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January 29, 2011 - Timeline from Adam to 2011

O’Malley Family Bible Study

To understand the bible you need to know: who, what, where, when, why and how.

This study’s purpose is to show how to put together a timeline in years from Adam to

today’s date just by reading your Bible carefully and knowing some of the history events

occurring around the Bible. Some of the dates are easily gotten while others are

challenging. In the process you’ll get more of an understanding of when some of the

patriarchs of the bible lived and when many events happening. Once you know when

certain main events occur at, then it’s easier to find where other events of the Bible fit in

either before or after these main events. You get a better understanding on how the 66

books of the bible fit together.

Calculating the time spans goes from easy, to medium to difficult however it’s rewarding

once you finally pieced the puzzle together.

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There are different time spans that we’ll be searching for:

1) Time from Adam to Abraham using who begat who

2) Time from Abraham to Mt Sinai

3) Time from leaving Egypt to Solomon laying the Temple foundation stones

4) Time from the Kings to Assyria & Babylonian Captivity

5) Time from the Babylonian Captivity to Present

Time from Adam to Abraham using who begat who

In Genesis you can easily find the time from Adam to Abraham by seeing what age the

father was when his son was born (or in Bible terms… begat). Example in Genesis

5:3 … Adam was 130 years of age when Seth was born.

ASV Genesis 5:3 And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in

his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:

You read further along and find out how old Seth was when his son was born. If you

chain the father to the son then to the next son and so on then you discover a timeline.

Complete Exercise #1 by going to the Bible verse and writing the age of the Father when

his Son was born. On the final box for Abraham, write the age of Abraham that is

mentioned in the Scripture Verse that’s mentioned.

In this time period was the Story of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah’s Flood, Tower

of Babel, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and how they went into Egypt. Genesis sets up the

people and places that will be referenced through out the entire Bible. You miss out on

the how the Bible ties together and how the people mentioned in the Old Testament are

now interacting with each other in the New Testament if you haven’t read the book of

Genesis.

Time from Abraham to Mt Sinai

This time frame covers the setting up the 12 sons of Jacob (renamed to Israel) and their

subsequent moving to Egypt then their captivity in Egypt. Finally it covers their escape

from the grips of the Egyptians. This is covered in the book of Genesis and Exodus.

Complete Exercise #2

Time from leaving Egypt to Solomon laying the Temple foundation stones

This time period covers the time the Israelites left Egypt, their 2 year trek to the promise

land, their 40 year punishment for rejecting the promise land the first time that they

reached there, their wandering around in the desert for 40 years, their entering the

promise land the second time and clearing out the squatters, the fall and rise (multiple

times) of the country. This period ends with the setting up a King over the nation, first

by Saul then David and followed by Solomon. Solomon lays the foundation of the

Temple of God in Jerusalem. This is covered in the Books: Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers,

Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings, 1& 2 Chronicles (and others)

Complete Exercise #3

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Time from the Kings to Assyria & Babylonian Captivity

Proverbs 25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is

to search out a matter.

Calculating the King’s reigns is more challenging task than the time lengths that we have

previously found. It’s difficult due to the lack of a verse that gives the total length

The Kingdom of Israel was split into 2 nations after the death of King Solomon: the 10

northern tribes called the Nation or Kingdom of Israel and the 2 southern tribes called the

Nation or Kingdom of Judah (Judah and Benjamin (1 Kings 12:23). The calculation

bounces between both nations as it reference the beginning of each King’s reign as such:

2 Kings 3:1 Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in

the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.

In the passage above, the King of Israel’s reign begin date corresponds to a date within

the King of Judah reign.

To make matters more difficult you have similar named Kings in both Nations ruling

around the same time and you have overlapping King reigns (Son begins reigning while

the father is still reigning). Some of the King’s names change within the verses.

Working thru 1 & 2 Kings and 1 & 2 Chronicles you can piece together like a puzzle the

timeline from Solomon to the destruction and divorce of the Nation of Israel by the

Assyrians and then the destruction of the Nation of Judah by the Babylonians.

The books 1 & 2 Kings and 1 & 2 Chronicles describe how far off track the Israelites

went and how patient God was… however there came a point when God had enough and

sent in the foreign armies to take down both Nations.

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Above is a chart showing the Maximum length of time that both Nations reigned if you

assume that each King’s reign begins after the previous King has died. That assumption

is not accurate since many of the reigns were co-reigns, meaning the Father was still

ruling and the Son also was ruling (learning the ropes to take over the family business so

to speak). This is an area that needs to be really studied since the passages cross

reference each Kingdom as to when each King began to reign.

After reviewing 1 & 2 Kings and 1& 2 Chronicles, I believe that the House of Judah’s

reign was 353 years instead of 363 years and the House of Israel reign was 255 years not

315 years. I believe that the number could be adjusted some more if a more detailed

study is made.

