THE EARTH IS UNDER 7,000 YEARS OLD!

                                                        APPROX.
                                         BIBLE          EARTH
PATRIARCH AND EVENT:                     REFERENCE      AGE/DATE
-------------------                      ---------      --------

Earth, Sun, stars, Adam & Eve and all     Gen  1:1-2:25   6 days
  life created in literally six days      Exo 20:11
                                              31:17
                                          Joh 11:9

Adam has Seth at 130 and dies at 930      Gen  5:3-5     130 yrs
  years old

Seth has Enos at 105 & dies at 912             5:6-8         235

Enos has Cainan at 90 & dies at 905            5:9-11        325

Cainan has Mahalaleel at 70 & dies             5:12-14       395
  at 910 years old

Mahalaleel has Jared at 65 & dies              5:15-17       460
  at 895 years old

Jared has Enoch at 162 & dies at 962           5:18-20       622

Enoch has Methuselah at 65 and walks           5:21-24       687
  with God at 365 years old

Methuselah has Lamech at 187 & dies            5:25-27       874
  at 969 years old

Lamech has Noah at 182 & dies at 777           5:28-31      1056

Noah has three sons, Shem, Ham and             5:32
 Japheth at 500 and dies at 950.               9:28-29
                                              10:21

NOTE: Based on Gen. 10:21, it seems that Japheth was
the elder son actually born when Noah was 500 years
old followed by Shem two years later, and then Ham.
This explains why Shem would be 100 years old two
years after The Flood instead of being 102 years old.
Thus, at the time Shem was born, the Earth's age was........1558

Shem has Arphaxad at 100 & dies at 600        11:10-11      1658
(two years after The Flood occurs)

Arphaxad has Salah at 35 & dies at 438        11:12-13      1693

Salah has Eber at 30 & dies at 433            11:14-15      1723

Eber has Peleg at 34 & dies at 464            11:16-17      1757

Peleg has Reu at 30 & dies at 239             11:18-19      1787

Reu has Serug at 32 & dies at 239             11:20-21      1819

Serug has Nahor at 30 & dies at 230           11:22-23      1849

Nahor has Terah at 29 & dies at 148           11:24-25      1878

Terah has Abram at 130 and dies at            11:26-32
  205 years old, at which time the        Act  7:4
  Earth's age was about.....................................2008

NOTE: In Genesis 11:26-32, we are told that Terah had three
sons, Abram, Nahor and Haran, beginning at the age of 70.
With Acts 7:4 and Genesis 12:1-4, we see that Abram left
Haran at the age of seventy-five after his father had died.
With these facts, and the assumption that Abram's father's
death was part of the motivating factor for Abram to leave
Haran, we know that Terah was at least 130 when Abram was
born.

Abram leaves Haran at the age of 75       Gen 12:1-4
  to travel to Canaan. At this time,
  the Earth's age was about.................................2083

Abram has Ishamel by Sarah's handmaid,        16:16
  Hagar, at 86 years old in the 11th
  year of his sojourn from Haran. At this
  time, the Earth's age was about...........................2094

God makes the Covenant of Circumcision    Gen 17:1-27
  when Abram is 99 years old, at which        18:1-15
  time he is renamed Abraham and Sarai    Gal  3:17
  is renamed Sarah. It is at this same
  time that Sarah conceives Isaac when
  the Lord and two angels visit them in
  the plains of Mamre. Based on what
  Paul tells us in Galatians, it seems
  that the 430 years of sojourning
  followed by captivity, may begin at
  this time when the Earth's age was........................2107

Abraham has Isaac at 100 & dies at 175.   Gen 21:1-5
  When Isaac was born, the age of the         25:7-8
  Earth was approximately...................................2108

According to historical records, the
  time of Abraham was around 1900 B.C.              (1900 B.C.?)


