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appendix 50.VIII summary of principle events

4004 b.c. through 1434 b.c.

b. = Born d. = Died ? = Date uncertain

See appendix 50vii(11) for the 110 years difference compared to modern reckoning.

4004 Adam created.
3874 Seth b. "Adam begat a son in his
              own likeness" (Gen. 5. 3).
3769 Enos b.
3679 Cainan b.
3609 Mahalaleel b.
3544 Jared b.
3382 Enoch b. "seventh from Adam"
              (Jude 14).
3317 Methuselah b.
3194 Adam's "day of grace" begins when
              he is 810 (Gen. 6. 3).
3130 Lamech b.
3074 Adam d. (930).
3017 Enoch translated, fifty-seven years
             after Adam's d.
2962 Seth d. (912).
2948 Noah b.
2864 Enos d. (905).
2769 Cainan d. (910).
2714 Mahalaleel d. (895).
2582 Jared d. (962).
2448 Japheth b.
2447 Ham b.
2446 Shern b. (Noah 502).
2353 Lamech d. (777).
2348 Methuselah d. (969) in the first month
              of the Flood year.
2348 | The Flood year. Noah's
2347 | 600th year. (Gen. 7. 6,11)
2346 Arphaxad b. "two years after the
              Flood ".
2311 Salah b.
2281 Eber b. [^'Hebrews' so named]
2247 Peleg b "In his days the earth was
              divided (Gen. 10. 25). See
              (note on 50.ii)
2217 Reu b.
2185 Serug b.
2155 Nahor b.
2126 Terah b.
2056 Terah's "generations" begin with the
               birth of Haran.
2008 Peleg d. (239).
2007 Nahor d. (148)
1998 Noah d. (950).
1996 Abraham b. (1,992 years from the
              Nativity).
1978 Reu d. (239).
1955 Serug d. (230).
1946^?Abraham's First "Call", in Ur of the
              Chaldees (Acts 7. 2-4).
1921 Terah d. (205). Abraham's second
              "Call" (Haran). The 430 years of the
              sojourning begin. (See note on
              Gen. 12. 1, and Ap. 50. iii).
1920 | Abraham goes down into Egypt. At-
           | tempted destruction of the Seed
           | (see note oii Gen.12. 10,
           | and Ap. 23). Abraham returns
1912 | from Egypt.
1911 Abraham (85) marries Hagar
              (Gen. 16. 3).
1910 Ishmael b. (Abraham 86).
1897 Covenant of Circumcision. (Abraham
             99).
1896 Isaac b. (Abraham 100).
1891 Isaac becomes "the Seed"
              (Gen. 21, 10; 12. 7). Ishmael "cast
              out ". The 400 years of Acts 7.6
              begin.
1878 Salah d. (433).
1863^? Isaac (33) offered up.
1859 Sarah d. (127). The only woman
              whose age is given in Scripture. For
              significance of this, cp. Gal. 4. In
              Sarah's age we have, allegorically,
              the period of duration of the Old
              Covenant.
1856 Isaac (40) marries Rebekah.
1846 Shem (Melchizedek?) d. (600).
             Abraham (150) marries Keturah?