Complete Exercise #4

Time from the Babylonian Captivity to the 2011

There are 2 ways to calculate the time from the Babylonia Captivity to Jesus Death,

Burial and Resurrection and then to the present date.

1) Use Josephus’s writings and add/subtract some years

2) Use the Bible

We’ll do both calculations and compare the time length for both. This time period is

mentioned in Jeremiah and Daniel and recorded in Ezra and Nehemiah.

Using Josephus’ to calculate the Timeline

Josephus Wars Book 6 Chapter 10 which states:

And from King David, who was the first of the Jews who reigned therein, to

this destruction under Titus, were one thousand one hundred and seventy-nine

years;

2 time spans need to be found out

A – Time from King David to the laying of the Temple foundation stones

B – Time from the Temple Destruction to present

Calculate Exercise #5 to find the total time from Adam to the present year of 2011.

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To find the Timeline using the Bible

There are a few additional calculations needed there is a span of time from the end of the

Babylonia Captivity to the rebuilding of the city of Jerusalem that is not recorded in the

Bible (at least I haven’t run across it but I have confidence that I will find a passage one

day). If the King’s reign computation was difficult then this time span far exceeds that

since you have to know the definition of a certain word that isn’t the same as you would

use it today.

The below time chart will be used to calculate A,B,C,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L. From Adam to

King Solomon will be used also (calculated previously above).

A – King David’s Reign

B – King Solomon’s Reign

C – Kings of Judah Total Reign

D – Babylonia Captivity

E – Rebuilding of the Temple decree by Cyrus the Great

F – Unknown time from Temple to City Construction

G – Rebuilding Jerusalem decree by Artaxerxes

H – 70 week prophecy of Jesus

I – Jesus Death, Burial and Resurrection

J – Time span from Jesus’ Resurrection to Destruction of Temple

K – Titus destruction of the Temple (70 AD)

L – Time span from 2011 to 70 AD

First we’ll compare Josephus’ time span to discover the unknown time span by Adding

up time spans A to K which corresponds to Josephus’ time

Complete Exercise 6 to find out the missing time from using the Josephus’ recorded

time.

The Exercise #6 number represents the missing time from the Bible. The question is:

How accurate is this time period? Does it match any other historical documents?

The Persian Empire has the following dates:

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Since Nehemiah (Nehemiah 5:14) served as a cup bearer to Artaxerxes and Governor in

Jerusalem from the 20th

to 32nd

year of the Kings then that means he could have served

under Artaxerxes I or Artaxerxes II

Since Josephus doesn’t give how he calculated the number of years between King David

and 70 AD (Temple destruction) then back dating the 70 week prophecy would settle the

matter.

The 70 week prophecy is a 490 year prophecy (70 weeks times 7 equals 490 days).

In prophecy a day equals a year (Ezekiel 4:6) so 490 days equals 490 years

The 70 week prophecy foretells the coming of Jesus ministry at age 30 (69th

week or

483rd

year) and Jesus’ death during the last week (483 to 490). The 70 week prophecy

begins at the decree to rebuild Jerusalem (after it had been destroyed by the

Babylonians).

That decree occurred in the 20th

year of Artaxerxes I (Neh 2:1 & Neh 2:5-8) which would

be 465 (year Artaxerxes I took office) – 20 years = 445 BC

Or

Artaxerxes II 404 BC – 20 years = 384 BC

The graph above shows the backdating of the 70 week prophecy since the prophecy has

483 years to the beginning of Jesus’ ministry at 30 AD. To get the number of years in

BC you subtract 483 by 30 to get 453.

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453 is not correct since there is no 0 year so subtract 453 by 1 to get 452. 452 BC is the

date that the 70 week prophecy determines that the decree should start however in the

Persian Kings time line it states that the decree occurred in year 445 BC. Which is

correct? There are 7 years between 445 and 452 BC and 68 years between 384 and 452

BC.

As we’ll go over in the Biblical calendar bible study the present 365.2422 days length of

a year was not that during Noah’s flood it was 360 days.

Next we need to find out how many days the 2 calendars are apart for 483 years

365.2422 – 360 = 5.2422 days difference between the two calendars.

5.2422 x 483 = 2531.98 days total difference over 483 years

2531.98 / 360 = 7 years total difference between the 2 calendars over 483 years.

Subtracting 452 by 7 = 445 BC

The 70 week prophecy and the historical date of the 20th

year of Artaxerxes I match

up. 445 BC

The correct missing time should be from 538 to 445 BC or 93 years

The Josephus time was 153 years. 153 – 93 = 60 years difference.

Now that we have all the time spans we can create a Time chart of the Bible from Adam

to present.

