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1 (Gen 1:1, 5 KJV) "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. {5} And God called the light day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day."


Some Biblical chronology, from the beginning unto 2000 AD, to show the approximate age of earth.

Name, Period, Event Days, Weeks, Months Years Total Period Age, Reign, etc. Statement, References

Creation, Rest

7 days

 

 

 

Gen 1

Adam to Seth

 

  130

 

Adam lived 930 yrs.

Gen 5

Seth to Enos

 

  105

 

Seth lived 912 yrs.

 

Enos to Cainan

 

    90

 

Enos lived 905 yrs.

 

Cainan to Mahalaleel

 

    70

 

Cainan lived 910 yrs.

 

Mahalaleel to Jared

 

    65

 

Mahalaleel lived 895 yrs.

 

Jared to Enoch

 

  162

 

Jared lived 962 yrs.

 

Enoch to Methuselah

 

    65

 

Enoch lived 365 yrs.

 

Methuselah to Lamech

 

  187

 

Methuselah lived 969 yrs.

Died yr. of flood

Lamech to Noah

 

+182
1056 =

1056 yrs.

Lamech lived 777 yrs.

Died 5 yrs. before flood

Noah to Shem, Ham and Japheth

 

  500

 

Noah lived 950 yrs.

Gen 5:32

Flood, Earth

 

 

 

Noah was 600 yrs. old. Earth age 1656 yrs.

Gen 7:6, 11; 8:13-14

Shem to Arphaxad

 

  100

  

Shem lived 600 yrs.

Gen 11:10-25

Arphaxad to Selah

 

    35

 

Arphaxad, born 2 yrs after flood, lived 438 yrs.

 

Selah to Eber

 

    30

 

Selah lived 433 yrs.

 

Eber to Peleg

 

    34

 

Eber lived 464 yrs.

 

Peleg to Reu

 

    30

 

Peleg lived 239 yrs.

 

Reu to Serug

 

    32

 

Reu lived 239 yrs.

 

Serug to Nahor

 

    30

 

Serug lived 230 yrs.

 

Nahor to Terah

 

  +29
  820 =

1056
+820
1876 yrs.

Nahor lived 148 yrs.

 

Terah to Abram, Nahor and Haran

 

    70

 

Terah lived 205 yrs.

Gen 11:26-32

Abram's departure out of Haran

 

 

 

Abram was 75 when he departured out of Haran.

Gen 12:4

Abram to Issac

 

  100

 

Abram lived 175 yrs.

Gen 21:5; 25:7

Issac to Jacob

 

    60

 

 

Gen 25:26

Jacob to Egypt

 

  130

 

Jacob lived 147 yrs.

Gen 47:9, 28

Egypt to Exodus

 

+430
  790 =

1876
+790
2666 yrs.

430 yrs.

Gen 15:13; Exo 12:40-41; Gal 3:17

Period in the wilderness

 

    40 =

2666
+  40
2706 yrs.

 

Num 14:33-34; Acts 13:18; Deu 2:7, 14-15

Joshua

  - 80
  110
    30 =

2706
+  30
2736 yrs.

Josh 14:7-10; 24:29

Period of the Judges

 

  450 =

2736
+450
3186 yrs.

 

Acts 13:20

"...punish you seven times more for your sins" (Lev 26:18).

Served King of Mesopo-tamia 8 yrs.; Served King of Moab 18 yrs.; Served King of Canaan 20 yrs.; Into hand of Midian 7 yrs.; Tola judged Israel 23 yrs.; Jair judged Israel 22 yrs.; Jephthah judged Israel 6 yrs.;
(Israel dwelt 300 yrs.); Ibzan judged Israel 7 yrs.; Elon judged Israel 10 yrs.; Abdon (Bedan, 1 Sam 12:11) judged Israel 8 yrs.; Into hand of the Philistines for 40 yrs (Judg 15:11); (Samson judged Israel in the days of the Philistines 20 yrs.); Eli judged Israel forty yrs.; Samuel judged Israel (1 Sam 7:15)

 

      8
    18
    20
      7
    23
    22
      6
 (300)
      7
    10
      8
    40
   (20)
 + 40

 

 

Judg 3:8;
Judg 3:14;
Judg 4:2-3;
Judg 6:1;
Judg 10:1-2;
Judg 10:3-5;
Judg 11:8-11; 12:7;
(Judg 11:26 2);
Judg 12:8-10;
Judg 12:11-12;
Judg 12:13-15;
Judg 13:1
(Judg 15:20; 16:31)
1 Sam 4:16-18

Saul reign

 

    40 =

3186
+  40
3226 yrs.

