Some Biblical chronology, from the beginning unto 2000 AD, to show the
approximate age of earth.
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Name, Period, Event |
Days, Weeks, Months |
Years |
Total Period |
Age, Reign, etc. |
Statement, References |
Creation, Rest
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7 days
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Gen 1
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Adam to Seth
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130
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Adam lived 930 yrs.
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Gen 5
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Seth to Enos
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105
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Seth lived 912 yrs.
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Enos to Cainan
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90
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Enos lived 905 yrs.
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Cainan to Mahalaleel
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70
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Cainan lived 910 yrs.
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Mahalaleel to Jared
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65
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Mahalaleel lived 895 yrs.
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Jared to Enoch
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162
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Jared lived 962 yrs.
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Enoch to Methuselah
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65
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Enoch lived 365 yrs.
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Methuselah to Lamech
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187
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Methuselah lived 969 yrs.
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Died yr. of flood
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Lamech to Noah
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+182
1056 =
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1056 yrs.
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Lamech lived 777 yrs.
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Died 5 yrs. before flood
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Noah to Shem, Ham and Japheth
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500
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Noah lived 950 yrs.
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Gen 5:32
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Flood, Earth
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Noah was 600 yrs. old. Earth age 1656 yrs.
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Gen 7:6, 11;
8:13-14
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Shem to Arphaxad
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100
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Shem lived 600 yrs.
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Gen 11:10-25
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Arphaxad to Selah
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35
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Arphaxad, born 2 yrs after flood, lived 438 yrs.
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Selah to Eber
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30
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Selah lived 433 yrs.
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Eber to Peleg
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34
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Eber lived 464 yrs.
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Peleg to Reu
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30
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Peleg lived 239 yrs.
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Reu to Serug
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32
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Reu lived 239 yrs.
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Serug to Nahor
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30
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Serug lived 230 yrs.
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Nahor to Terah
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+29
820 =
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1056
+820 1876 yrs.
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Nahor lived 148 yrs.
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Terah to Abram, Nahor and Haran
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70
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Terah lived 205 yrs.
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Gen 11:26-32
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Abram's departure out of Haran
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Abram was 75 when he departured out of Haran.
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Gen 12:4
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Abram to Issac
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100
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Abram lived 175 yrs.
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Gen 21:5;
25:7
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Issac to Jacob
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60
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Gen 25:26
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Jacob to Egypt
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130
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Jacob lived 147 yrs.
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Gen 47:9,
28
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Egypt to Exodus
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+430
790 =
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1876
+790
2666 yrs.
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430 yrs.
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Gen 15:13;
Exo 12:40-41;
Gal 3:17
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Period in the wilderness
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40 =
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2666
+ 40
2706 yrs.
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Num 14:33-34;
Acts 13:18;
Deu 2:7,
14-15
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Joshua
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- 80
110
30 =
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2706
+ 30
2736 yrs.
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Josh 14:7-10;
24:29
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Period of the Judges
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450 =
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2736
+450
3186 yrs.
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Acts 13:20
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"...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)
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8
18
20
7
23
22
6
(300)
7
10
8
40
(20)
+ 40
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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
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Saul reign
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40 =
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3186
+ 40
3226 yrs.
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1 Sam 8:6-7;
9:15-17;
10:1,
24;
12:13;
13:1;
Acts 13:21
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*David reign
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40 =
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3226
+ 40
3266 yrs.
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Began reign at age 30
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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
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Solomon started Temple in his 4th yr., 480 yrs. after children of Israel came out of Exodus.
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480
3
477 =
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477 yrs.
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Temple finished in 11th year of his reign, 937 B.C.?
1 Ki 6:1,
37-38;
2 Chr 3:1-2
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Solomon reign;
(to Zedekiah, 1 Chr 3:10-16)
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40 =
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3266
+ 40
3306 yrs.