Additional homework: Calculate the average generation length using the calculations in

this study with Matt 1:17

Complete Exercise #7

Closing point

The 7 year difference in the calendars is a prophetic message I believe. I believe it

caught the satanic forces unawares. I suspect King Herod knew of the prophecy but he

was surprised by the early arrival of Jesus. Herod’s forces were cut off at the pass the

second time by going to the wrong city. King Herod sent the soldiers to Bethlehem

instead of Nazareth, where Joseph, Mary, Jesus and the wise men bearing gifts.

This will repeat again since Jesus will have to cut short satan’s time otherwise no flesh

will remain (Mat 24:22) – thus cutting satan off again.

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Biblical Calendar from Adam to 2011

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***********Answers ***********

Exercise #1

Write the age of the Father when the Son was born. For Abram, write the age that he

was in the Bible verse.

How many years passed from Adam to Abraham? ___2045____

Exercise #2

How many years passed from Abraham to Mt Sinai (Galatians 3:17) ___430___

Exercise #3 How many years passed from leaving Egypt to the Laying of the foundation stones of the

Temple? (1 Kings 6:1) ___480_____

How long did it take the Israelites to go from Egypt to Mt Sinai? (Exodus 19:1)

__3 months____

Exercise #3 Total:

Add up the top 3 times and subtract the “Exodus to Mt Sinai” time ___2954 yrs 9

months_

Exercise #4

Read 1 & 2 Kings and 1 & 2 Chronicles and make up a detail chart or use the 353 year

6 months for now.

Time of the King’s of Judah’s reign _____________________

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Exercise #5

To Find A (add both values below together):

___40____ King David’s Reign (2 Samuel 5:4 )

___4____ Part of King Solomon’s reign (1 Kings 6:1 )

To Find B: Temple destruction was in 70 AD. Calculate 2011 – 70 = 1941

To find the total number of year from Adam to Present Calculate:

2954 9 months Calculated previously Adam to Temple foundation laying

____44________ Minus A (calculated from above)

____1179________ Add Josephus time

____1941________ Add B (calculated from above)

____6030________ Total time from Adam to Present

Exercise #6

___40__ A King David’s reign: 2 Samuel 5:4

___40__ B King Solomon’s reign: 2 Chronicles 9:30

__353___ C Kings Reign from Exercise #4

__70___ D Babylonian Captivity: Daniel 9:2

E Rebuilding of the Temple decree by Cyrus the Great: Ezra 1:1-2

F Unknown time from end of Babylonian Captivity to rebuilding Jerusalem

G Rebuilding of Jerusalem: Nehemiah 2:5

___483__ H 70 week prophecy of Jesus’ Ministry: Daniel 9:24-26 (Ministry began in 69

week or 483rd

day)

I Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection

___40__ J Time from Jesus’ Ministry begin (30 AD) to Destruction of Temple (70 AD)

__1026___ Total time of above

___153___ Subtract the Total time from above from 1179.

Exercise #7

Abraham to David = (99+430+480-4-70)/14 = 66.78 years

David to Babylon = (40+40+353)/14 = 30.93 years

Babylon to Jesus = (70+93+483-30)/14 = 44.00 years

Best Regards,

David O’Malley

6/27/2010 - Prayer Proclamations to bring down Curses from Jesus Christ

1/8/2011 – God exists

1/15/2011 – Moses: The Untold Years

1/29/2011 - The Biblical Timeline: From Adam to 2011

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Future O’Malley Family Bible studies (not in order)

- The fall of Babylon

- Indiana Jones vs the Bible: Location of the Ark

- Passover: from Sodom and Ghemorra to Jesus

- The Biblical Calendar: two confusing or two simple?

- The Trinity: 1 in 3, 3 in 1 or … 4 by 2 from 1???

- pt 1 - The Salvation Cycle: From hearing to preaching

- pt 2 - Snake Survival Manual: Their Anatomy & Characteristics

- pt 3 - Dress Code Strictly Enforced: What you should & should not be wearing

- pt 4 - Spiritual Warfare Academy: repair the breeches & deploy counter offenses

- Book of Enoch summary

- Fall of Jerusalem: departure of the King of Kings

- Feast days then and now

- Psalms 69 – Jesus’ troubled life

- 5 stones for 5 giants: Peace in the land at last

- Fear of the Lord

- To forgive or not to forgive – that is the question

Special thanks to the late Pastor Gene Smith who in 1999 inspired me thru his detailed Bible

studies that connected Biblical passages to history, science, astronomy and to the present

world situation. His inspiring talks led me to read the Bible multiple times, cover to cover,

in 1999 to 2004. That was a eye opening experience since I discovered what was actually in

the Bible for the first time (rather than someone telling me what was in it). I created the

timeline in 2002 using only the Josephus calculation method. It was the awakening of the fact

that there are 2 different calendars (3 if you count the modern one that we use today)stated

in the Bible running along at the same time that lead me to find the missing time from the

end of the Babylonian exile to the decree to rebuild Jerusalem. Many thanks to Pastor Peter

Peters, Scriptures for America, for that discovery.

