chronicles 13:19-20

We can’t say if the LORD struck Abijah or Jeroboam, but it is a fact that Jeroboam buried Abijah.

Why didn’t the king strike him? The LORD struck him because he was prideful against Israel, saying:

“And there are with you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.”

2 Chronicles 13:8

When Abijah captured Bethel, he saw the golden calf and had a chance to destroy it, but he left it standing; then God struck him.

Asa reigned for 41 years.

“So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.”

2 Chronicles 14:1

In the 16th year of Asa’s reign, he fought with Zerah the Nubian and brought back all that Shishak, the king of Egypt, had taken from Jerusalem. This took place 35 years after Solomon’s death.

The LORD stirred up Rezon, son of Elyada, to fight against Israel.

“In the six and thirtieth year[21] of the reign of Asa Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah…”

2 Chronicles 16:1

In the 16th year of Asa’s reign, after he conquered Zerah the Nubian, the kings of Israel and Aram made an alliance together to start a war against Asa. At this time Asa went astray.

“Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent to Benhadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. And Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelmaim, and all the store cities of Naphtali. And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease.”

2 Chronicles 16:2-5

“And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand. Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he delivered them into thine hand. For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.”

2 Chronicles 16:7-9

The kings of Aram continued attacking Israel until after the death of Ahaz. In the days of Ahaz, the kings of Israel and Aram strengthened their alliance and continued the raids. Ahaz had no merit in the eyes of the LORD, so he could not prevail against them.

Both Asa and Ahaz were killed by Tiglath-Peleser, the king of Assyria.

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From the sixteenth chapter we have shown the following chronology listed in years from creation:

Kings of Judah

Solomon’s reign

Rehoboam’s reign

Shishak invades Israel

Abijah’s reign

Asa’s reign

Asa captures Zerah

2924-2964

2964-2981

2969

2981-2984

2983-3024

2998

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Asa to Ahaziah

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Asa to Ahaziah

Basha reigned for 24 years. Elah, his son, reigned for two years. Asa buried Elah in the 27th year of his reign. Zimri assassinated Elah and ruled after him seven days at Tirzah.

“And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.”

1 Kings 16:16

“Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri.”

1 Kings 16:21

For four years the people of Israel were divided over who was truly king, but in the 31st year of the reign of King Asa of Judah, Omri became the undisputed king of Israel.

“But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.”

1 Kings 16:22

Tibni was assassinated when Omri gained political support by marrying his daughter to the son of King Jehoshaphat of Judah. Omri reigned for 12 years.

“And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.”

1 Kings 16:29

In the fourth year of the reign of King Ahab of Israel, Jehoshaphat became king of Judah. Jehoshaphat was 35 years old when he took the throne, and reigned 25 years in Jerusalem.

In the 13th year of Ahab’s reign there was a three-year famine in Samaria followed by a two-and-a-half-year war with Ben Hadad.

“And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.”

1 Kings 22:1

Ahaziah, son of King Ahab of Israel, reigned for only two years. Elijah the prophet was raptured in Ahaziah’s second year. Elijah will not be seen again until King Messiah comes. Then Elijah will be hidden again until the Gog and Magog invasion comes. But now he records the deeds of all generations.

“So he (Ahaziah) died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.”

2 Kings 1:17

Is this really possible? Didn’t Jehoram become king in the 18th year of Jehoshaphat’s reign? Yes, Jehoram son of Ahab became king of Israel at that time. Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat became king of Judah in the 22nd year of Jehoshaphat’s rign.

“And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.”

2 Kings 8:16

When Judah won the war with Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, they returned and anointed Jehoram king of Judah.

“And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah… And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn.”

2 Chronicles 21:2-3

After Jehoshaphat died, Jehoram rose up and put all of his brothers to death.

It is written:

“Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers also of the princes of Israel.”

2 Chronicles 21:4

“And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet…”

2 Chronicles 21:12

This happened seven years after Elijah was raptured!

“Thirty and two years old was he (Jehoram) when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.”

2 Kings 8:17

About Jehoram’s son, Ahaziah, it is written:

“Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign…”

2 Kings 8:26

And at another place it says:

“Forty[22] and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.”

2 Chronicles 22:2

Rabbi Yose said: When Asa married his son to Omri’s daughter, the LORD decreed that a descendant of King Ahab of Israel would put an end to the dynasty of David.

It is written:

“And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram…”

2 Chronicles 22:7

Jehu killed both Jehoram and Ahaziah on the same day.

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From the seventeenth chapter we have shown the following chronology listed in years from creation:

Northern Kingdom of Israel

Basha’s reign

Omri’s reign

Ahab’s reign

Famine

Ahaziah’s reign

Elijah raptured

Jehoram’s reign

2986-3010

3010-3021

3021-3043

3034-3037

3041-3043

3043

3043-3056

Southern Kingdom of Judah

Jehoshaphat’s reign

Jehoram’s reign

Ahaziah’s reign

3024-3049

3047-3055

3055-3056

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Joash

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Joash

During the reign of Jehoram, son of Ahab, there was a seven-year famine; this happened the year Ben Hadad waged war against Israel. Elisha cursed Gehazi that last year and traveled to Damascus to anoint Hazael king of Aram. Elisha also sent Jonah son of Amittay to anoint Jehu as king at Ramoth Gilead.

“And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them. And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, for he was hid in Samaria, and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him…”

2 Chronicles 22:8-9

“And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal. But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain. And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.”

2 Kings 11:1-3

About Joash it is written:

“For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.”

Psalm 27:5

What does “set me up upon a rock” refer to? It refers to Jehoiada the priest, a man similar to a rock.

“And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.”

2 Kings 11:12

“And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house.”

2 Kings 11:20

“In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem.”

2 Kings 12:1

In the 23rd year of Joash’s reign the Temple was renovated. This happened 155 years after Solomon started construction on the temple.

“And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.”

2 Chronicles 24:2

“But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.”

2 Chronicles 24:15

Jehoiada the priest and Elisha the prophet died the same year. Jehoiada was born when the corruption began in the days of King Solomon.

“Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.”

2 Chronicles 24:17

The use of the word “obeisance” shows that Joash set himself up to be worshiped as a god.

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From the eighteenth chapter we have shown the following chronology listed in years from creation:

Southern Kingdom of Judah

Solomon starts construction on the temple

Joash

Temple renovated by Joash

(Construction + 155)

2928

3061-3100

3084

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Jehu to Uzziah

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Jehu to Uzziah

Jehu reigned as king of Israel for 28 years.

“And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.”

2 Kings 10:30

Jonah son of Amittai prophesied this to Jehu:

“In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel; From Jordan eastward…”

2 Kings 10:33-33

“In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years… In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years… Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died…”

2 Kings 13:1,10,14

Elisha died in the tenth year of the reign of Joash, king of Israel. We can calculate the number of years Elisha prophesied in Israel. He prophesied from the 19th year of Jehoshaphat, until the tenth year of Joash: over 60 years.

“In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.  He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem.”[23]

2 Kings 14:1-2

In the 12th year of Amaziah’s reign:

“He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand…”

2 Kings 14:7

“Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them. Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet… And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.”

2 Chronicles 25:14,16

What did the LORD counsel him about?

“Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face. And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon… Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast… But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom.”

2 Chronicles 25:17-20

“And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent. And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh… all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obededom, and the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.”

2 Chronicles 25:22-24

At that time, Joash died and Amaziah returned to Jerusalem.

“And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.”

2 Chronicles 25:25

“Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there.”

2 Chronicles 25:27

“Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem… And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.”

2 Chronicles 26:3,5

What kind of success did God give him?

“He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.”

2 Chronicles 26:2; 2 Kings 14:22

When the verse says “after that, the king slept with his fathers,” it is saying he ruled during the lifetime of his father. Uzziah and Jeroboam started their reigns at the same time – except that Jeroboam co-ruled one year with his father.

It is written:

“And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.”

2 Kings 13:13

“In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.”

2 Kings 15:1

Since both Uzziah and Jeroboam II became kings the same year, this verse seems incorrect. Uzziah did have leprosy during the end of his reign.

It is written:

“And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death.”

2 Chronicles 26:21

And it is written:

“All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.”

1 Chronicles 5:17

The only thing we can say for certain is that Uzziah buried Jeroboam and three kings after him; and during the 25 years that Uzziah was a leper, his son Jotham judged the people of Judah.

Jeroboam II, son of King Joash of Israel, ruled for 41 years.

“In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.”

2 Kings 15:8

“This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. And so it came to pass.”

2 Kings 15:12

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From the nineteenth chapter we have shown the following chronology listed in years from creation:

Northern Kingdom of Israel

Jehu

Jehoahaz

Joash II

Amaziah / Jeroboam II

3055-3083

3083-3100

3098-3114

3115-3130

Southern Kingdom of Judah

Amaziah

Uzziah co-rule

Uzziah / Azariah

Jotham

3100-3015

3115-3130

3130-3167

3167-3183

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The Prophets

20

The Prophets

It is written:

“And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah.”

Zachariah 14:5

“The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.”

Isaiah 1:1

“The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.”

Hos.1:1

“The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.”

Amos 1:1

“The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.”

Micah 1:1

From these verses, we learn the prophets Isaiah, Hosea, Amos, and Micah all prophesied during the same time period. We just don’t know in what order.

But it is also written:

“The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD.

Hosea 1:2

The word of the LORD came first to Hosea, because Amos says “two years before the earthquake” and Isaiah says

“In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne…”

Isaiah 6:1

“In the year that king Uzziah died…” was the year the earthquake hit.

It is written:

“And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.”

Isaiah 6:4

“The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham …”

Micah 1:1

Since Jotham reigned after Uzziah we know Micah came last in this group of prophets.

“The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.”