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Began reign at age _
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1 Ki 11:42;
1 Chr 29:28;
2 Chr 9:30
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xRehoboam reign
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17
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Began reign at age 41
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1 Ki 11:43;
1 Ki 14:21-24;
2 Chr 9:31;
2 Chr 12:13
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xAbijam (Abijah) reign
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3
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Began reign at age _
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1 Ki 14:31;
1 Ki 15:1-5;
2 Chr 12:16;
13:1-2
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*Asa reign
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41
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Began reign at age _
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1 Ki 15:8-15;
2 Chr 14:1;
16:12-13
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+Jehoshaphat reign
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25
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Began reign at age 35
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1 Ki 15:24;
22:41-43;
2 Chr 17:1;
20:31
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xJehoram (Joram) reign
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8
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Began reign at age 32
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1 Ki 22:50;
2 Ki 8:16-19;
2 Chr 21:1,
5,
20
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xAhaziah reign
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1
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Began reign at age 22
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2 Ki 8:24-28;
2 Chr 22:1-2
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xAthaliah reign
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6
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Began reign at age _
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2 Ki 11:1-3;
2 Chr 22:10-12
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+Joash reign
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40
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Began reign at age 7
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2 Ki 11:19-12:3;
12:18-21;
2 Chr 24:1
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xAmaziah reign
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29
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Began reign at age 25
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2 Ki 12:20-21;
14:1-2;
2 Chr 25:1,
27
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+Uzziah (Azariah) reign;
Isa 1:1;
Hosea 1:1
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52
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Began reign at age 16
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2 Ki 15:1-5;
2 Chr 26:1-3
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+Jotham reign;
Micah 1:1
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16
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Began reign at age 25
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2 Ki 15:32-35;
2 Chr 26:22-27:1
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xAhaz reign
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16
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Began reign at age 20
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2 Ki 15:38-16:2;
2 Chr 27:9-28:1
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*Hezekiah reign
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29
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Began reign at age 25
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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
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xManasseh reign
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55
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Began reign at age 12
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2 Ki 20:21-21:2;
2 Chr 32:33-33:1, 20
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xAmon reign
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2
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Began reign at age 22
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2 Ki 21:18-22;
2 Chr 33:20-25
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*Josiah reign
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31
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Began reign at age 8
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2 Ki 21:23-22:2;
2 Chr 33:25-34:1; 35:22-25.
Prophesied about, 1 Ki 13:2
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xJehoahaz reign
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3 mos =
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.25
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Began reign at age 23
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2 Ki 23:29-33;
2 Chr 36:1-3
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xJehoiakim (Eliakim) reign
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11
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Began reign at age 25
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2 Ki 23:34-37;
2 Chr 36:4-6
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xJehoiachin (Coniah) reign
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3 mos =
10 days
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.25
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Began reign at age 8
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2 Ki 24:6-10,
15-16;
25:27-30;
2 Chr 36:8-10;
Jer 52:31-34; 37:1
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xZedekiah (Mattaniah) reign
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11
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Began reign at age 21
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2 Ki 24:17-20;
25:7;
2 Chr 36:9-11;
Jer 52:1, 11
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Death of Solomon unto Babylonians destroy Jerusalem
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390 yrs.
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390 days = 390 yrs.,
40 days = 40 yrs, Ezek 4:1-13
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Babylonians destroy Jerusalem
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393.5 =
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3306.0
+393.5
3699.5 yrs.
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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
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70 years of desolations
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586
516
70 =
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3699.5
+ 70.0
3769.5 yrs.
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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
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First year of Darius command-ment to restore Jerusalem unto the Messiah
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70
1
69
x 7
483 =
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3769.5
+483.0
4252.5 yrs.
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I am still working on this time period.
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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
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Temple rebuilt
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4 yrs.
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Finished on Adar 3 in 6th yr. reign of Darius.
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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
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Walls finished unto Jesus' birth
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62
x7
434 =
437
434
3
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434 yrs.
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Finished in 28th yr. reign of Xerxes (Artaxerxes)
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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.
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Epiphanes desecrated the Temple
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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)
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Temple rebuilt by Herod
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46
4
42
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Reigned 37-4 B.C.
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Temple rebuilt,
John 2:20;
Mat 2:1-23
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Jesus' birth
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4252.5 yrs.
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3 B.C.?
Mat 1:21-25;
Luke 2:4-7
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Jesus' ministry
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30 =
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4252.5
+ 30.0
4282.5 yrs.
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Began at age 30
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For three yrs.,
Luke 3:23; 13:7
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Christ crucifixion
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3 =
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4282.5
+ 3.0
4285.5 yrs.
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Crucified at age 33
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30 A.D.?
John 18-19,
Passover,
John 13:1; 19:14, 31
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2nd Temple destroyed
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70 A.D.
(Western Civilizations, Eleventh Edition, Volume One, page 80)
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Israel War (declaration) of Independence
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May 14, 1948
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Six Day War
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June 5-10, 1967
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Period from 30 AD to 2000 AD
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1970 =
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4285.5
+1970.0
6255.5 yrs.
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Approximate age of earth in 2000 AD
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6255.5 yrs.
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6255.5 yrs.
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