Questions tagged [chronology]
The timing/ordering of biblical events, which are not always described in sequence. What happened when?
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What World Was Subject to Angels?
Hebrews 2:5 says "It is not to angels that he has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking." NIV
If I am understanding this passage correctly, a world subjected to angels is ...
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How do I reconcile 1 Samuel 15:28 with the fact that Samuel was yet to anoint David?
In 1 Samuel 15:28, Samuel mentions a new king who would take Saul’s place but Samuel himself is not privy to this information until Chapter 16. I say this because, even during David’s anointing ...
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Did the Transfiguration occur Six Day or Eight Days after Jesus said, 'some who are standing here will not taste death..."?
Our sources seem to differ about the timing of the Transfiguration. In Matthew and Mark it happens "six days" after Jesus' says "some who are standing here will not taste death before ...
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Are there any context clues or composition indicators to determine when David commissioned his census?
The account of David's census is included in both 2 Samuel 24 and 1 Chronicles 21. They seem to indicate that this happened later in life. However, the events are not necessarily depicted in a ...
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Kingdom of Judah & Israel mentioned in Joshua's time?
Joshua 11:21 ESV
And Joshua came at that time and cut off the Anakim from the hill country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah, and from all the hill country of ...
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When did the Exodus happen?
According to Biblical Chronology from 1 Kings 6:1, the Exodus from Egypt occurred 480 years prior to the beginning of Solomon's construction of the First Temple, which is confidently dated to 967 B.C. ...
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In Genesis 6:3, does the 120 years refer to a countdown to the Flood or a limit on human lifespan? [duplicate]
In Genesis 6:3, God says:
Then the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.”
I've come across two common ...
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How are the years of the people of Genesis specified?
Solar calendar?
Lunar calendar?
Something else?
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Is the Torah always in chronological order?
I think this is an important question.
Genesis 1 describes the 7 days of creation including plants and also the creation of man.
Yet Genesis 2 speaks about a time before any plant was created and ...
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What proof is there of a Tishri regnal system for the kings of Judah?
I'm working with some chronology concerning the period of the kings. Edwin Thiele and Roger Young both suggest that the reigns of the kings of Judah were counted according to Tishri rather than Nisan. ...
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When was the day of the decree spoken where the Father begot the Son according to Psalm 2:7?
Psalm 2:7
I will proclaim YHWH's decree: He said to me, “You are My Son;
today I have begotten you."
When was this day that the decree was spoken where the Father begot the Son? Was this on Day ...
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What should be the Biblical termination point for the captivity period in Babylon?
Because this question potentially involves interpretation, it seemed proper to ask it here rather than elsewhere.
The beginning of the captivity period can be conclusively dated to 598 BCE. It does ...
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Does Luke 1:3 “καθεξῆς“ mean “organized” or “chronological” with reference to Luke’s account?
an orderly account
καθεξῆς (kathexēs)
Adverb
Strong's 2517: From kata and hexes; thereafter, i.e. Consecutively; as a noun a subsequent person or time.
Consecutively means:
one after another, or one ...
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Gen.11:10 Shem was an hundred years old , and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood; Was this 2 years after the beginning or end of the flood?
Genesis 11:10
These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
Was this two years after the beginning of the flood or two years after ...
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Did Noah live 350 years after the end of the flood or the begining of the flood?
Genesis 9:28
And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
Was this 350 years after the end of the flood or 350 years after the beginning of the flood?
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