Obadiah 1:1

The war prophesied in Obadiah’s vision took place in the days of Amaziah.

“There was then no king in Edom:”

1 Kings 22:47

The Edomites fell during the reign of King Amaziah of Judah and have not had a king of their own – or started a war – since then. [24]

The Arameans fell, just as Elisha prophesied. They tried an uprising during the reign of King Ahaz of Judah, but quickly fell, never to raise an army again.

The Philistines fell during the reign of King Hezekiah of Judah, and there has not been a king among them since.

Ever since Egypt fell to Nebuchadnezzar, it has not been able to raise an army against anyone.

It is written:

“It (Egypt) shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.”

Ezekiel 29:15

“And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.”

1 Chronicles 2:6

The sons of Zerah prophesied in Egypt.

“And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites.”

Exodus 6:24

The sons of Korah prophesied in the wilderness.

“That the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel…”

Judges 6:8

That prophet was Phineas.

“And there came a man of God unto Eli…”

1 Samuel 2:27

That man was Elkanah.

“These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.”

1 Chronicles 9:22

King David and the prophets Gad and Nathan established the rules of the Temple service, and the 24 classes of Levitical priests. Asaph, Heman and Jedutun prophesied during the reign of King David.

The prophet Ahijah said to Solomon:

“Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then… I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.”

1 Kings 6:12-13

And in the end, Ahijah said to Solomon:

“Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes…”

1 Kings 11:11

The prophet Shemaiah said to Rehoboam:

“Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren…”

2 Chronicles 11:4

And in the end, when they were retreating from Shishak:

“the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them…”

2 Chronicles 12:7

Shishak did not want to come against Solomon, for his wisdom was famous throughout all Egypt. Shishak waited for Solomon to die and then invaded Judah and took the Temple treasures.

The prophet Iddo prophesied about the altar at Bethel.

It is written:

“And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.”

1 Kings 13:2

“And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded: And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin…”

2 Chronicles 15:1-2

“And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah…”

2 Chronicles 16:7

The prophet Michaiah said to Ahab:

“And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day…”

1 Kings 20:13

The second time, Michaiah told him:

“And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest…”

1 Kings 20:22

The third time, Michaiah said to him:

“Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand.”

1 Kings 20:28

“And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the LORD, Smite me.”

1 Kings 20:35

And in the end, Michaiah said to him:

“And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead?”

1 Kings 22:20

And in the days of Jehoshaphat:

“And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat…”

2 Chronicles 19:2

“Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD…”

2 Chronicles 20:14

“Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat…”

2 Chronicles 20:37

During the reign of Joram:

“And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying…”

2 Chronicles 21:12

During the reign of Joash:

“Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD… And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest…”

2 Chronicles 24:19-20

During the reign of Amaziah:

“But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee…”

2 Chronicles 25:7

And in the end, he told Amaziah:

“I know that God hath determined to destroy thee…”

2 Chronicles 25:16

It is said of old: this was the brother of the prophet Amoz.

During the reign of Ahaz:

“But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded…”

2 Chronicles 28:9

Joel, Nahum, and Habakkuk prophesied during the reign of Manasseh, but they were not mentioned by name because Manasseh was evil. Manasseh murdered many prophets.

It is written:

“And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken. Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.”

2 Chronicles 33:10-11

“The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.” [25]

Zephaniah 1:1

“The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah…”

Jeremiah 1:1

“The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi…”

Ezekiel 1:3

All these prophets lived during the time of the destruction of King Solomon’s Temple. The prophet Baruch, son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, and the prophet Daniel, lived during the time of Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. Mordecai, the Jew, and the prophets Haggai, Zachariah and Malachi all prophecied during the second year of Darius.

The following ten prophets were called “man of God:” Moses, Elkanah, Samuel, David, Shemaiah, Iddo, Elijah, Elisha, Micah, and Amoz.

Samuel and Hanani were called “seers.” The LORD called Ezekiel and Daniel “son of man.”

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From the twentieth chapter we have shown the following chronology listed in years from creation with BC dates added:

Divided Kingdom Prophets

Obadiah

Joel

Jonah

Amos

Hosea

Isaiah

Micah

Nahum

Zephaniah

Jeremiah

Habakkuk

850-840 BC

841-834 BC

785-750 BC

760-753 BC

760-700 BC

739-861 BC

735-700 BC

650-620 BC

640-620 BC

627-575 BC

609-606 BC

3076-3086

3085-3092

3141-3176

3166-3173

3166-3226

3187-3309

3191-3256

3276-3306

3286-3306

3335-3387

3317-3320

Babylonian Captivity Prophets

Daniel

Ezekiel

607-530 BC

593-571 BC

3319-3396

3333-3355

Post-Exile Prophets

Haggai

Zechariah

Malachi

520 BC

520 BC

433 BC

3406

3406

3493

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The Old Prophets

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The Old Prophets

How do we know that the patriarchs and matriarchs were called prophets?

Because it is written:

“And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people; He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes, Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.”

1 Chronicles 16:20, 22

It is written about father Abraham:

“Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet…”

Genesis 20:7

It is written about Miriam:

“And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron…”

Exodus 15:20

It is written about Deborah:

“And Deborah, a prophetess…”

Judges 4:4

It is written about Hannah:

“And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD…”

1 Samuel 2:1

Abigail prophesied for David and David told her

“And blessed be thy advice…”

1 Samuel 25:33

It is written about Huldah:

“unto Huldah the prophetess.”

2 Kings 22:14,2 Chronicles 34:22

It is written about Esther:

“Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority…”

Esther 9:29

There were a total of 48 prophets and seven prophetesses named in the Scriptures, but there were as many unnamed prophets as there were people who left Egypt. You might get the idea that there were very few prophets who are not mentioned in the scriptures.

But Scripture says:

“And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went…”

2 Kings 2:7

You might think these “sons of the prophets” were not mentioned by name because they were not professionals.

But the Scripture says:

“And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.”

2 Kings 2:3,5

They didn’t say ‘our master’ but ‘thy master.’ This shows that they were all Elijah’s equals and they were more experienced than Elisha.

Moses wrote:

“would God that all the LORD'S people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!”

Numbers 11:29

The prophet Obadiah said to the prophet Elijah:

“Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD'S prophets…”

1 Kings 18:13

There were even more prophets in Judah and Benjamin, when the prophet Elijah said to the Elisha:

“Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Bethel… And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha…”

2 Kings 2:2-3

And then Elijah said to Elisha:

“ And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the LORD hath sent me to Jordan… And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went…”

2 Kings 2:6,7

These references prove no single city in Israel was without true prophets. Only the prophecies that were important for future generations were included in the Scriptures. Those prophecies that were only for their time were not preserved.

About Adam it is written:

“And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam…”

Genesis 2:2 1

About Noah it is written:

“Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.”

Genesis 6:9

About Japheth it is written:

“God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.”

Genesis 9:27

About Shem it is written:

“Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.”

Genesis 9:26

“The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.”

Psalm 110:4

About Eber it is written:

“And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided…”

Genesis 10:25

These were the old prophets who served the Lord before father Abraham was born. Since Abraham’s time we have had the following:

Balaam’ and his father, Job from the land of Oz, Eliphaz the Yemenite, Bildad the Shuhite, Zopher the Naamite, and Elihu son of  Berachel the Buzite.

These old prophets were born before the Law was given on Mount Sinai. But after the Ten Commandments were given to Israel, the LORD no longer raised up prophets from among the Gentiles. [26]

How do we know exactly when the LORD stopped raising up Gentile prophets?

Because Moses wrote:

“For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.”

Exodus 33:16

“And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels…”

Exodus 34:10

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The Destruction of Samaria

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The Destruction of Samaria

Shallum, son of Jabesh, murdered King Zechariah of Israel and ruled after him for one month from Samaria.

“For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.”

2 Kings 15:14

“In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria.”

2 Kings 15:17

“In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years.”

2 Kings 15:23

“In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years.”

2Kings 15:27

“In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign. Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.”

2 Kings 15:32-33

“In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign. Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem…”

2 Kings 16:1- 2

In the 17th year of the reign of Pekah:

“For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day… For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel… And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king. And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters…”

2 Chronicles 28:6,19,7-8

In the 20th year of the reign of Pekah:

“And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham.. And it was told the house of David… Then said the LORD unto Isaiah… And say unto him… Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel… saying, Let us go up against Judah, and vex it… Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.”

Isaiah 7:1-6

It is written:

“And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria. And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him…”

2 Kings 16:8-9

In the 20th year of the reign of Pekah:

“…came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.”

2 Kings 15:29

Tiglathpilneser took the golden calf, which was in Dan, with him to Assyria.

It is also written:

“And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not. For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the LORD, and out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of Assyria: but he helped him not.”

2 Chronicles 28:20-21

After Hoshea had heard the prophet say the reign of Pekah “shall not continue,” the scripture says:

“And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.”

2 Kings 15:30

That was in the fourth year of the reign of king Ahaz of Judah. Why does the scripture count it as the 20th year of Jotham and not the fourth year of Ahaz? It is possible they co-ruled for four years, making this both the 20th year of Jotham and the fourth year of Ahaz.

“Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant...”

2 Kings 17:3

Ahaz, the king of Judah, and Hoshea, the king of Israel, were subjects of the king of Assyria for eight years.

Starting in the 12th year of the reign of Ahaz:

“And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh…”

1 Chronicles 5:26

He took the golden calf from Bethel to Assyria with him. This confirms what is written:

“It shall be also carried unto Assyria…”

Hosea 10:6

About this it is written:

“Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.”

Amos 3:12

This also fulfilled the prophecy:

“Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus…”

Amos 5:27

Guards were placed at the border of Israel and Judah, by Jeroboam son of Nebat, in order to prevent Israelites from crossing into Judah to worship at the Temple, but since the golden calves had now been taken to Assyria, King Hoshea of Israel ordered the border guards to be removed.

