Author: Eduardo Freire Canosa
Birth of Father To Birth of Son | Years | Genesis |
Adam to Seth | 130 | 5:3 |
Seth to Enosh | 105 | 5:6 |
Enosh to Kenan | 90 | 5:9 |
Kenan to Mahalalel | 70 | 5:12 |
Mahalalel to Jared | 65 | 5:15 |
Jared to Enoch | 162 | 5:18 |
Enoch to Methuselah | 65 | 5:21 |
Methuselah to Lamech | 187 | 5:25 |
Lamech to Noah | 182 | 5:28 |
The Meaning of the Ten Names From Adam To Noah
Birth of Father To Birth of Son | Years | Genesis |
Noah to Shem | 500 | 5:32 |
Shem to Arphaxad | 100 | 11:10 |
Arphaxad to Shelah | 35 | 11:12 |
Shelah to Eber | 30 | 11:14 |
Eber to Peleg | 34 | 11:16 |
Peleg to Reu | 30 | 11:18 |
Reu to Serug | 32 | 11:20 |
Serug to Nahor | 30 | 11:22 |
Nahor to Terah | 29 | 11:24 |
Terah to Abram | 70 | 11:26 |
Birth of Father To Birth of Son | Years | Genesis |
Abram to Isaac | 100 | 21:5 |
Isaac to Jacob | 60 | 25:26 |
Jacob to the move to Egypt | 130 | 47:7-9 |
FROM | Years | Reference |
Arrival in Egypt TO the Exodus | 430 | Exodus 12:40-41 |
Exodus TO the Fourth Year of Solomon's Reign | 480 | 1 Kings 6:1 |
Fourth Year of Solomon's Reign TO Final Year | 36 | 1 Kings 11:42 |
Monarch | Years | Double References |
Rehoboam son of Solomon | 17 | 1 Kings 14:21 2 Chronicles 12:13 |
Abijah son of Rehoboam | 3 | 1 Kings 15:2 2 Chronicles 13:2 |
Asa son of Abijah | 41 | 1 Kings 15:10 2 Chronicles 17:13 |
Jehoshaphat son of Asa | 25 | 1 Kings 22:42 2 Chronicles 20:31 |
Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat | 8 | 2 Kings 8:17 2 Chronicles 21:5 |
Ahaziah son of Jehoram | 1 | 2 Kings 8:26 2 Chronicles 22:2 |
Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah | 6 | 2 Kings 11:1-3 2 Chronicles 22:12 |
Joash son of Ahaziah | 40 | 2 Kings 12:1 2 Chronicles 24:1 |
Amaziah son of Joash | 29 | 2 Kings 14:2 2 Chronicles 25:1 |
Azariah or Uzziah son of Amaziah | 52 | 2 Kings 15:2 2 Chronicles 26:3 |
Jotham son of Azariah | 16 | 2 Kings 15:33 2 Chronicles 27:1 |
Ahaz son of Jotham | 16 | 2 Kings 16:2 2 Chronicles 28:1 |
Hezekiah son of Ahaz | 29 | 2 Kings 18:2 2 Chronicles 29:1 |
Manasseh son of Hezekiah | 55 | 2 Kings 21:1 2 Chronicles 33:1 |
Amon son of Manasseh | 2 | 2 Kings 21:19 2 Chronicles 33:21 |
Josiah son of Amon | 31 | 2 Kings 22:1 2 Chronicles 34:1 |
Jehoahaz son of Josiah | 3 months | 2 Kings 23:31 2 Chronicles 36:2 |
Eliakim or Jehoiakim son of Josiah | 11 | 2 Kings 23:36 2 Chronicles 36:5 |
Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim | 3 months | 2 Kings 24:8 2 Chronicles 36:9 |
Zedekiah uncle of Jehoiachin | 11 | 2 Kings 24:18 2 Chronicles 36:11 |
Monarch | Years | Reference | Reign Started In Year |
Jeroboam son of Nebat | 22 | 1 Kings 14:20 | |
Nadab son of Jeroboam | 1 Kings 15:25 | 2 of Asa king of Judah | |
Baasha son of Ahijah | 1 Kings 15:33 | 3 of Asa king of Judah | |
Elah son of Baasha | 1 Kings 16:8 | 26 of Asa king of Judah | |
Zimri an official of Elah | 7 days | 1 Kings 16:15 | 27 of Asa king of Judah |
Power struggle | 4 | 1 Kings 16:21 | |
Omri an army commander | 1 Kings 16:23 | 31 of Asa king of Judah | |
Ahab son of Omri | 1 Kings 16:29 | 38 of Asa king of Judah | |
Ahaziah son of Ahab | 1 Kings 22:51 | 17 of Jehoshaphat king of Judah | |
Joram son of Ahab | 12 | 2 Kings 3:1 | 18 of Jehoshaphat king of Judah |
Power struggle | 9 | 1 Kings 19:15-17, 2 Kings 9-10 | |
Jehu son of Jehoshaphat | 28 | 2 Kings 10:36 | |
Jehoahaz son of Jehu | 2 Kings 13:1 | 23 of Joash king of Judah | |
Jehoash son of Jehoahaz | 2 Kings 13:10 | 37 of Joash king of Judah | |
Jeroboam son of Jehoash | 2 Kings 14:23 | 15 of Amaziah king of Judah | |
Zechariah son of Jeroboam | 6 months | 2 Kings 15:8 | 38 of Azariah king of Judah |
Shallum son of Jabesh | 1 month | 2 Kings 15:13 | 38 of Azariah king of Judah |
Menahem son of Gadi | 2 Kings 15:17 | 39 of Azariah king of Judah | |
Pekahiah son of Menahem | 2 | 2 Kings 15:23 | 50 of Azariah king of Judah |
Pekah son of Remaliah | 20 | 2 Kings 15:27 | 52 of Azariah king of Judah |
Assyrian occupation Power struggle |
8 | 2 Kings 15:29-30 | |
Hoshea son of Elah | 9 | 2 Kings 17:1 | 12 of Ahaz king of Judah |
The accepted date for the overthrow of King Zedekiah at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar is 597 BC.
Counting backwards, the first year of Adam tA was:
tA = Year 597 BC - 394 years - 946 years - 290 years - 890 years - 1,056 years = Year 4173 BC
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