Isaac married Rebekah, the sister of          25:20
  Laban the Syrian at the age of 40
  at which time the Earth's age was.........................2148

Isaac has Jacob and Esau at the age of        25:21-26
  60. At the time of their birth, the
  age of the Earth was about................................2168

When Isaac is about 100 years old,            28:1-5
  Jacob goes to the house of Laban
  to seek a wife. At this time, the
  Earth's age was approximately.............................2208

When Jacob is about 40, he works for          29:18-20
  his uncle Laban for 7 years to get
  his first wife Leah. At the end of
  this time, the age of the Earth was.......................2215

Jacob works an additional 7 years for         29:26-30
  his second wife, Rachel, at the end
  of which time the Earth's age was.........................2222

Levi, the great grandfather of Moses,         29:34
  and the third son of Jacob by Leah his
  wife may have been born when Jacob was
  about 60, when the Earth's age was........................2228

NOTE: This age for Jacob and year of Levi's birth is based
on the following possibilities:

1] Jacob was about 40 when he began working for Laban
2] It appears that Jacob may have shunned Leah for the
   full 14 years since he was in love with Rachel and
   had been tricked by Laban.
3] It appears that the Lord closed up Rachel's womb and
   did not permit her to bear children until Jacob
   finally gave in to the Lord and began having children
   by Leah first:

"And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her
womb: but Rachel was barren. And Leah conceived, and bare a
son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely
the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my
husband will love me. And she conceived again, and bare a
son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated,
he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his
name Simeon. And she conceived again, and bare a son; and
said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me,
because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name
called Levi. And she conceived again, and bare a son: and
she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called
his name Judah; and left bearing."
(Genesis 29:31-35)

4] Based on one child every two years, Leah would have had
   her third child, Levi, about 5 or 6 years later towards
   the end of the twenty years that Jacob served Laban. By
   this time, Jacob had 11 children by Rachel, Leah and
   their two handmaids. He left Laban shortly after his
   eleventh son, Joseph, was born:

"And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and
opened her womb. And she conceived, and bare a son; and
said, God hath taken away my reproach: And she called his
name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.
And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob
said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own
place, and to my country. Give me my wives and my children,
for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest
my service which I have done thee."
(Genesis 30:22-26)

"This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy
she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy
flock have I not eaten. That which was torn of beasts I
brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand
didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by
night. Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and
the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee
fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy
cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times."
(Genesis 31:38-41)

Thus, in my view, the above figures for Jacob's age, the
year of Levi's birth, and the age of the Earth seem to be
close to accurate.

Jacob has Joseph in his old age. I have   Gen 30:22-24
  estimated it to be about 90 based on    Gen 37:3
  other Scriptural references available.
  At his birth the Earth's age was about....................2258

Kohath, the grandfather of Moses, and     Gen 46:11
  the second of three sons born  to       1Ch  6:1
  Levi, may have been born when Levi
  was around 42, at which time the age
  of the Earth was about....................................2270

Joseph taken to Egypt at 17 years old     Gen 37:2-3,36
  & in Potiphar's house for some time     Gen 39:1-2
  At this age, the Earth was about..........................2275

According to historical records, the                (1700 B.C.?)
  time of Joseph was about 1700 BC

Joseph is thrown into prison by his       Gen 39:20-23
  master Potiphar at which time the
  Earth's age was approximately.............................2286

Isaac dies at the old age of 180 at           35:28-29
  which time the Earth's age was about......................2288

Joseph interprets Pharaoh's dreams,           41:1, 41-46
  is lifted out of prison, is renamed
  Zaphnath-paa-neah, is given Asenath
  for a wife, and becomes 2nd in Egypt
  at 30 years of age at which time the
  age of the Earth was approximately........................2288

The seven good years begin at which time      41:47-56
  the Earth' age was about..................................2288

Joseph has his first son whom he names        41:50-51
  Manasseh, before the 7 years of famine      46:20
  begin. I estimate this to be when he        48:5
  is about 32 years of age, or when the
  age of the Earth is about.................................2290

Joseph has his 2nd son whom he names          41:50, 52
  Ephraim, before the 7 years of famine       46:20
  begin. I estimate this to be when he        48:5
  is about 34 years of age, or when the
  age of the Earth is about.................................2292

Joseph's brethern return to Egypt the         45:6,11
  2nd time with Benjamin during the
  second year of the famine at which
  time the age of the Earth was about.......................2297

Jacob goes to Egypt with his family           47:7-11
  at 130 years old. Joseph is now about
  40 years old. At this time the Earth's
  age was about.............................................2298