The kings of Israel followed in the ways of Jeroboam, but of Hosea it is written:

“And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.”

2 Kings 17:2

If Hosea did not worship the idols, why did Israel go into exile?

Because Hosea went to the kings of Egypt for help instead of seeking the LORD, when he learned the king of Assyria was planning to attack Israel for the third time and take them into exile.

“In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.”

2 Kings 17:1

“In the ninth year of Hoshea...”

(2 Kings 17:6)

Hoshea became king of Israel in the fourth year of Ahaz. Why does this verse say “the twelfth year?”

When Hosea took the throne, he revolted against the king of Assyria, and the revolt lasted nine years. So he was not a truly independent king until “the twelfth year of Ahaz’”

It is written:

“And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea…”

2 Kings 17:4

“And it came to pass in the fourth[27] year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it. And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.”

2 Kings 18:9-10

The king of Assyria exiled the people of Israel and settled others in their land.

“And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon…”

2 Kings 17:24

“the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, [and] the Elamites, And the rest of the nations…”

Ezra 4:9-10

“and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.”

2 Kings 17:24

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From the twenty-second chapter we have shown the following chronology listed in years from creation:

Northern Kingdom of Israel

Menahem’s reign

Pekahiah’s reign

Pekah’s reign

First wave of captivity of Israel

Hoshea’s reign

Samaria fell

3154-3164

3164-3166

3166-3186

3186

3187-3205

3205

Southern Kingdom of Judah

Jotham’s reign

Ahaz’s reign

Hezekiah’s reign

3167-3183

3183-3199

3199-3228

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217

Hezekiah

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Hezekiah

It is written:

“Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.”

2 Kings 18:13

There were eight years between the first and second deportation of the Northern Kingdom and eight years between the second and third, when all of Israel was taken. Eight years later Sennacherib attacked Judah.[28]

This confirms what is written:

“Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.”

Isaiah 8:23

Rabbi Joshua said: Sennacherib made a serious error.

“In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod…”

Isaiah 20:1

He subdued the Ammonites and Moabites that had helped him besiege Samaria for those three years,

This confirmed what is written:

“But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.”

Isaiah 16:14

About that time period, it is written:

“And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem… there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household...”

2 Kings 18:17-18

“So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.”

2 Kings 19:5-7

What rumor did he hear?

“And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying…”

2 Kings 19:9

He carried off Shebna, the scribe, and his group. After conquering the best part of the land of Nubia, he attacked Jerusalem.

This fulfilled what is written by the prophet Isaiah:

“The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.”

Isaiah 45:14

The “labor of Egypt” is Pharaoh’s army, and the “merchandise of Ethiopia,” represents Tirhakah, the king of Nubia, the “Sabeans” are their armies, and when they “come over” refers to Jerusalem. “They shall come after thee” refers to Hezekiah, and “they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication” refers to them praising the Lord, and saying “Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.”

At that moment,

“And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah… And when they had called to the king…”

2 Kings 18:17-18

“Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah… This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him;

Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord… I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.”

2 Kings 19:20-24

“And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.”

2 Kings 19:35

All the kings were dead but they still wore their crowns on their heads.

Hezekiah fell ill three days before Sennacherib and his army was destroyed by the angel.

Rabbi Yose said, “The fall of Sennacherib was on the third day of Hezekiah’s illness and the sun stood still as a witness against Sennacherib for the sake of Ahaz.”

It is written:

“Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward.”

Isaiah 38:8

On that very day, Sennacherib traveled through all ten of the way stations.

It is written:

“He is come to Aiath…They are gone over the passage… Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim… Madmenah is removed… As yet shall he remain at Nob that day…”

Isaiah 10:28-32

Sennacherib attacked in the eleventh year of a Jubilee cycle – which was also the fourth year of a Sabbatical cycle.

And it is written:

“And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.”

Isaiah 37:30

Sennacherib attacked just before Passover, so they did not plant or sow and had to eat what was left from the previous year’s harvest. It says “and the second year that which springeth of the same,” because Sennacherib’s warriors had cut down all fruit trees. But it also says “in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.”

This teaches there was only one year left of the Sabbatical cycle.

After Sennacherib fell, Hezekiah ordered the release of the multitudes that were brought to him in chains; they were all witnesses of the Lord’s deliverance and accepted the Lord and the true king of heaven.

“Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem.”

2 Chronicles 29:1

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From the twenty-third chapter we have shown the following chronology listed in years from creation:

Northern Kingdom of Judah

Hezekiah’s reign

Sennacherib attacks Judah

Manasseh’s reign

3199-3228

3213

3228-3283

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217

Manasseh to Jehoiakim

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Manasseh to Jehoiakim

“Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem”

2 Chronicles 33:1, 2 Kings 21:1

King Manasseh of Judah was exiled to Babylon in the 22nd year of his reign and the idol made by Micah was taken along with him.

It is written:

“And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.”

Judges 18:30

Manasseh repented before the Lord, but spent 33 years captive in Babylon before his death.

“Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem.”

2 Chronicles 33:21, 2 Kings 21:19

“And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh did.”

2 Kings 21:20

“but Amon trespassed more and more.”

2 Chronicles 33:23

Amon banned the Torah entirely from Israel.

“Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.”

2 Chronicles 34:1, 2 Kings 22:1

“And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah…”

2 Kings 22:3

This was the year a copy of the Torah was found in the Temple and Josiah commanded the Temple be renovated. It was 218 years from the renovation of the Temple under Joash to the renovation of the Temple under Josiah.

Why was the Temple renovated so quickly in the days of Joash?

“For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim.”

2 Chronicles 24:7

This was the year Josiah repented:

“And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart…”

2 Kings 23:25

Josiah hid the Ark of the Covenant as it is written:

“And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders...”

2 Chronicles 35:3

“In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he (Necho) slew him (Josiah) at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

2 Kings 23:29

“But he (Necho) sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? ... Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him… And the archers shot at king Josiah… His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died...”

2 Chronicles 35:21-24

Jeremiah composed a song for Josiah’s funeral entitled “The spirit of the life of the anointed of the LORD was caught in the pit.”

“And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead. Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.”

2 Kings 23:30-31

“And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath… And Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim…”

2 Kings 23:33-34

“Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.”

2 Kings 23:36

Jehoiakim was two years older than his brother.

“In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying…”

Jeremiah 26:1

“That which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying…”

Jeremiah 25:2

So says the LORD, the God of Israel:

“Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings…”

Jeremiah 25:5

The LORD warned them time after time but they would not listen. He repeatedly prophesied about them:

“Then will I make this house like Shiloh…”

Jeremiah 26:6

“In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck, And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab… Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel… And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant… And all nations shall serve him… the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon… that nation will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.”

Jeremiah 27:1-8

At that time, Jehoiakim killed Uriah, the prophet.

It is written:

“And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword…”

Jeremiah 26:23

Jeremiah prophesied the same things Uriah prophesied, except:

“Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah…”

Jeremiah 26:24

“The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles; Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho king of Egypt…”

Jeremiah 46:1-2

Nebuchadnezzar conquered Nineveh in his first year and by his second year, he had conquered Judah and King Jehoiakim.

It is written:

“Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.”

2 Kings 24:1

“And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates.”

2 Kings 24:7

It was in the fourth year of King Jehoiakim of Judah that judgment was sealed for the exiles of Israel and for Jerusalem. Jerusalem would now drink the cup of the wine of the Lord’s wrath.

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From the twenty-fourth chapter we have shown the following chronology listed in years from creation:

Northern Kingdom of Judah

Manasseh’s reign

Amon’s reign

Josiah’s reign

Temple renovated – last renovation + 218 years

Jehoahaz II’s reign

Jehoiakim’s reign

3228

3283

3285

3302

3316

3316

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217

Jehoiakim to Zedekiah

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Jehoiakim to Zedekiah

“In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.”

Daniel 1:1

If Nebuchadnezzar became king in the fourth year of the reign of King Jehoiakim of Judah, why does scripture say Jehoiakim’s third year? The scriptures are referring to the third year of his revolt.

Jeremiah wrote:

“This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year…”

Jeremiah 52:28

But in another place, he wrote:

“the king of Babylon took him (Jehoiachin) in the eighth year of his reign. (Nebuchadnezzar’s reign)”

2 Kings 24:12

Why does one verse say the “seventh” year and the other the “eighth” year? 2 Kings is referring to the eight years since Nebuchadnezzar became king and Jeremiah is referring to the seven years after Jehoiakim became his servant.

It is written:

“And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar…”

Daniel 1:2

“He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.”

Jeremiah 22:19

“Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.”

2Chronicles 36:6

These verses describe Jehoiakim’s death. As soon as he was arrested, he was dragged by horses until he died, fulfilling the prophecy of “drawn and cast forth.”

“And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.”

2 Kings 24:14

“This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty”

Jeremiah 52:28

The 7,000 remaining people came from Benjamin and the other tribes.

“his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.”

2 Kings 24:15

In one place it is written:

“Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem”

2 Chronicles 36:9

In another place it is written:

“Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.”

2 Kings 24:8

Why does one verse say “eight” years old and the other say “eighteen” years old?

Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign. This happened eighteen years after the LORD decreed he should go into exile. Jehoiachin went into exile in the middle of a Jubilee cycle, which also was the fourth year of a Sabbatical cycle.

And so it is written:

“And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD…”

2 Chronicles 36:10

The most “goodly vessel” of the Temple was the Ark of the Covenant.”

“And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.”

2 Kings 24:17

“Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.”

2 Kings 24:18

“And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me… Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the LORD'S house…”

Jeremiah 28:1-3

Hanaiah made this mistake because he misinterpreted Jeremiah’s prophecy about Elam.

“Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.”