 

1 Sam 8:6-7; 9:15-17; 10:1, 24; 12:13; 13:1; Acts 13:21

*David reign

 

    40 =

3226
+  40
3266 yrs.

Began reign at age 30

Reigned 7 yrs. 6 mos. in Hebron plus 33 yrs. in Jerusalem (taken in 1000 B.C.?), 40 yrs. total.
1 Sam 13:13-14; 2 Sam 5:4-10; 1 Ki 2:10-11; 1 Chr 29:26-27; Acts 13:22

Solomon started Temple in his 4th yr., 480 yrs. after children of Israel came out of Exodus.

 

  480
  –  3
  477 =


477 yrs.

 

Temple finished in 11th year of his reign, 937 B.C.? 1 Ki 6:1, 37-38; 2 Chr 3:1-2

Solomon reign;
(to Zedekiah, 1 Chr 3:10-16)

 

    40 =

3266
+  40
3306 yrs.

Began reign at age _

1 Ki 11:42; 1 Chr 29:28; 2 Chr 9:30

xRehoboam reign

 

    17

 

Began reign at age 41

1 Ki 11:43; 1 Ki 14:21-24; 2 Chr 9:31; 2 Chr 12:13

xAbijam (Abijah) reign

 

      3

 

Began reign at age _

1 Ki 14:31; 1 Ki 15:1-5; 2 Chr 12:16; 13:1-2

*Asa reign

 

    41

 

Began reign at age _

1 Ki 15:8-15; 2 Chr 14:1; 16:12-13

+Jehoshaphat reign

 

    25

 

Began reign at age 35

1 Ki 15:24; 22:41-43; 2 Chr 17:1; 20:31

xJehoram (Joram) reign

 

      8

 

Began reign at age 32

1 Ki 22:50; 2 Ki 8:16-19; 2 Chr 21:1, 5, 20

xAhaziah reign

 

      1

 

Began reign at age 22

2 Ki 8:24-28; 2 Chr 22:1-2

xAthaliah reign

 

      6

 

Began reign at age _

2 Ki 11:1-3; 2 Chr 22:10-12

+Joash reign

 

    40

 

Began reign at age 7

2 Ki 11:19-12:3; 12:18-21; 2 Chr 24:1

xAmaziah reign

 

    29

 

Began reign at age 25

2 Ki 12:20-21; 14:1-2; 2 Chr 25:1, 27

+Uzziah (Azariah) reign;
Isa 1:1; Hosea 1:1

 

    52

 

Began reign at age 16

2 Ki 15:1-5; 2 Chr 26:1-3

+Jotham reign; Micah 1:1

 

    16

 

Began reign at age 25

2 Ki 15:32-35; 2 Chr 26:22-27:1

xAhaz reign

 

    16

 

Began reign at age 20

2 Ki 15:38-16:2; 2 Chr 27:9-28:1

*Hezekiah reign

 

    29

 

Began reign at age 25

2 Ki 16:20; 18:1-6; 2 Chr 28:27-29:1; 32:33.
Given 15 yrs. extra life, 2 Ki 20:5-6

xManasseh reign

 

    55

 

Began reign at age 12

2 Ki 20:21-21:2; 2 Chr 32:33-33:1, 20

xAmon reign

 

      2

 

Began reign at age 22

2 Ki 21:18-22; 2 Chr 33:20-25

*Josiah reign

 

    31

 

Began reign at age 8

2 Ki 21:23-22:2; 2 Chr 33:25-34:1; 35:22-25. Prophesied about, 1 Ki 13:2

xJehoahaz reign

3 mos =

   .25

 

Began reign at age 23

2 Ki 23:29-33; 2 Chr 36:1-3

xJehoiakim (Eliakim) reign

 

    11

 

Began reign at age 25

2 Ki 23:34-37; 2 Chr 36:4-6

xJehoiachin (Coniah) reign

3 mos =
10 days

   .25

 

Began reign at age 8

2 Ki 24:6-10, 15-16; 25:27-30; 2 Chr 36:8-10; Jer 52:31-34; 37:1

xZedekiah (Mattaniah) reign

 

    11

 

Began reign at age 21

2 Ki 24:17-20; 25:7; 2 Chr 36:9-11; Jer 52:1, 11

Death of Solomon unto Babylonians destroy Jerusalem

 

 

390 yrs.