Jacob stays in Egypt 17 years, dies           47:28
  there at 147 years old at which time
  the age of the Earth was about............................2315

Amram, the eldest of four sons, and       Exo  6:18
  the father of Moses, is born to         Num  3:19
  Kohath when he is around 80 years       1Ch  6:2
  at which time the Earth's age was.........................2350

Joseph's brother, Levi, the great         Exo  6:16
  grandfather of Moses, dies at 137
  years of age at which time the age
  of the Earth was about....................................2365

Joseph dies at 110 years old after see-   Gen 50:22-26
  ing the birth of his grandchildren. At
  that time the Earth's age was about.......................2368

Egyptian bondage begins after rest of     Exo  1:6,8
  Joseph's generation dies off.

Kohath, the father of Amram, and grand-
  father of Moses dies at the age of 133
  when the Earth's age was approximately....................2403

Aaron, the elder of the two sons of       Exo  6:20
  Amram and Jochebed, the daughter of     Exo  7:7
  Levi may have been born in Goshen       Num 26:59
  in the land of Egypt when Amram was
  around the age of 104 at which time
  the age of the Earth was about............................2454

Moses, the younger of the two sons of     Exo  2:1-10
  Amram, may have been born in Goshen     Exo  6:20
   in the land of Egypt when Amram was    Num 26:59
  around the age of 107 at which time     1Ch  6:3, 18
  the age of the Earth was approximately....................2457

Amram, the father of Aaron and Moses,
  dies at the age of 137, at which time
  the Earth's age was about.................................2427

Israelites multiply in Egypt during       Exo  1:9-12
  their time of bondage

Moses lives royally in Egypt 40 years,    Act  7:22-23
  kills the Egyptian & flees to the       Exo  2:11-15
  the desert and becomes a shepherd.
  At the time he flees, the Earth's
  age was about.............................................2497

Caleb the son of Jephunneh, of the        Jos 14:7
  tribe of Judah is born about two
  years after Moses flees Egypt.............................2499

Joshua the son of Nun is born about
  two years after Moses flees Egypt
  at which time the Earth's age was.........................2499

NOTE: This assumption that Caleb and Joshua were born
about the same time is based upon a variety of factors
shown later.

Moses spends his young adult life in      Exo  2:16-22
  the land of Midian where he marries
  Zipporah and has children.

Moses hears from God at Mt. Horeb and     Exo  3:1-22
  begins his ministry as the Deliverer

Moses returns to Egypt and speaks to      Exo  7:7
  Pharaoh at 80 years old, at which
  time the Earth's age was about............................2537

After God sends the plagues, the 430      Exo 12:41
  years of sojourning and Egyptian
  bondage ended, at which time the
  Earth's age was about.....................................2537

NOTE: This figure, 2537, is based on the 430 years beginning
when Abraham consumated the Covenant with God through
circumcision, when he was 99 years old.

If we have the 430 years beginning 24 years earlier when
Abram first left Haran at the age of 75, then the age of the
Earth at the time of the liberation from Egypt would have
been about 2513 years.

Children of Israel cross the Red Sea      Exo 14:1-31
  while Pharaoh's army is drowned

Moses received the commandments on the    Exo 19:3-32:7
  top of Mount Sinai in the third month
  following their liberation................................2537

Joshua was a young man of about 38        Exo 33:11
  years at the time that Moses received   Num 11:28
  the commandments. Moses was 80, so
  in his eyes, describing Joshua as a
  'young man' might have been an
  appropriate description...................................2537

Two years after leaving Mount Sinai,      Num  1:1, 9:1
  Caleb, at the age of 40, assisted           10:11
  Joshua and ten other tribal leaders     Jos 14:6-7
  in spying out the Promised Land at
  which time the Earth's age was............................2539

Children of Israel condemned to wander    Num 14:27-34
  for forty years in the wilderness due
  to their murmuring and unbelief after
  they spied out the Promised Land for
  forty days. The Lord tells them that
  they will wander one year for each day
  that Joshua, Caleb and the rest were
  spying out the Promised Land..............................2539

Aaron, the brother of Moses, died at the  Num 33:38-39
  age of 123 on the top of Mount Hor
  in the fortieth year just before they
  entered the Promised Land, at which
  time the Earth's age was about............................2577