Jeremiah 49:35

“So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.”

Jeremiah 28:17

“Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives…”

Jeremiah 29:1

“Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives… Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters… And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives…”

Jeremiah 29:4-7

It is also written:

“For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you…”

Jeremiah 29:10

Zedekiah and Seraiah went before King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia in the fourth year of Zedekiah’s reign. He was then allowed to return to his kingdom in Jerusalem.

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From the twenty-fifth chapter we have shown the following chronology listed in years from creation:

Kings of Judah

Jehoiakim’s reign

Nebuchadnezzar besieges Jerusalem and

takes first set of captives

Jehoiachin’s reign

Zedekiah’s reign

3316-3327

3319

3327

3327-3338

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Ezekiel

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Ezekiel

“Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month…”

Ezekiel 1:1

This was 30 years after the Book of the Law was found and the Temple was renovated.

In the fourth year:

“In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity, The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi…”

Ezekiel 1:2-3

“Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib… I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.”

Ezekiel 3:15

After seven days the LORD said to him:

“Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it… For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days…”

Ezekiel 4:4-5

The house of Israel had continued to anger the LORD for 390 years; from the time they entered the land until they left it. [29]

“And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days…”

Ezekiel 4:6

The house of Judah had angered the LORD for 40 years, dated from the time the Ten Tribes were exiled to Assyria to the destruction of Jerusalem. This period totaled of 430 years. [30]

“And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me.”

Ezekiel 8:1

Both Aholah (Israel) and Aholibah (Judah) rebelled against the LORD. When Zedekiah rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon he put his trust in the king of Egypt. Both Israel and Judah trusted in kings of Egypt. Both were exiled in three successive waves. They both suffered a three year besiegement and both ate the flesh of their children.

It is written:

“Thou (Jerusalem) hast walked in the way of thy sister (Samaria); therefore will I give her cup into thine hand.”

Ezekiel 23:31

King Nebuchadnezzar’s army besieged Jerusalem in the eighth year of King Zedekiah.

“Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt…”

Jeremiah 37:5

Nebuchadnezzar’s army swept through Gaza, and then returned to Egypt.

“Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day.”

Ezekiel 24:1-2

This “same day” was the tenth of Tevet.

“In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:”

Ezekiel 29:1-2

“Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is thine to buy it. So Hanameel mine uncle's son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine… Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.”

Jeremiah 32:7-7

“And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt…”

Ezekiel 30:20-21

“And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness?”

Ezekiel 31:1-2

“And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste:”

Ezekiel 26:1-2

Fifty-two days after the destruction of the Temple, on Tishrei 3, Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, and those that were with them, were put to death at Mizpah. The majority of the survivors left for Egypt taking Jeremiah and Baruch with them.

“And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.”

Ezekiel 33:21

“And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations…”

Ezekiel 32:1- 2

“It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down…”

Ezekiel 32:17-18

From these verses we learn the LORD showed Ezekiel the Egyptians would also be destroyed.

In his 23rd year, Nebuchadnezzar conquered Tyre. He took all the Jews out of the surrounding countries of Ammon and Moab, a total of 745 Jews.

In his 27th year, Nebuchadnezzar conquered Egypt. He plundered it to pay his army. At that time he also took Jeremiah and Baruch back to Babylon.

“In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, [31] in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and brought me thither.”

Ezekiel 40:1

On that Yom Kippur, the LORD showed Ezekiel a vision of the future Temple.

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From the twenty-sixth chapter we have shown the following chronology listed in years from creation:

390 years

40 years

Ezekiel taken to Babylon (587 BC)

Ezekiel prophesies

Nebuchadnezzar conquers Tyre

Nebuchadnezzar conquers Egypt

2957-3347

3347-3387

3328

3332

3342

3346

It is difficult to find the actual 390 and 40 years Israel and Judah existed in rebellion. Theories have been purposed that subtracting the reigns of the good kings from the evil kings produces the correct number of years, but the years of punishment can be calculated this way:

The 390 years plus the 40 years total 430 years. If Solomon’s apostasy began in 2957 AM, which is within the last decade of his life, then this prophecy ends at 3387 AM, or the date of Cyrus’s decree granting the Jews and Israelites the freedom to go back to Jerusalem!

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The Fall of Jerusalem

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The Fall of Jerusalem

“And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about. So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land. Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain.  But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him. Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him. And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah. Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.”

Jeremiah 52:4-11

“And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:”

2 Kings 25:8

In one verse it is written:

“Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar…”

Jeremiah 52:12

And in another verse it is written:

“In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar…”

Jeremiah 52:29

Why do some verses say his nineteenth year and another say eighteenth year? It was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign but the eighteenth year since he had conquered Jehoiakim.

Why does one verse say the seventh of the month and the other verse say the tenth of the month? The Babylonians entered the Temple on the seventh of the month and carried off the basin with its foundation and the pillars. They continued chipping away at the temple on the seventh, eighth, and the ninth until that evening. [32]

It is written:

“Prepare ye war against her (Jerusalem); arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.”

Jeremiah 6:4

The Babylonians set fire to the Temple. It burned all through the night from the ninth and into the tenth of Av.

About that generation it is written:

“I (God) know their imagination…before I have brought them into the land which I sware.”

Deuteronomy 31:21

It is also written:

“For I (Moses) know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck…”

Deuteronomy 31:27

“For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves…”

Deuteronomy 31:29

It is written about Zedekiah:

“And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God… Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much… And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets… Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary… And all the vessels of the house of God, all these he brought to Babylon… And they burnt the house of God… And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon… To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.”

2 Chronicles 36:13- 21

Rabbi Yose said “No one passed through Judah for 52 years.”

It is written:

“For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.”

Jeremiah 9:10

Rabbi Yose said “This verse was fulfilled over a seven-year period.” [33]

“And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land.”

Jeremiah 52:27

“eight hundred thirty and two persons:”

Jeremiah 52:29

There were three deportations by Nebuchadnezzar:

…4,600… There were 7,000 from Benjamin and the other tribes that went into exile with Jehoiachin…  [34]

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From the twenty-seventh chapter we have shown the following chronology listed in years from creation:

Jerusalem falls  - entrance of the land + 850

70 years of Babylonian captivity

Cyrus decree

3338

3319-3387

3387

The 70-year Captivity (607-537 BC) began with the first attack by Nebuchadnezzar and ended with the decree of Cyrus.

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Daniel

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Daniel

“And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.”

Daniel 2:1

“And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison.”

Jeremiah 52:31

Another verse says

“And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison.”

2 Kings 25:27

Why does one verse say the 25th day and the other verse say the 27th? It was on the 25th that Nebuchadnezzar died and was buried. On the 26th, Evil-merodach had him dug up and dragged though the streets. This was a custom to show the people that all of Nebuchadnezzar’s decrees were annulled at his death.

This fulfilled what is written:

“But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch…”

Isaiah 14:19

Evil-merodach set Jehoiachin free on the 27th. Shortly after this, Zedekiah died. This fulfilled what is written:

“But thou shalt die in peace…”

Jeremiah 34:5

Nebuchadnezzar reigned 45 years. Evil-merodach reigned after his father, Nebuchadnezzar, 23 years. Belshazzar reigned after his father, Evil-merodach, three years.

“In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream…”

Daniel 7:1

“In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel…”

Daniel 8:1

“Belshazzar the king made a great feast… Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem… Then they brought the golden vessels… and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them. They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver… In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote… Then the king's countenance was changed…”

Daniel 5:1-6

It is written:

“that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. And Darius the Mede took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.”

Daniel 5:30-31

Why does this verse mention Darius was 62 years old? This shows that on the day Nebuchadnezzar entered the Temple of the LORD, when Jehoiachin was reigning in Judah, his arch-enemy Darius was born.

The night Belshazzar died and Darius took the kingdom was exactly 70 years after Nebuchadnezzar became king of Babylon and 69 years after he conquered Jehoiakim.

“In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes…”

Daniel 9:1

“Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him. And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.”

Daniel 11:1-2

The three rulers that come after Darius the Mede[35] are:

1. Cyrus (should be Cambyses)

2. Ahasurerus (should be Smerdis)

3. Darius I, who built the Temple

The fourth, who is “far richer than they all,” is the fourth king of Media.

Kings of Persia from Daniel 11:1-2

Darius the Mede

1 Cambyses

2 Pseudo-Smerdis

3 Darius I

4 Xerxes I

Xerxes attacks Greece

BC Dates

536-530

530-522

522

522-486

486-465

480

AM Dates

3389-3395

3451

BC dates taken from NIV Study Bible

It is written:

“And Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus.”

Daniel 1:21

At that time, the Archangel Gabriel said to Daniel:

“At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee… Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah[36] the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.”

Daniel 9:23-27

Rabbi Yose said: The 70 weeks are figured from the destruction of the First Temple to the destruction of the Second Temple. The seven took place while they were still in Babylonian exile. Then the one week took place while they were moving back into the land. Finally there were 62 weeks to the destruction of the Second Temple.

