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Calendar used during Solomon Several
obstacles have hindered us from discovering the next 251 or 502 years during
the era of Jerusalem. The rabbinic chronology confuses the era of Jerusalem
with the era of the temple. The confusion stems from allowing only 20 years
between the death of Eli and the seventh year of David, when he brought the
Ark into Jerusalem. It was actually 57 years. So,
there were likely 294 years (six jubilees) instead of 251 years from the
Exodus to the 11th year of Solomon, when his temple was dedicated
and 251 years from the Exodus to the seventh year of David. Chronologists
present three basic options for the six generations from the Exodus to
Solomon. These are 479 years, 251 years or 590 years. One
with 590 years results from having 111 years of oppressions and 339 years of
judges. All years are viewed as consecutive, with no overlapping. This makes
450 years for the judges, as in Acts 13:30, and 590 years from the Exodus to
the temple. Another
view subtracts the 111 years of oppressions from the 590 years. This makes
479 years from the Exodus to the temple, as in I Kings 6:1. The third is to
subtract 339 years of judges from the 590 years. This makes 251 years from
the Exodus to the temple. This is supported by David’s genealogy being only
six generations after the Exodus.
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A “sabbatical calendar” divides time into
jubilees of 49 years, seven years called sabbaticals, each year having
exactly 52 weeks or 364 days, and each season with exactly 13 weeks. This
division of time is represented in the book of Jubilees and the book of
Enoch. These two books still existed in the first century but eventually
became considered as “bad science”. This division is comparable to a deck of 52
cards with four suits of 13 cards per set. Each suit has 10 cards from Ace to
10 and 12 cards to the King. This makes 48 cards. A wild 13th card, the Jack, is added to each set
making 13 cards per set, 52 cards per deck. In six decks, there are 24 Jacks.
Therefore, perhaps the deck represents 52 weeks with four seasons and 364
weeks in seven years. Jubilee between
the Exodus and the Temple
This
type of calendar is compatible with time between major events before and
after king Solomon being divided into sabbaticals. Archbishop Ussher, in The
Annals of the World, page 67, says, “In the eleventh year of Solomon’s
reign, in the eighth month, called Bul, the temple and its furnishings were
completed. It had taken seven years and six months to build. The dedication
of the temple was postponed until the autumn of the next year, because that
was the beginning of the Jubilee year [the 49th year].” If so,
this would mean he founded the temple seven years earlier, in his fourth
year, during a sabbatical. However, Ussher believed the Israelites began
counting the sabbaticals and jubilees 40 years after they exited Egypt, after
they conquered the land in seven years. This would be 432 years before the
temple (479 - 40 - 7= 432). Another view is that the exodus from Egypt was
in about 1255 BC (251 x5). The famous movie, Exodus, starring Charlton
Heston was during this time and fits the profile for dating the Exodus (See
the above tab, “Code 490”). From 1255 (the Exodus) to 968 BC, when Solomon
founded the temple, there were 287 years, that is, 41 Sabbaticals. From 1255
(the exodus) to 961, when the temple was completed, there were 294 years, or
6 jubilees. This matches Ussher’s statement that the temple was dedicated in
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