Moses died on top of Mount Nebo/Pisgah    Deu 34:1-12
  at the age of 120 years in the final
  fortieth year, just before entering
  the Promised Land, at which time the
  Earth's age was approximately.............................2577


Children of Israel end their 40 years     Jos  2:1
   of wandering in the wilderness and     Jos  5:6
   enter the Promised Land, coming in
   through the East by Jericho. The
   Earth's age was approximately............................2577

NOTE: Due to the fact that Moses was 80 when he appeared
before  Pharaoh, and that he died at 120, this indicates
that the 40 years of wandering included the first two
years when they were encamped at the foot of Mount Sinai.

Caleb received Hebron for an inheri-      Jos 14:10
  tance at the age of 85, at which            14:13-14
  time the Earth's age was about............................2584

Following the above event, there is       Jos 21:44
  Scriptural evidence that another        Jos 23:1
  time period lapsed before Joshua        Jos 24:29
  died at the age of 110. If he and       Jud  2:8
  Caleb were born in the same year,
  this would be an additional 25 yrs........................2609

Period of the Judges begins in Israel     Jud  2:16
  (Gideon Deborah Baruk Samson etc.)      Jud  3:9
  perhaps 20 years later after the
  rest of Joshua's generation have
  died. The first Judge was Othniel,
  the son of Kenaz, Caleb's brother.........................2629

Samuel, the last Judge, anoints Saul,    1Sm  9:1-2, 21
  a Benjamite, as the first king of       1Sm 10:1,24
  Israel, at which time the Earth's
  age was about.............................................2933

David, the future king, is born to        Rut  4:17, 22
  Jesse, the son of Obed, of the          1Sm 17:12
  tribe of Judah, at which time the
  age of the Earth was about................................2943

Samuel, the aging Prophet, anoints       1Sm 16:12-13
  young David as the 2nd king of
  Israel, possibly when David was 24.
  This would have been 430 years after
  coming out of Egypt, at which time
  the Earth's age was approximately.........................2967

Samuel the Prophet may have died during   1Sm  7:15
  the final six years of Saul's reign.    1Sm  8:5
  Saul used the witch of Endor to raise   1Sm 25:1
  up Samuel from the dead the last day    1Sm 28:3-19
  of his forty-year reign...................................2973

Saul ruled 40 years & died in battle      1Sm 13:13-14
  after being rejected by the Lord        1Sm 15:10-11, 23
  because of his disobedience. At         1Sm 31:3-4        
  that time, the age of the Earth was     Act 13:21
  approximately.............................................2973

David is anointed king a second time     2Sm 5:1-5
  in Hebron by the elders of Israel.
  He began his reign at the age of 30,
  at which time the Earth's age was.........................2973

According to historical records, the
  reign of King David began in approx-
  imately the year 1010 B.C.                        (1010 B.C.?)

David reigned 40 years, 7 in Hebron,      2Sm  5:1-5
 and 33 years in Jerusalem. He died       1Kg  2:11
 at the age of 70, at which time          1Ch 29:27
 the Earth's age was about..................................3013

Solomon, the young son of David, is       1Kg  1:30-39
  anointed as the 3rd king of Israel     1Ch 29:1, 22
  by Zadok the priest and Nathan the
  Prophet in the sight of David, at
  which time the Earth's age was about......................3013

                                                     (970 B.C.?)

Beginning of contruction of Solomon's     1Kg  6:1
  Temple 480 years after coming out of    2Ch  3:1-2
  Egyptian bondage, in the 4th year of
  Solomon's reign...........................................3017

Temple construction ended after seven     1Kg  6:38
  years in Solomon's 11th year as king......................3024

Solomon died after reigning 40 years      1Kg 11:42
  at which time the Earth's age was.........................3053

NOTE: Acts says that the period of the Judges continued
'until Samuel the prophet', thus it seems that he should be
included as the final judge/prophet in this 450 year period.
These people served as both Judges AND Prophets. A clear
example is Deborah as in this verse:

"And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged
Israel at that time."
(Judges 4:4)

In 1 Samuel, we also see another indication that Samuel
served as Prophet and Judge:

"And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. And he
went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and
Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places. And his
return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he
judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD."
(1 Samuel 7:15-17)

Another indication that Samuel should be included as the
final Judge/Prophet is in the way Paul associates him with
others in Hebrews chapter eleven:

"And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to
tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of
Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:"
(Hebrews 11:32)

Paul seems to be including Samuel with David and the Judges,
and then saying '...AND of the prophets.' The problem we
face with all of the above information is that if Samuel was
the final Judge, and even if he died in the last year of
Saul's reign, that still only gives us 354 years for the
period of the Judges, and NOT the 'about 450' years which is
claimed in the Book of Acts by Paul. With my current calcu-
lations, the only way to arrive at the full 450 years is to
include the reigns of Saul, David, Solomon, Solomon's son,
Solomon's grandson, and the beginning of the reign of his
great grandson! In addition, Paul seems to be implying that
the period of the Judges ended when Saul became the first
king. It is because of these facts that no matter how we
juggle the figures, it is impossible to reconcile the 450
years of the Judges, with the 480 years from the liberation
from Egypt to the beginning of the construction of the
Temple. If we trust the 450 years, this would bring us to
Earth age 3079 instead of 3053. This has plagued Biblical
chronologists for decades, if not longer; and there is no
clear solution. For this reason, for now I am going to
accept the 3053 and continue the timeline from that point.

Solomon's son Rehoboam becomes king at    1Kg 11:43
  41 years & reigns 17 years in Judah         14:21
  at the end of which time the Earth was....................3070

Rehoboam's son Abijam becomes king        1Kg 14:31         3073
  and reigns three years in Judah             15:2

Abijam's son Asa becomes king and         1Kg 15:8,10       3114
  reigns 41 years in Judah

Asa's son Jehoshaphat becomes king at     1Kg 15:24
  age 35 and reigns 25 years in Judah         22:42
  at the end of which time the Earth's
  age was approximately.....................................3139

Jehoshaphat's son Jehoram becomes king    2Kg  2:16-17      3147
  at age 32 and reigns 8 years in Judah

Jehoram's son Ahaziah becomes king at     2Kg  8:26         3148
  age 22 and reigns 1 year in Judah            9:27

At his death, Ahaziah's mother Athaliah   2Kg 11:1-3
  reigns over Judah for six years.                          3154

Ahaziah's son Joash/Jehoash becomes       2Kg 11:12-16
  king at 7 after his mother is slain         12:1
  and reigns 40 years in Jerusalem, at
  the end of which time the Earth's
  age was appproximately....................................3194

After Joash's assassination, his son      2Kg 14:1-2
  Amaziah became king at age 25 and
  reigned 29 years in Jerusalem.............................3223

After Amaziah's assassination, his son    2Kg 14:21
  Azariah/Uzziah became king at age           15:2
  16 & reigned 52 years in Jerusalem at
  the end of which time, the Earth's
  age was approximately.....................................3275

According to historical records, King                (740 B.C.?)
  Uzziah/Azariah died about 740 B.C.

Azariah's son Jotham became king at       2Kg 15:32-33      3291
  age 25 and reigned 16 years in Judah

Jotham's son Ahaz became king at age      2Kg 15:38         3307
  20 and reigned 16 years in Jerusalem        16:2


Ahaz's son Hezekiah became king at        2Kg 16:20         3336
  age 25 and reigns 29 years in Judah         18:1-2

Hezekiah's son Manasseh became king       2Kg 20:21
  at age 12 and reigned 55 years in           21:1
  Jerusalem at the end of which time
  the Earth's age was about.................................3391

Manasseh's son Amon became king at        2Kg 21:18-19
  age 22 and reigned 2 years in Jeru-
  salem at the end of which time the
  Earth's age was about.....................................3393

After Amon's assassination, his son       2Kg 21:23
  Josiah became king at the age of         through
  eight, at which time the Earth's            22:1
  age was about.............................................3393

In the 13th year of Josiah's reign,       Jer  1:2-3
  Jeremiah begins prophesying             25:3
  against Jerusalem at which time the
  the Earth's age was about.................................3406

Note: According to the historical record, Nabopolassar was
the first king of Babylon and ruled from about 626 B.C. to
605 B.C.