Rabbi Yose also said: It was 70 years between the destruction of the First Temple to the dedication of the Second Temple. Add to that 410 [420] years and we come to the 490 years of the prophecy which ended at the destruction of the Second Temple. [37]

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From the twenty-eighth chapter we have shown the following chronology listed in years from creation:

Kingdom of Babylon

Nebuchadnezzar  (45 year reign)    (607 BC)

Start of the 70 years

Nebuchadnezzar takes first set of captives

Nebuchadnezzar takes second set of captives

Nebuchadnezzar destroys the temple   (586 BC)

Evil-merodach  (23 year reign)

Belshazzar  (3 year reign)

Babylon falls to Cyrus   (537 BC)

End of the 70 years

3319

3328

3338

3364

3387

3389

Kingdom of Persia

Cyrus

Darius the Mede (536-530 BC)

Cambyses (530-522 BC)

Pseudo-Smerdis or Gaumata (522 BC)

Darius I (522-486 BC)

Xerxes I (486-465 BC)

Xerxes attempts to conquer Greece (480 BC)

Artaxerxes I (465-424 BC)

3388-3394

3394-3402

3402

3402-3438

3438-3459

3459-3500

BC dates taken from NIV Study Bible

Daniel’s Prophecies

Daniel taken to Babylon  (607 BC)

Third year of Jehoiakim

Daniel 2   (Second year of Nebuchadnezzar)

Daniel 7   (First year of Belshazzar)

Daniel 8   (Third year of Belshzzar)

Daniel 9   (First year of Darius, son of Xerxes)

Daniel 10 (Third year of Cyrus)

Daniel 11 (First year of Darius the Mede)

3319

3320

3387

3389

3390

3390

Yose’s two theories and the Archangel Gabriel

Neither of Yose’s two theories could be correct because the Archangel Gabriel clearly said the prophecy begins with the “going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem.” The event that began the 70 Weeks has nothing to do with the Temple. Next, the Messiah would die and the Temple would be destroyed. Then the final week occurs. This theory of Yose was simply his way of not having to deal with the fact that the Messiah had already come. Notice how each time an error occurs, the Seder gives the Scripture correctly in order to contradict the heretical teaching given by the apostate rabbis.

Rabbi Yose:

Looking at Rabbi Yose’s first theory, we can see three errors that prove his theory can’t be correct.

1.        There were 50 years, not 49 years (seven weeks) from the destruction of the first Temple to the decree of Cyrus.

2.        The seven years (one week) comes after the Messiah not before.

3.        The 434 years (62 weeks) would end at 96 BC, which misses the Messiah’s death by at least 38 years and misses the destruction of the Second Temple by at least 74 years.

Looking at Rabbi Yose’s second theory we can see two errors:

1.        70 + 410 = 480 not 490

2.        Using either set of numbers we would come to either 56 BC or 46 BC, still far away from the date of the destruction of the Second Temple.

Archangel Gabriel:

Looking carefully at Gabriel’s prophecy we see the 70 Weeks start is at the command to rebuild the city of Jerusalem. It has nothing to do with the Temple. This decree was given by Ataxerxes to Nehemiah in 444 BC (See Nehemiah 2:1, & 13:6).

Early church father Julius Africanus, in fragment 16, gives the calculations from his book entitled “On the Weeks and This Prophecy.” Julius says that the decree that started the “70 weeks” prophecy of Daniel 9 commenced when Artaxerxes gave the decree in his 20th year.

Julius gives details on how to calculate this, saying you must first convert the 490 years from the Jewish calendar to the Roman calendar to get the exact year of the death of Jesus. He mentions that the heretic Marcion was beginning to be successful in convincing some Christians that Jesus never fulfilled prophesies in this manor. Then the fragment ends.

Years later, a man by the name of Sir Robert Anderson recreated the conversion process as follows:

First the 69 weeks of years ends with the Messiah’s death. Then the last week occurs. So we must take seven years off of the 490. This leaves 483 years between the decree to the death of the Messiah.

We convert from the Jewish calendar to the Roman calendar this way:

483 years times 360 days per year (the sacred Jewish calendar) comes out to 173,880 days. 173,880 days on the Roman calendar comes out to be 476 years and 21 days. (476 x 365.25 = 173859 and 173880-173859 = 21) 476 years from March 14th 444 BC comes out to be March 14th AD 31. We add one year because there was no ‘0’ year between AD and BC and then add the 21 days. The final date arrives at April 6, 32 AD, the exact day the Messiah died!

So we can see that the Archangel had it right. For absolute proof this is the correct method of dating Daniel’s timeline prophecies, see Chapter 31.

Rabbinical quotes:

When witnessing to Jews, most will say Daniel’s 70 weeks prophecy has nothing to do with the Messiah; but the ancient rabbinical writings, including the Talmud, state the prophecy does refer to the King Messiah. Here is a small list of quotes:

“Daniel has elucidated to us the knowledge of the end times. However, since they are secret, the wise [rabbis] have barred the calculation of the days of Messiah’s coming so that the untutored populace will not be led astray when they see that the End Times have already come but there is no sign of the Messiah.”

Maimonides: Igeret Teiman, Chapter 3

“The anointed King is destined to stand up and restore the Davidic Kingdom to its antiquity, to the first sovereignty. He will build the Temple in Jerusalem and gather the strayed ones of Israel together. All laws will return in his days as they were before: Sacrificial offerings are offered and the Sabbatical years and Jubilees are kept, according to all its precepts that are mentioned in the Torah. Whoever does not believe in him, or whoever does not wait for his coming, not only does he defy the other prophets, but also the Torah and Moses our teacher… Bar Kokhba, claimed that he was King Messiah. He and all the Sages of his generation deemed him King Messiah, until he was killed by sins; only since he was killed, they knew that Bar Kokhba was not the Messiah.”

Maimonides: Mishneh Torah, Hilkhot Melakhim Umilchamoteihem, Chapter 11.

“These times (Daniel’s 70 Weeks) were over long ago.”

Rabbi Judah: Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin.

“I have examined and searched all the Holy Scriptures and have not found the time for the coming of Messiah clearly fixed, except in the words of Gabriel to the prophet Daniel, which are written in the 9th chapter of the prophecy of Daniel.”

Rabbi Moses Abraham Levi

“Similarly, one should not try to calculate the appointed time [for the coming of Messiah]. Our Sages declared: [Sanhedrin 97b] ‘May the spirits of those who attempt to calculate the final time [of Messiah’s coming] expire!’ Rather, one should await [his coming] and believe in the general conception of the matter, as we have explained.”

Maimonides: Mishneh Torah, Hilkhot Melakhim Umilchamoteihem, Chapter 12

“…all we need is to do teshuva until Messiah comes, for all the predestined dates for the redemption have already passed.”

Talmud: Sanhedrin 97b

“All the time limits for redemption (the coming of Messiah) have passed and the matter now depends only on repentance and good deeds.”

Babylonian Talmud: Rabbi Rabh

Temple Miracles

In addition to this, the Talmud records Temple miracles stopped occurring about 40 years before the destruction of the Temple:

“The lot for the goat to be sacrificed ceased to come up on the hand of the High Priest as previously; the crimson cloth they put out on Yom Kippur (a Jewish festival) would not turn white as it had before.”

Talmud: Rosh Hashanah 31b

“The western light would not keep burning as before, and the doors of the Temple would no longer open by themselves.”

Talmud: Yoma 39b

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Ezra and Esther

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Ezra and Esther

“Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled[38], the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel.”

Ezra 1:1-3

“Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.”

Ezra 1:5

“The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore, Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven…”

Ezra 2:64-65

“And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them because of the people of those countries.”

Ezra 3:3

“They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.”

Ezra 3:7

Cyrus reigned less than three[39] years.

“And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.”

Ezra 4:6

“Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.”

Ezra 4:24

Esther [40]

“In the third year of his reign, he made a feast…”

Esther 1:3

Esther spent four years in the fortress of Susa awaiting an audience with the king.

“So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.”

Esther 2:16

Haman horded his riches for five years, but in the end, God gave them to Mordecai.

“In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman …”

Esther 3:7

On the 13th of Nisan, Haman wrote letters:

“…to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews…”

Esther 3:13

Esther appeared before the king in the 15th of Nisan. Haman was hung on the 16th. Mordecai wrote a letter to counter the assault against the Jews on the 23rd of Nisan.

On the 13th of Adar:

“Thus the Jews smote all their enemies…”

Esther 9:5

“The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman…”

Esther 9:12

“On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.”

Esther 9:11

The Persian Kings

It is written:

“For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.”

Jeremiah 29:10

“In the first year of his (Darius) reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem[41].”

Daniel 9:2

The Jews were in captivity in Babylon for 52 years before being freed by Cyrus.[42] Cyrus continued his reign after he conquered Babylon for only three years. Then Ahasuerus ruled for 14 years, followed by Darius.[43] In the second year

of the reign of Darius, the Temple was rebuilt.[44]

From Cyrus’ decree to dedication of the new Temple

Seder Olam

Daniel 11, Ezra 6

Cyrus                              3 co-rule

Ahasuerus*              14

Darius I                              6

Total                            20

Cyrus              co-ruled w/Darius

Darius the Mede              6

Cambyses                             8

Pseudo-Smerdis              0

Darius I                             6

Total                                          20

*Cambyses’ six-year co-rule with Darius the Mede and Cyrus, and eight-year sole-rule.

It is written by the prophet Zachariah:

“Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?”

Zachariah 1:12

The Temple was finished in only four years, as it is written:

“And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.”

Ezra 6:15

Ezra came from Babylon with the other returnees the following year. They arrived in time for the one-year anniversary of the Temple’s dedication.

It is written:

“This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given… And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king. And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king. For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him. For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.”

Ezra 7:6-10

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From the twenty-ninth chapter we have shown the following chronology listed in years from creation and BC dates:

Kings of Persia

Cyrus

Ahasuerus

Temple construction stops ( +1)

Esther becomes queen (+3)

Esther taken to the king (+7)

Haman orders Jews killed (+12)

Feast of Esther (+12)

BC Dates

AM Dates

Darius the Mede

Cambyses

Pseudo-Smerdis

Darius I

Temple construction began +2

Temple finished (518 BC) +6

Xerxes I

Xerxes attacks Greece

Artaxerxes I

536-530

530-522

522

522-486

518

515

486-465

480

465-424

3388-3394

3394-3402

3402

3402-3438

3438-3459

3444

3459-3500

BC dates taken from NIV Study Bible

We are unsure which Ahasuerus is the king mentioned in Esther, so dates for him are left off. Under Ahasuerus each number indicates the year of his reign the event occurred.