1836 Jacob b. (Isaac 60).
1821 Abraham d. (Isaac 75. Jacob 15).
1817 Eber d. (464), outlives Abraham
              by four years.
1812^?The famine of Gen. 26.1. The cause
              of sale of the birthright?
1796 Esau (40) marries Hittite wives.
1773 Ishmael d. (137. Jacob 63).
1759 Jacob (77) gets the Blessing, and
              flees to Padan-aram.
1758 His "servitude" begins.
1752 His marriages.
1751 Reuben b.
1750 Simeon b.
1749 Levi and Dan b.
1748 Judah and Naphtali b
1747 Gad b.
1746 Asher and Issachar b.
1745 Zebulun and Dinah (twins?)
             and Joseph b.
1742 Jacob's bargain about the cattle.
1739 Jacob flees from Padan-aram.
1738      "      meets Esau.
1737      ,,      at Succoth.
1736      ,,      comes to Shechem.
1732 Dinah raped. Another attempt to
              destroy the " Seed", by raising the
              country against the "tribe".
              (Cp. Gen. 34. 30; 35.5; and
              see Ap. 23 . The six years of
              "Jacob's trouble" begin.
1731 Jacob at Beth-el.
1728 Rachel d. Benjamin b. Reuben
              forfeits the birthright to Joseph
              (17), to whom it rightly belonged.
              (Cp. 1 Chron. 5. 1, 2.)
1727 Joseph sold (18).
1726 Jacob (110) joins his father Isaac
            (170) at Hebron (after a separation
            of thirty-three years).
1717 Joseph (28) in Egypt. Interprets
               butler's dream.
1716 Isaac d. (180). Jacob 120. Joseph
              29).
1715 Joseph (30) interprets Pharaoh's
              dream.
1707 First year of the famine.
1706 Second year of the famine. Jacob
              (130) goes down into Egypt. The
              215 years of the sojourning in
              Egypt begin. (Half of the 430
              years from Gen. 12. 4.)
1705 Third year of the famine.
1704 Forth year of the famine.
1703 Fifth year of the famine.
1702 Sixth year of the famine.
1701 Seventh year of the famine.
1689 Jacob d. (147), after seventeen years
               in Egypt. (Joseph 56. Benjamin
               39.)
1635 Joseph d. (110).
1612 Levi d. (137).
1835 Gap of sixty-four years from d. of
              Joseph to b. of Moses.
1571 Moses b.
1544 Joshua b. (Moses 27).
1529 Caleb b.
1491 The Exodus. 430 years from
              Gen. 12. 4, and 400 years
               from Gen. 21. 10.
               [Gen-Duet written by Moses]
1490 The Tabernacle set up. This year the
               people should have entered the
              Land.
1452 Miriam, Aaron, and Moses d.
1451 Entry into the Land.
1444 The "Wars of the Lord" end
              (Josh. 14. 15). Caleb 85. Joshua
               hands over the leadership to
               Eleazar.
1444 |
            » First Sabbatic year.
1443 |
1434 Joshua d. (110).

appendix 50.VIII summary of principle events

1431b.c. through 1434 b.c.

b. = Born d. = Died ? = Date uncertain

See appendix 50vii(11) for the 110 years difference compared to modern reckoning.

b.c.	servitude to	Yrs. rest	Yrs. SERV.
1431 1st servitude	Mesopotamia		8
1423 Othniel		40
1393 1^stJubilee Yr.¹ 1392
1383 2nd servitude	Moab		18
1365 Ehud		80
1285 3rd servitude	Canaan		20
1265 Barak		40
1225 4th servitude	Midian		7
1218 Gideon		40
1178 Tola		23
1155 Jair		4
1151 Jephthan		6 ²
1145 Ibzan		7
1138 Elon		10
1128 Abdon		8
1120 5th servitude (Till 1080 b.c.)	Philistine		40
		___	___
	Totals ====	258 ===	93 ==

1080 Eli, 40 years.
1040 Samuel, 40 years.
1020 The "Reformation". (I Sam. 7)
1000 Ends the 450 years of Acts 13. 20, and
              490 years from the year they should
              have entered into the Land.
1000 THE Kingdom. Saul, 40 years.
990    David b.
974    David's first anointing (16).
960    David, 40 years. Second anointing (30).
953    David's third anointing (37).
920    Solomon, 40 years.
917    The Temple begun. 573 years after the
              Exodus. (Cp. Acts 13. 20-23).
910    The Temple finished.
897    At the end of twenty years, the "two
              houses" finished (1 Kings 9.10).
880    The Disruption. Rehoboam, 17 years.
              [Israel split into 2 Kingdoms]
863    Abijam, 3 years.
860    Asa, 41 years.
819    Jehoshaphat, 25 years.
796    Jehoram's accession.
794    Jehioshaphat d.
789    Ahaziah's accession.
788    Ahaziah slain by Jehu.
788    |
           »Gap, 6 years. Athahiah's usurpation.
782    |
782    Jehoash, 41 years.
743    Amaziah, 29 years.
714    Amaziali ends.
714    |
           »Gap, 13 years.
701    |
701    Uzziah, 52 years.
687    Hosea's prophecies begin.?
649    |      Uzziah d. Isaiah's vision in chap. 6.
           »Gap. one year between Uzziah's death
649    |               and Jotham's accension.647 647    Jotham, 16 years.
634    Micah's prophecies begin?
632   Ahaz, 16 years.
617   Hezekiah's accession.
616   Ahiaz d.
615   Hosea ends?
613   Siege of Samaria begun.
611   Samaria taken and Israel ends.
603   Sennacherib invades Judah in the 14th
             year of Hezekiah, (2 Kings 18.13)