Note: Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian Book of empire
was prophesied against by the prophet Nahum. According
to the historical record, it was destroyed by the
Babylonians in about 612 B.C.


Josiah reigned 31 years in Jerusalem      2Kg 22:1
   and died in battle against Necho       2Kg 23:29-30
  king of of Egypt at which time the      2Ch 35:20-24
  Earth's was about.........................................3424

After Josiah dies in battle, his son      2Kg 23:30-36
  Jehoahaz, a.k.a. Shallum, became        Jer 22:11-12
  king at 23 & reigned 3 months after     2Ch 36:1-5
  which Pharoah of Egypt took him
  prisoner where he died. Pharaoh made
  Josiah's other son Eliakim, (who he
  called Jehoiakim), king. At this time
  the Earth's age was about.................................3424

In the third year of Jehoiakim's reign,   Dan  1:1-7
  King Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem  2Ch 36:5-7
  and took part of the Temple vessels &
  part of the royal seed to Babylon. In
  this group was the Prophet Daniel. At
  this time, the Earth's age was............................3427

In the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king  Jer 25:1-3
  of Babylon, in the fourth year of the   Jer 36:1-2
  reign of King Jehoiakim, son of Josiah.
  Jeremiah began writing his book, 23
  years after he had begun prophesying.
  At this time the Earth's age was..........................3427

                            (605 B.C.?)

In the second year of Nebuchadnezzar's    Dan 2:1
  reign the prophet Daniel described          2:32,38
  Babylon as the head of gold. Later he       7:1, 4
  described Babylon as a lion with
  eagle's wings under Belshazzar.

It apppears that Jehoiakim ended his      2Ch 36:5-6
  eleven year rule when the forces of     Jer 22:18-19
  Nebuchadnezzar attempted to bind in
  chains to carry him captive into
  Babylon. This attempt may have
  resulted in his death because Jere-
  miah says he was buried outside of
  Jerusalem like an ass, at which
  time the Earth's age was..................................3435


Jehoiakim died & his son Jehoiachin       2Kg 24:6-18
  became king at age 18 & reigned 3       Jer 22:24-30
  months when Nebuchadnezzar besieged         52:1
  Jerusalem. Nebuchadnezzar replaced      2Ch 36:8-10
  Jehoiachin with his uncle Mattaniah
  whom he renamed Zedekiah. He began
  ruling at age 21 at which time the
  Earth's age was about.....................................3435

NOTE: We have two slightly different accounts concerning
Jehoiachin, a.k.a. Coniah or Jeconiah. According to the
account in Kings, he remained in Jerusalem while his uncle
ruled in his stead. Seven years later, in what would have
been his eighth year of reign, Jehoiachin was taken as a
prisoner to Babylon where he died. According to Chronicles,
he was taken prisoner to Babylon at the end of that very
same year. I am going to use this second version, so that
when he and his family, servants, etc., were taken to
Babylon, the Earth's age was about..........................3435

The Prophet Ezekiel, who was also taken   Eze 1:1-3
  captive, began receiving his visions
  from the Lord in the fifth year of King
  Jehoiachin's captivity in Babylon. At
  that time, the Earth's age was about......................3440

In Zedekiah's final 11th year, which      2Kg 25:8-12,21
  was Nebuchadnezzar's 19th year in           25:22-26
  power, Nebuzaradan invaded & tore       Jer 39:1-10
  down walls of Jerusalem after two           52:4-16
  years of seige, and took the remnant
  captive to Bablyon. Gedaliah was made
  Nebuchadnezzar's puppet ruler, but
  was killed 7 months later. At this
  time, the Earth's age was about...........................3446

The fall of Jersualem occurred in the     Jer  1:2-3
  year 587 B.C. according to historical
  records. At this time, Jeremiah ended
  his forty years of prophesying.            (587 B.C.?)

According to the  historical record,      2Kg 25:27
  Evil-merodach, a.k.a. Amel-Marduk,      Jer 52:31
  succeeded Nebuchadnezzar and ruled
  from about 561 B.C. to 558 B.C. In
  the first year of his reign, he freed
  Jehoiachin who had been in prison for
  37 years. At the time of his freedom,
  the age of the Earth was about............................3472

Note: According to the historical record, Nergal-shar-usur
succeeded Evil-merodach to the throne of Babylon in about
the year 558 B.C.