In Chapter 31, we will see proof that Darius’ decree and the start of Temple construction took place in 517 BC. There is only a one year difference with the calculations listed above. Depending upon when the New Year took place, it may only have been a matter of a couple of months between the new decree and the actual beginning of construction.

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Nehemiah to the end of the 2nd Temple

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Nehemiah to the end of the Second Temple

“The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah…”

Neh. 1:1

Nehemiah spent 12 years in the land of Israel. He repaired the wall, as prophesied by Daniel, and organized the returnees into cities and lands.

It is written:

“But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the king.”

Neh. 13:6

Nehemiah stayed in Israel for 12 years, from the 20th year of Artaxerxes to the 32nd year of his reign.

Behold, it says:

“And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.”

Ezra 6:14

There are only two Persian kings mentioned by name in scripture: Cyrus and Darius, and only two for Media: Darius and Ahasuerus. That is explained by the fact that Cyrus is Darius who is also Artaxerxes. The kingdom itself is called Artaxerxes.[45] The kings of Media/Persia ruled for 210 years total before the coming of Alexander the Great. [46]

“So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities. And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.”

Neh. 7:73-8:1

And it is written:

“And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Joshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so.”

Neh. 8:17

Ezra taught the people the way they lived under the rule of Joshua. He taught them about the tithes, to observe the Sabbatical and Jubilee years, and how they were happiest living sanctified before the LORD in their walled cities. Ezra commanded all the people to practice the same lifestyle.

Therefore it is written:

“And there was very great gladness.”

Neh. 8:17

And it is written:

“And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it.”

Deuteronomy 30:5

Just as Scripture declares your forefathers’ inheritance of the land and a renewal, (which was the return under Ezra), so the declaration of your inheritance of this land has a promise of renewal. The verse states “thou shalt possess it,” which implies a future event. This very well could mean another “exile” and third “return.” [47]

“And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.”

Daniel 8:21

“And a mighty king shall stand up… And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven;”

Daniel 11:3-4

Both the “goat” and “mighty king” were Alexander the Great from Macedonia. Alexander ruled for 12 years. Up until that time, there were still prophets prophesying under the control of the Holy Spirit.

[From this point through the end of the Seder Olam, the Hebrew text shows considerable rewriting. It is out of order, and has been very poorly preserved.]

Rabbi Yose said: the Persian Empire continued to exist for 24 years after the new Temple was completed.[48] The Grecian Empire ruled after Persia for 180 years. After the fall of the Grecian Empire, the Hasmonean Dynasty, starting under Judas Macabee, ruled Israel for 103 years. Then under Roman rule, the kingdom of Herod existed for 103 years before the Temple was destroyed.

Years of Rabbi Yose compared to documented history:

Yose

History

Temple built to fall of Persia

Fall of Persia to fall of Greece

Fall of Greece to coming of Rome

Coming of Rome to end of Temple

24

180

103

103

192

161

100

134

Total

410

587

On the Babylonian calendar, the destruction of the Second Temple was the year 1000 of the Seleucid Era.[49]

The eight kings of the Grecian Empire were:  Alexander the Great, Antipater, Ptolemy, Seleuc.., Sntruc.., Antonius, Antiochus[50], Gaius[51], and Caligula[52]. There were 80 years between the Varus’ war to Vespasian’s war in which the Temple was destroyed. There were 24 years between Vespasian’s war and Quietus’ war. There were 16 years between Quietus’ war and the Bar Kokba rebellion. The Bar Kokba rebellion lasted two years and six months. So the end of the Bar Kokba rebellion[53] took place 22 years after the destruction of the Second Temple.

It is said of old: Both the First and Second Temples were destroyed on a Sabbath, at the end of a sabbatical year, on the ninth of Av. Both times the priests were standing in the Temple singing the following psalm:

“And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.”

Psalm 94:23

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From the thirtieth chapter we have shown the following chronology listed in years from creation:

Cyrus takes Babylon

Beginning of Persian rule

Artaxerxes

Nehemiah  given decree

Nehemiah  returns

Alexander the Great (12 years)

End of Persian rule

Date BC

536

465-424

444

432

336-323

326

Date AM

3388

3459-3500

3521

3533

3588-3601

3598

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Nehemiah to the end of the 2nd Temple

History after the

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Cyrus to 1948

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Cyrus to the 1967 six Day War

This chapter is an addition to the ancient text of the Seder Olam, continuing where it left off. We want to prove that the dates on this time line are accurate. From Creation to the decree of Cyrus is 3,389 years. Not only the Seder Olam, but also the Jewish Timeline Encyclopedia, Babylonian Talmud, Jerusalem Talmud, and other works as well attest to this fact.

We have seen the proper way of calculating the timeline prophecy of Daniel, Chapter 9. From the command to rebuild the city of Jerusalem, which occurred on March 14th, 444 BC, to the death of the Messiah, which occurred on April 6th, 32 AD, was 173,880 days.  See Chapter 28 for full details.

We have also seen the Seder Olam points to another exile and return of the Jews to their homeland. Modern history shows the third return occurred on May 14, 1948 AD.

If we can prove the exact number of years of a fulfilled prophecy from the decree of Cyrus to the war of 1948 AD, then we can calculate the exact number of years from Creation to 1948 AD.

Symbolic Prophecy

To start off, you will remember that Ezekiel laid on one side for 390 days and on his other side for 40 days. The LORD caused the prophet to represent Israel and Judah in their sin. In Chapter 28, we saw by adding the 390 years and the 40 years and starting when Solomon apostatized, we came to the exact date when the Jews were forgiven and allowed, by Cyrus’ decree, to return to the land of Israel. In this same way, there is a prophecy that gives the time between Cyrus’ decree and the War of Independence fought by the Israelis in 1948.

Cyrus’ Decree

In Daniel Chapter 4, God punished Nebuchadnezzar for his pride, by causing him to go insane and act like an animal for seven years. At the end of this time, he returned to his rightful place and praised the LORD. This is another embedded prophecy for Israel. Just as Nebuchadnezzar would not be restored to his land because of his sin until the appointed time, so the nation of Israel would not be restored to their land until their appointed time, which, we have seen, was the decree of Cyrus. But this prophecy goes a step further; from the time of their return from the seventy-year captivity to their third return would be seven “years of days.”

Here is how we calculate the years by converting from the Jewish calendar to the Roman calendar. This is exactly the same method we used for the 70 weeks prophecy in Chapter 28.

Just as the 70 “weeks” were actually 70 sets of seven years (or 490 years), so the seven years of days would be seven times 360 days – or 2,520 years. To convert them from Jewish years to Roman years, 2520 times 360 is 907,200 days. Taking the 907,200 days and multiplying them by 365.25 days per year we arrive at 2,483 years and 285 days on the Roman calendar.

The decree of Cyrus was dated August 3rd, 537 BC. Add 2,483 years and 285 days to that date, plus one year (since there is no ‘0’ year between BC and AD). That calculation brings us to May 14, 1948 AD. This is the date when the U.N. accepted Israel as a state and the Muslims immediately attacked the new state of Israel. This is known in modern history as the War of Independence.

You want further proof? There is yet another symbolic timeline prophecy giving the years from Darius’ decree to another war, the one the Israelis fought in 1967.

Darius’ Decree

Daniel Chapter 5 records the handwriting on the wall. This event marked the destruction of the Babylonian Empire which controlled the Temple vessels. At Babylon’s destruction, control of the Temple vessels reverted to Israel.

The exact phrase written on the wall was “mena mena tekel uparsin.” Much like a “quarter” can be a $0.25 coin or a verb meaning to cut into 4 pieces, likewise these words have two meanings. Each is a unit of weight/money. A mena is 1000 garahs. A garah is a base unit like our penny. A tekel is the equivalent of the Hebrew shekel or 25 garahs. The peres is half a mena. So adding these coins together totals 2520 garahs.

This is another timeline prophecy based on 2520 Jewish years like that of the one for Cyrus.  Using the same way of calculation as above, we see the following:

Darius decreed the Jews could take back control of the Temple Mount so they could build a new Temple. This decree was dated August 19, 518 BC. Add to that date 2,483 years and 285 days, plus one year (since there is no ‘0’ year between BC and AD) and we arrive at June 1, 1967 AD. This was the date the Israelis took control of the Temple Mount.

So the giving of this “2520” prophecy, along with the Temple implements, shows the set number of years between when Israel received control of the Temple Mount under Darius and when they received control of the Temple Mount in 1967, during the Six Day War.

Conclusion

We have explained three timeline prophecies that were fulfilled to the exact day. There are two more timeline prophecies in Daniel 12 but they are yet future. Those will be made clear when they are fulfilled. Until then, we do not want to speculate on them.

So from Creation to the 1967 war is 5,890 years, and God is still in control. The year 2007 AD would be 5,930 years from Creation or 5930 AM. This puts Creation at 3924 BC.

Questions

You might ask why it seems we used the “corrected” dates on the three prophecies of Daniel but not on the other prophecies used in the Seder, such as Ezekiel’s 390 and 40 years, and the 430-year prophecy given to Abraham.

The answer is this: with a set of years less than 315, the difference is less than one year. Between 315 and 630 years, the difference is only between one and two years. Since we are not given the starting day of these smaller prophecies, it makes no difference which way you calculate them.

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Appendix A

Appendix A

Dates calculated from the Bible

Event

Ref.