Reference Material

Definition: In prophecy a day = a year (Ezekiel 4:6)

Daniel 9:1-2

1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over

the realm of the Chaldeans;

2 In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of

the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of

Jerusalem.

A 70 week of years Prophecy found in Daniel 9:24-26 (70 years times 7 = 490 years) goes from the time

Jerusalem is rebuilt (after the Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple) to Jesus death, burial and

resurrection.

Daniel 9:24-26

24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and

to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness,

and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to

build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the

street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.

26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of

the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood,

and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

When the 70 years of captivity was complete then the House of the Lord was to be rebuilt.

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Ezra 1:1-2

1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah

might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation

throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,

2 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the

earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

Cyrus’ proclamation was to build a Temple not to build Jerusalem.

Nehemiah was charged to build Jerusalem which is where the prophecy of 490 years will begin. The wall

was not completed by Ezra since he was charged only to build the Temple. Nehemiah will rebuild

Jerusalem as directed by the 20th

year proclamation. The city hadn’t begun in the 32nd

year of Artaxerxes.

Nehemiah 1:3 And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are

in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are

burned with fire.

Nehemiah 5:14 Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah,

from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve

years,

KJV Nehemiah 6:15 So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty

and two days.

ASV Nehemiah 2:1 And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the

king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been

beforetime sad in his presence.

ASV Nehemiah 2:5-8

5 And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favor in thy sight, that thou

wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.

6 And the king said unto me (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when

wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.

7 Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the

River, that they may let me pass through till I come unto Judah;

8 and a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for

the gates of the castle which appertaineth to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I

shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

ASV Nehemiah 7:1-4

1 Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers

and the Levites were appointed,

2 that I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the governor of the castle, charge over Jerusalem; for he

was a faithful man, and feared God above many.

3 And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they

stand on guard, let them shut the doors, and bar ye them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of

Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.

4 Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not

builded.

ASV Nehemiah 13:6 But in all this time I was not at Jerusalem; for in the two and thirtieth year of

Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went unto the king: and after certain days asked I leave of the king,

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Exercise #1

How many years passed from Adam to Abraham? _______

Exercise #2

How many years passed from Abraham to Mt Sinai (Galatians 3:17) ______

Exercise #3

How many years passed from leaving Egypt to the Laying of the foundation stones of the

Temple? (1 Kings 6:1) ________

How long did it take the Israelites to go from Egypt to Mt Sinai? (Exodus 19:1) ______

Time Check (add up all the years)

Exercise #1________

Exercise #2________

Exodus to Laying of Temple Foundation ______

Exercise 3 Total:

Add up the top 3 times and subtract the “Egypt to Mt Sinai” time ___________

This is the Time from Adam to Laying the Temple Foundation by King Solomon.

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Exercise #4

Read 1 & 2 Kings and 1 & 2 Chronicles and make up a detail chart or use the 353 year

6 months for now.

Time of the King’s of Judah’s reign _________ __

Exercise #5

To Find A (add both values below together):

_______ King David’s Reign (2 Samuel 5:4 )

_______ Part of King Solomon’s reign (1 Kings 6:1 )

To Find B: Temple destruction was in 70 AD. Calculate 2011 – 70 = 1941

To find the total number of year from Adam to Present Calculate:

2954 9 months Calculated previously Adam to Temple foundation laying

____________ Minus A (calculated from above)

____________ Add Josephus time

____________ Add B (calculated from above)

____________ Total time from Adam to Present

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Exercise #6

_____ A King David’s reign: 2 Samuel 5:4

_____ B King Solomon’s reign: 2 Chronicles 9:30

_____ C Kings Reign from Exercise #4

_____ D Babylonian Captivity: Daniel 9:2

E Rebuilding of the Temple decree by Cyrus the Great: Ezra 1:1-2

F Unknown time from end of Babylonian Captivity to rebuilding Jerusalem

G Rebuilding of Jerusalem: Nehemiah 2:5

_____ H 70 week prophecy of Jesus’ Ministry: Daniel 9:24-26 (Ministry began in 69

week or 483rd

day)

I Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection

_____ J Time from Jesus’ Ministry begin (30 AD) to Destruction of Temple (70 AD)

_____ Total time of above

______ Subtract the Total time from above from 1179.

This is the missing time from the end of the Babylonian Captivity to the rebuilding of

Jerusalem according to Josephus.

Exercise #7

Matthew 1:17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen

generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen

generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen

generations.

Abraham to David =

David to Babylon =

Babylon to Jesus =