Note: According to the historical record, Nabonidus
succeeded Nergal-shar-usur to the throne of Babylon in about
the year 554 B.C.

According to the historical record,        Dan 5:11
  Belshazzar succeeded Nabonidus to            5:18
  the Babylonian throne in about 537           5:22
  B.C. One source states that he was
  the son of Nabonidus; however, the
  Scriptures indicate that he was the
  direct son of Nebuchadnezzar.

Medo-Persia was a dual empire, but the    Dan. 2:32,38-39
  Persians were the stronger of the two        7:5
  two kingdoms as depicted & prophesied        8:3,20
  by the prophet Daniel

Note: According to the historical record, Cyrus ruled as
king of Persia from somewhere between 550 and 558 B.C., to
529 B.C. There appears to be some conflict as to when his
reign actually began.


The 70 years of captivity ends in the   2 Chr 36:20-23
  first year of the reign of Cyrus,     Ezra   1:1-3
  king of the Persian Empire, when he          2:1,64
  encourage the captives of Judah to           5:13
  return and rebuild the house of the
  Lord. They number 42,360 plus 7,330
  servants and maids.

According to the historical record,       Dan  5:31
  Darius I ruled as king of Persia             9:1
  from 521 B.C. to 486 B.C. He was the        Book of Esther
  son of King Ahasurerus of the Medes,
  who reigned with Queen Esther.

Temple construction begins in the         Ezr  3:8
  2nd year after captivity ends but            4:19-24
  is halted by Artaxerxes after
  sedition by the enemies of Israel
  until the 2nd year of the reign
  of King Darius.

The Prophets Daniel and Jeremiah both     Dan  5:25-31
  prophesied the defeat and death of      Jer 51:27-28
  Belshazzar, and his kingdom being           51:44
  given to Darius the Mede. Belshazzar
  means 'Bel protect the king'.

In the second year of his reign,          Ezr  6:6-12
  Darius orders that the Jews be left
  alone to build their Temple.

The Temple is completed in the 6th        Ezr  6:14-15
  year of the reign of Darius.

Darius the Mede was around 62 years
  of age when he conquered Babylon.


According to the historical record,
  Xerxes I ruled as king of Persia
  from 486 B.C. to 465 B.C.

Ezra goes to Jerusalem in the 7th         Ezr  7:6-8
  year of the reign of Artaxerxes              7:11-26
  & the king passes a decree re-
  garding financing the construc-
  tion of the 2nd Jewish temple.

In the 20th year of the reign of          Neh  2:1-9
  Artaxerxes, Nehemiah is given
  permission to rebuild the wall
  around Jerusalem.

Nehemiah is still acting as governor      Neh  5:14
  of Judah twelve years later.

Malachi, the last written prophet         Book of
  continues to preach against the         Malachi
  sins of Israel during same time
  frame as Ezra and Nehemiah.

Alexander the Great, King of Mace-        Dan  2:32,39
  donia (Grecian Empire) rules as              7:6
  prophesied by Daniel and dies in             8:5,21-22
  323 BC according to historical              11:2-4
  records. His kingdom was then
  divided into four areas by his
  generals as prophesied by Daniel.

NOTE: Following the prophet Malachi, there was a period of
300+ years during which there were no recorded prophesies,
in part be- cause God was fed up with Israel, and also
because at that time, the Jewish law and oral tradition was
held in very high esteem by the Jewish religious leaders. As
such prophesying was frowned upon and could result in
excommunication from the temple. In short, Israel no longer
wanted to listen to God.

During this time was the reign of the family of the
Maccabees. It was at this time that the Book of
Jubilees was written. Judas Maccabeus died in 160 BC
according to the historical record as well as the
Apocrypha.


It was also in these last couple of       Dan  2:33,40
  hundred of 'silent years' when the           7:7,23
  Romans came into power as predicted
  hundreds of years before by Daniel.
  According to the historical record,
  Tiberius Caesar lived from 42 B.C. to
  37 A.D. and was in power when Jesus
  was crucified.