Date

Adam created

Gen. 5

1

Seth born               Adam’s creation + 130

Gen. 5:3

130

Enos born               Seth’s birth + 108

Gen. 5:6

238

Cainan born               Enos birth + 90

Gen. 5:9

325

Mahalaleel born               Cainan’s birth + 70

Gen. 5:12

395

Jared born                 Mahalaleel’s birth + 68

Gen. 5:15

460

Enoch born                Jared’s birth + 68

Gen. 5:18

622

Methuselah born               Enoch’s birth + 162

Gen. 5:21

687

Lamech born               Methuselah’s birth + 65

Gen. 5:25

874

Noah born                Lamech’s birth + 187

Gen. 5:28

1056

The Flood                Noah’s birth  + 600

Gen. 7:6

1656

Arphaxad born               Flood + 2

Gen. 11:10

1658

Salah born               Arphaxad’s birth +35

Gen. 11:12

1693

Eber born                Salah’s birth + 30

Gen. 11:14

1723

Peleg born                Eber’s birth + 34

Gen. 11:16

1757

Reu born                Peleg’s birth + 30

Gen. 11:18

1787

Serug born                Reu’s birth + 32

Gen. 11:20

1819

Nahor born                Serug’s birth + 30

Gen. 11:22

1849

Terah born                Nahor’s birth + 29

Gen. 11:24

1878

Abraham born               Terah’s birth + 70

Gen. 11:26

1948

Abrahamic Covenant               Abraham leaving               Hebron - 5

Gen. 15

2018

Abraham leaves Hebron               Abraham’s birth +75

Gen. 12:4

2023

Isaac born                 Abraham’s birth + 100

Gen. 21:5

2048

Jacob born               Isaac’s birth +60

Gen. 25:26

2108

Israel goes into Egypt               Jacob’s birth + 130

Gen. 47:28

2238

Exodus                         Abraham’s covenant + 430

Gal. 3:17

2448

300 yr  anniversary in the Promised Land

Jud. 11:26

2788

Construction of Temple starts               Exodus + 480

1Ki. 6:1

2928

Solomon’s Temple dedicated                Construction + 7

1Ki. 6:38

2935

Solomon’s Temple destroyed               Dedication + 403

3338

Event

Ref.

Date

70 year Captivity starts

3319

70 year Captivity ends

Ezra 1:1

3389

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Appendix B

Appendix B

Jewish Months

The Two Jewish Calendars

Name

Corresponds with

Days

Civil

Sacred

Tishrei

Sept-Oct.

30 days

1st

7th

Heshvan

Oct-Nov.

29 or 30

2nd

8th

Kislev

Nov-Dec.

29 or 30

3rd

9th

Teveth

Dec-Jan.

29

4th

10th

Shvat

Jan-Feb.

30

5th

11th

Adar

Feb-Mar

29 or 30

6th

12th

Nisan

Mar-Apr

30

7th

1st

Iyar

Apr-May

29

8th

2nd

Sivan

May-June

30

9th

3rd

Tamuz

June-July

29

10th

4th

Av

July-Aug.

30

11th

5th

Elul

Aug.-Sept.

29

12th

6th

The Civil calendar is the only calendar used in Genesis and Exodus. When God told Moses to start numbering the days in the Spring, the sacred or religious calendar was created. From this point on, we must look at the passage to see which calendar is being used.

All the dates given in this book are based on the civil calendar. The civil calendar is the standard one used by Jews today. This is why the Jewish new year takes place in the Fall.

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Appendix C

Appendix C

Major Event Timeline

Creation to the Exodus:

This chart shows the first five major events in scripture.

1              Creation described in Genesis 1.

1656              The date of Noah’s flood can be calculated by Genesis 5 & 7.

1948              The date of Abraham’s birth can be calculated by Genesis 11.

2018              The covenant between God and Abraham takes place in Genesis 15.

2448              The date of the Exodus can be calculated by Galatians 3:16-17.

The Exodus to the return from Babylon:

This chart shows the next major events listed in scripture.

2935              The date of the dedication of Solomon’s Temple can be calculated by 1 Kings 6.

3338              The date of the destruction of Solomon’s Temple comes from the Seder Olam’s calculation of Kings and Chronicles.

3408              The date of the return from Babylon can be calculated from Nebuchadnezzar’s taking the first captives from Judah to Cyrus’ Decree.

The command to rebuild Jerusalem to the Messiah:

This chart shows the time period from the return of the Jews from the Babylonian captivity to the death of Jesus the Messiah.

444 BC              The date of the command given by Artaxerxes to Nehemiah to rebuild Jerusalem can be calculated from Nehemiah 2:1.

32 AD                            The date of the death of the Messiah can be calculated by the prophecy in Daniel 9.

Cyrus’ decree to the War of Independence (1948 AD)

This chart shows the time period from the decree of Cyrus to the War of Independence fought in AD 1948.  See Chapter 31 for full details.

537 BC              The date of the command given by Cyrus for the Jews to rebuild the Temple can be calculated from Ezra Chapter 1.

1948 AD              The date of the War of Independence, when Israel was officially recognized as a new state.

Darius’ decree to the Six Day War (1967 AD)

This chart shows the time period from the decree of Darius I to the Six Day War, in AD 1967.  See Chapter 31 for full details.

518 BC              The date of the command given by Darius I to continue to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem can be calculated from Ezra and Nehemiah.

1967 AD              The date of the Six Day War, when Israel took back control of the Temple Mount for the first time in over 1800 years.

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Appendix D

Appendix D

Chronological Timeline of the Seder

Creation to Abraham

1-1948

Adam

1

Seth

130

Enos

235

Cainan

325

Mahalaleel

395

Jared

460

Enoch

622

Methuselah

687

Lamech

874

Adam dies

930

Enoch Raptured

987

Noah

Tishrei 1, 1056

Flood

Heshvan 17, 1656

End of the 40 days

Kislev 27, 1656

The waters started to recede

Sivan 1, 1656

Ark rested on the top of Ararat

Sivan 17, 1656

Tops of the mountains were seen

Av, 1, 1656

They left the Ark

Heshvan 27, 1657

Abraham to the Exodus

1948-2448

Abram born

1948

Tower of Babel fell

1996

Abraham’s Covenant

Start of the 430 yrs

Nissan 15, 2018

Abraham left Hebron

2023

Ishmael born

2034

Abraham circumcised

2047

Isaac born

Nissan 15, 2048

Isaac bound

2085

Abraham died

2123

Ishmael died

2172

Jacob went to Padan-Aram

2185

Joseph sold into slavery

Kohath born

2216

Joseph went to prison

2217

Isaac died

Joseph began rule

2228

Jacob migrated to Egypt

Jochebed born

2238

Jacob died

2255

Joseph died

2309

Levi died

2331

Moses born

2368

God spoke from the burning bush

Nissan 15, 2447

Slaying of the Passover lambs and first born

Nissan 14, 2448

Exodus to the Death of Joshua

2448-2516

Exodus - Passover

Friday, Nissan 15, 2448

Arrived at Pi Hahiroth

Nissan 17, 2448

Israel crossed the Red Sea

Nissan 21, 2448

Israelites ate quail

Iyar 30, 2448

Ten Commandments given

Sabbath, Sivan 6, 2448

Moses went back up the mount

Sabbath, Sivan 13, 2448

Moses broke the stone tablets

Tammuz 17, 2448

Moses quarried new stone tablets

Av 28, 2448

Moses came down – announced forgiveness

YK [54], Tishrei 10, 2449

Moses took a census

Iyar 1, 2449

Cloud taken up

Iyar 20, 2449

Moses sent out the spies

Sivan 28, 2449

Gods passed the 40 year judgment

Av 9, 2449

Aaron died

Av 1, 2487

Miriam died

Nissan 10, 2487

Moses died

Adar 7, 2487

Cloud vanished

Nissan 1, 2488

Joshua crossed the Jordan

Nissan 10, 2488

Israel entered the Land

2488

Conquering ended

2495

Dividing the land ended

2502

Joshua died

2516

Rule of Elders

2516-2533

The Judges

2533-2882

Othniel

2533-2573

Ehud

2573-2654

Shamgar

2651-2654

Deborah

2654-2694

Gideon

2694-2734

Abimelech

2734-2737

Tola

2737-2760

Jair

2758-2780

Jephthah

2779-2785

300 year anniversary in the land

2788

Ibzan

2785-2792

Elon

2792-2802

Abdon

2802-2810

Samson

2810-2830

Eli

2830-2870

Tabernacle taken to Nob

2871

Samuel

2871-2884

United Kingdom

2882-2964

Israel demanded a king

2881

Saul

2882-2884

Tabernacle taken to Gibeon

2884

David reigned in Hebron

2884-2892

David reigned in Jerusalem

2892-2924

Absalom’s Rebellion

2921

David died

Solomon started rule

2924

Temple construction started

2928

Temple dedicated

Ark brought into Temple

2935

Divided Kingdom

2964-3338

Rehoboam

2964-2981

Shishak invaded Israel

2969

Abijah

2981-2984

Asa

2983-3024

Jehoshaphat

3024-3049

Jehoram

3047-3055

Ahaziah

3055-3056

Joash

3061-3100

Temple renovated by Joash

3084

Amaziah

3100-3015

Uzziah co-ruled

3115-3130

Uzziah / Azariah

3130-3167

Jotham

3167-3183

Ahaz

3183-3199

Hezekiah

3199-3228

Sennacherib attacked Judah

3213

Manasseh

3228-3283

Amon

3283-

Josiah

3285-

Temple renovated

3302

Jehoahaz II

3316

Jehoiakim

70-Year Captivity

3316

3319-3389

Nebuchadnezzar

3319-3364

Attacked Jerusalem

Start of 70 years

3319

Jehoiachin

3327

Zedekiah

3327

Jerusalem falls

3338

Nebuchadnezzar conquered Tyre

3342

Nebuchadnezzar conquered Egypt

3346

Evil-merodach

3364-3387

Belshazzar

3387-3389

Persian Rule

3389-3599

Cyrus’ Decree

3389

70 years ended

Darius the Mede

3388-3394

Cambyses

3394-3402

Pseudo-Smerdis

7 months

Darius I

3402-3438

Temple dedicated

3409

Xerxes I

3438-3459

Artaxerxes I

3459-3500

Nehemiah  given decree

3521

Nehemiah  returned to Persia

3533

Grecian Rule

3599-????