¹Anno Dei reckoning.
²300 years from the entry into the Land. See note on (chart 50iv).

588   Manasseh, 55 years.
584   Isaiah killed? (Cp. Isa. 7.6).
533   Amon, 2 years.
531   Josiah, 31 years.
530   Zephaniah?
518   Jeremiah's prophecies begin in
           Josiah's thirteenth year.
513   The Book "found" and the Passover
             in Josiah's eighteenth year.
500   Jehoahaz, 3 months.
499   Jehoiakim, 11 years.
497   Nebuchadnezzar's first siege of
            Jerusalem.
496   Jehoiakim's fourth year,
            Nebuchadnezzar's first, Daniel
            taken to Babylon.
495   Jehoiakim burns the roll.
494   Nebuchadnezzar's second year. His
            dream of the Great Image. Daniel
             interprets.
489   Jehoiachin, 3 months. Captivity
            begins [Judah's] in
            Nebuchadnezzar's eighth year
            (second siege).
488   Zedekiah, 11 years.
484   Ezekiel's prophecies begin.
478   Nebuchadnezzar's third siege of
          Jerusalem begins. Jerusalem taken
          and Temple destroyed in Nebu-
          chadnezzar' s nineteenth year.
          Jeremiah ends.
473   Punishment for the murder of
            Gedaliah (Jer.52.30).
462   Ezekiel's last dated prophecy.
461   |
           » Nebuchadnezzar's seven years
454   |      of madness.
454   Twentieth year of Asteiages
            (Artaxerxes). The command-
            ment to rebuild Jerusalem. See
            (chart 50vi, vim. 5, 12) Nehemiah's
            first visit to Jerusalem.
452   Nebuchadnezzar d. after forty-four
            years' reign.
452   Evil-Merodach. Jehoiachin's
            captivity ends.
446   Nabonidus.
429   Belshazzar, 3 years.
          | (Belshazzar slain. "Darius the
          | Median" (Asteiages) takes
          | the kingdom. Cyrus
          | (Asteiages' son) issues the
426    | Decree to rebuild the Temple.
          | Daniel's vision of the "70 sevens"
          | The "7 sevens " begin. Foundation
          | of the Temple laid. Nehemiah's
          | second visit to Jerusalem.
421   Cyrus ends.
418   Cambyses makes Nehemiah
            governor. Nehemiah's third visit to
            Jerusalem.
411   Darius Hystaspis re-enacts the
           decree of Cyrus.
410   Haggai and Zechariah begin. The
            Temple superstructure com-
                menced and carried on to
                completion, from the second to
                the sixth year of Darius.
408   Zechariah's last date.
405   The Temple finished and dedicated.
            The "seven sevens ‘‘ end, and the
            "sixty-two sevens" commence.
404   The Passover.
403   Ezra's last date: 1st of Nisan.
375^? Darius Hystaspis d. (according to
          Herodotus, 63 years old).
4       The Nativity.

A. D.

0 The Common Era of A. D.

29     The " sixty-nine sevens " end with
             the "cutting off of the Messiah",
             483 years from the "going forth
            of the commandment to build
            Jerusalem" in 454 b.c.
69     Destruction of Jerusalem by
             Titus.

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