 

390 days = 390 yrs., 40 days = 40 yrs, Ezek 4:1-13

Babylonians destroy Jerusalem

 

393.5 =

3306.0
+393.5
3699.5 yrs.

 

1st Temple destroyed in 586 B.C.
(Western Civilizations, Eleventh Edition, Volume One, page 80). 2 Ki 25:1-10; 2 Chr 36:16-20; Jer 52:4-14

70 years of desolations

 

  586
–516
    70 =

3699.5
+  70.0
3769.5 yrs.

 

From 586 B.C. to 516 B.C. (Western Civilizations, Eleventh Edition, Volume One, page 80). 2 Chr 36:20-21; Jer 29:10; Dan 9:2; Zec 1:12

First year of Darius command-ment to restore Jerusalem unto the Messiah

 

    70
   – 1
    69
   x 7
  483 =

 3769.5
 +483.0
 4252.5 yrs.

I am still working on this time period.

Jer 29:10; Dan 9:24-27. 70 wks. Decree made by Cyrus, Ezra 5:13-6:3, 14, in 538 B.C. (Western Civilization, page 149, 152). Foundation of Temple laid, Isa 44:28; Ezra 3:11 (Some understand-ing of time found in Gen 29:27-28, Num 14:34, Eze 4:4-6). Command-ment under Darius, Dan 9:1, 23

Temple rebuilt

 

 

    4 yrs.

Finished on Adar 3 in 6th yr. reign of Darius.

2nd Temple started in 520 B.C and finished in 516 B.C.
(Western Civilizations, Eleventh Edition, Volume One, page 80),
Ezra 6:14-15

Walls finished unto Jesus' birth

 

    62
    x7
  434 =
  437
–434
      3

434 yrs.

Finished in 28th yr. reign of Xerxes (Artaxerxes)

Walls finished in 437 B.C.? Under Artaxerxes (Holman Bible Dictionary; Josephus Antiq. 11.5.8.179-180). Neh 6:15; Dan 9:25, 7x62 wks. = 434 yrs.

Epiphanes desecrated the Temple

 

 

 

 

Desecrated in 168 B.C. (Western Civilizations, Eleventh Edition, Volume One, page 80) unto 2300 days, sanctuary cleansed, Dan 8:9-14, 23-25 (Some understand-ing of time found in Eze 4:4-6)

Temple rebuilt by Herod

 

    46
   – 4
    42

 

Reigned 37-4 B.C.

Temple rebuilt, John 2:20; Mat 2:1-23

Jesus' birth

 

 

 4252.5 yrs.

 

3 B.C.? Mat 1:21-25; Luke 2:4-7

Jesus' ministry

 

    30 =

 4252.5
 +  30.0
 4282.5 yrs.

Began at age 30

For three yrs., Luke 3:23; 13:7

Christ crucifixion

 

      3 =

 4282.5
 +    3.0
 4285.5 yrs.

Crucified at age 33

30 A.D.? John 18-19,
Passover,
John 13:1; 19:14, 31

2nd Temple destroyed

 

 

 

 

70 A.D.
(Western Civilizations, Eleventh Edition, Volume One, page 80)

Israel War (declaration) of Independence

 

 

 

 

May 14, 1948

Six Day War

 

 

 

 

June 5-10, 1967

Period from 30 AD to 2000 AD

 

 1970 =

  4285.5
+1970.0
  6255.5 yrs.

 

 

Approximate age of earth in 2000 AD

 

 6255.5 yrs.

 6255.5 yrs.

 

 


References:

1) Gen 1-2
2) Judg 11:26; Num 21:21-35; Deu 2:24-37; 4:45-49

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