Alexander the Great ruleed

3588-3601

Modern Israel

5871-The Present

1948 War of Independence

5871

1967 Six Day War

5890

2007

2010

5930

5933

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1.    Cruse, C. F., Eusebius’ Ecclesiastical History, Hendrickson Publishers, 1998.

2.    Eerdmans Publishing, Ante-Nicene Fathers, Eerdmans Publishing, 1886.

3.    Guggenheimer, Heinrich, Seder Olam: The Rabbinic View of Biblical Chronology, Rowman & Littlefield Publishing, 1998.

4.    Johnson, Ken, Ancient Book of Jasher, Createspace, 2008.

5.    Hodges, Richmond, Cory’s Ancient Fragments, London, Reeves and Turner, 1876.

6.    Whiston, William, The Works of Flavius Josephus, London, Miller & Sowerby, 1987. Includes Antiquities of the Jews.

7.    Long, James, The Riddle of the Exodus, Lightcatcher Books, 2002.

8.    Louis Ginzberg, The Legends of the Jews, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1948.

9.    Ken Johnson, Ancient Post-flood History, Createspce, 2006

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[1] This should be three years.

[2] Leah died at 50 and Rachel at 45, and both married Jacob at 29, according to Jasher.

[3] It is more likely that Judah married Shuah ten years before Joseph was sold into slavery and Judah’s children were 17 at their betrothal not seven. In either case it does not cause a problem with the timeline.

[4] Jasher shows Joseph was 17 when he was sold into Egypt in 2216 AM and Jacob migrated into Egypt in 2238 AM. This would only be 22 years.

[5] Two hundred and ten years of the 400-year prophecy of Genesis 15:13. These last 210 years are from the migration into Egypt to the Exodus from Egypt.

[6] Unless Kohath died the same year his son Amram was born, these dates have to overlap.

[7] Reference unknown.

[8] This shows Rabbi Eliezer was correct. This makes perfect sense since he used the books of Genesis and Jasher almost exclusively for his chronology.  Rabbi Jehoshua was wrong because he mixed up the religious calendar with the secular calendar.

[9] The draught is how far a ship sinks into the water when fully loaded.

[10] We seem to be missing how the four sets of seven days fits into the chronology.

[11] The Seder Olam’s quote of this verse is different than the KJV. The “heretofore” is replaced by “neither yesterday, nor three days ago.”

[12] Reference is unknown.

[13] There are other legends of Moses taking up the Tabernacle each night, but this seems to contradict Leviticus 8:35-36 shown above.

[14] These are part of the Jewish Oral Law, as recorded in the Talmud.

[15] Most manuscripts have 17 but some have 14 years. The use of 17 must be a scribal error.

[16] The Seder Olam actually has Moses in place of Manasseh.

[17] Jewish tradition shows a two year co-rule.

[18] Seder has “some days and 4 months” instead of “full year and 4 months”

[19] or two years after Jephtah’s rule. See note on Jephthah’s second year in chapter 12

[20] The Seder here is trying to show the apostasy went from just tolerating false gods to exist to allowing perverted sexual practices as part of their worship.

[21] Thirty six years is not possible. It would make Baasha attacking ten years after his own death. Most scholars suggest this is a scribal error and should be the 16th year instead of the 36th. In either case, no other chronology is based on this incident, so it does not affect the timeline.

[22] The Seder, LXX, and Syriac indicate Ahaziah was 22 instead of 42, when he began to reign.

[23] The Seder has “Johaz” instead of “Jehoahaz” and has 22 years instead of 29 years.

[24] Jasher states King Abianus of Rome conquered Edom in 2934 AM. The Edomites tried to regain their independence several times but were never successful.

[25] The Seder replaces Hizkiah with Hezekiah.

[26] Until the church age.

[27] This verse in the Seder Olam reads “seventh year,” but in the KJV it reads fourth. “Fourth” makes the chronology come out correctly.

[28] The attack/deportations took more than a year each.

[29] This doesn’t seem to fit, see discussion at the end of this chapter.

[30] This doesn’t seem to fit, see discussion at the end of this chapter.

[31] Yom Kippur

[32] The Jews start a new day at sunset. When the ninth of the month reaches the evening, the tenth day of the month begins.

[33] Here Rabbi Yose said this was the 70 years prophesied by Jeremiah, but then comes up with a seven-year figure. He is incorrectly linking this to the seven years of the Gog-Magog invasion mentioned in Ezekiel 38-39. The Seder already stated in chapter 17, this invasion  will be a future event.

[34] The list of the three deportations seems to be incomplete. The dates commonly given for these are: First attack – 607 BC, second attack – 597 BC, third attack and destruction of the Temple – 587 BC.

[35] At this point, errors began to creep into our text from Rabbis who rejected their Messiah. The rabbis may have made an honest mistake confusing Cyrus with Cambyses, and Ahasurerus with Pseudo-Smerdis, because they then give the right Darius, the one who built the temple. Ahasuerus, Xerxes, and Artaxerxes were titles. Several kings used them as part of their royal name. To make things more complicated, there were at least two Cyrus’ and three Darius’.

Until now, if you check the “From Creation” dates, they will match with the dates on the Jewish calendar and the Talmud. But this mix up of the Persian kings caused the whole timeline to be thrown off at this point. See Chapter 31 for proof that these corrected dates are accurate.

[36] The Hebrew text actually says xyXm-d[, which is in construct state because of the dash between the two words. So the Hebrew has to be translated “to the Messiah.” If it had no dash, xyXm d[ would simply be “to Messiah.” So “the Messiah” in Daniel 9 has to be referring to the King Messiah mentioned in Chapter 17 of this Seder.

[37] For a full analysis of Yose’s two contradicting theories compared to the prophecy from the Archangel Gabriel, see discussion at the end of the chapter.

[38] Seder has “was fulfilled.”

[39] Persian documents show a total of 30 years. This is either a corruption of the 30 or the last three years of his life took place after he conquered Babylon.

[40] This abrupt addition of Esther’s story indicates the Seder is setting the date for Esther and Ahasuerus to come immediately after Cyrus/Darius.  If this is true, the Ahasuerus mentioned in the book of Esther would be Cambyses, Cyrus’ son.

[41] or “70 years were fulfilled since the destruction of Jerusalem.”

[42] The 52-year number starts between the two-year besiegement prior to the destruction of the Temple and the Return. This is the third set of exiles.

[43] Here again, the two kings before Darius the Mede are confused with the two kings before Darius I. At the death of Cyrus, his son, Cambyses, took the throne. Upon the death of Cambyses, a usurper pretending to be Smerdis, Cyrus’ younger son, took the throne. Within seven months he was assassinated and Darius I took the throne. If Cambyses co-ruled with Cyrus and Darius and then ruled alone for eight years, for a total of 14 years, this would reconcile the accounts from Daniel, Ezra, and the Seder Olam. In either case, 20 must be the correct number of years between the decree and the dedication of the Temple.

[44] Temple construction started in Darius’ second year but was completed in his sixth year. See the Seder’s quote of Ezra 6:15 above.

[45] Ahasuerus, Xerxes, and Artaxerxes were titles and several kings had them as part of their royal name. Given this and the fact that there were two Cyrus’ and three Darius’ in the Persian king list, it is easy to get the kings, and the timeline mixed up.

[46] Some versions of the Seder have 52 or 250 instead of 210 years. Alexander the Great reigned from 336-323 BC. Babylon fell to Alexander in 326 BC, exactly 210 years after Babylon fell to Cyrus in 536 BC. This took place just three years before Alexander died.

[47] The Seder here is actually making a prediction, based in the wording of Scripture, that there will be a third time the Israelites are brought back into their land. This was fulfilled in AD 1948. See Chapter 31 for complete details.

[48] It has already been stated and verified that the period of the Persian rule covered 210 years; but here Yose is trying to make it 24 years. This difference is the famous 168 years that are missing from the Jewish calendar. This is why AD 2007 is 5766 AM instead of 5930 or 5934 AM.

[49] The Seleucid Era started at 311 BC. So the Temple that was destroyed in 70 AD equals the year 380 of the Seleucid Era.

[50] 13 kings of Seleucid dynasty shared this name, including Antiochus Epiphanes

[51] Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar (27 BC to AD 14)

[52] Roman Emperor Caligula. (AD 37-41)

[53] Simon Bar Kokba died in AD 135, which was 65 years after the destruction of the second Temple.

[54] Yom Kippur

Table of Contents

Copyright

Introduction

The Text of the Ancient Seder Olam

1 Creation to Jacob

2 Jacob

3 The Covenant and Slavery

4 Noah’s Flood

5 Burning bush and Mt. Sinai

6 Mt. Sinai

7 T he Tabernacle

8 Book of Numbers

9 Fortieth Year

10 Death of Moses

11 Joshua

12 Judges

13 Samuel, Saul, and David

14 David

15 Solomon

16 Rehoboam to Asa

17 Asa to Ahaziah

18 Joash

19 Jehu to Uzziah

20 The Prophets

21 The Old Prophets

22 The Destruction of Samaria

23 Hezekiah

24 Manasseh to Jehoiakim

25 Jehoiakim to Zedekiah

26 Ezekiel

27 The Fall of Jerusalem

28 Daniel

29 Ezra and Esther

30 Nehemiah to the end of the Second Temple

History after the Ancient Seder Olam

31 Cyrus to the 1967 six Day War

Appendix

Bibliography

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