The First Report of the General Conference of Christians Expecting the Advent of the Lord Jesus Christ

NOTE

The Chronological Table on the next page is appended to this dissertation by request. After thorough and critical examination of the whole subject, Mr. Miller remarks, “that if this Chronology is not correct, I despair of getting from the Bible and History a true account of the age of the world. As it respects the text in 1 Kings 6:1, it cannot be reconciled with the history of the Judges, and the statement of Paul, Acts 13:20. I have therefore followed two witnesses instead of one. As it respects Samuel, I have no doubt of as long a period as 21 years.” FRGC 93.5

A BIBLE CHRONOLOGY FROM ADAM TO CHRIST.
BY WILLIAM MILLER.
No.	Name of Patriarchs, Kings, & c.	Age.	A.M.	B.C.	Book.	chap.	verse.	Remarks.
	Creation		1	4157	Gen.	i., ii.
1.	Adam	130	130	4027	“	v.	3
2.	Seth	163	235	3922	“	“	6
3.	Enos	90	325	3832	“	“	9
4.	Cainan	70	395	3762	“	“	12
5.	Mahalaleel	65	460	3697	“	“	15
6.	Jared	162	622	3535	“	“	18
7.	Enoch	65	687	3470	“	“	21
8.	Methuselah	187	874	3283	“	“	25
9.	Lamech	182	1056	3101	“	“	28
10.	Noah	600	1656	2501	“	vii.	6	To the Flood.
	The Flood	1	1657	2500	“	viii.	13
11.	Shem	2	1659	2498	“	xi.	10
12.	Arphaxad	35	1694	2463	“	“	12
13.	Salah	30	1724	2433	“	“	14
14.	Heber	34	1758	2399	“	“	16
15.	Peleg	30	1788	2369	“	“	18
16.	Reu	32	1820	2337	“	“	20
17.	Serug	30	1850	2307	“	“	22
18.	Nahor	29	1879	2278	“	“	24	*The Exode did not begin until Terah’s death; the Abram left Haran and the Exode began, as is clearly proved by Acts 7:4. †Exode in Egypt from Abraham to wilderness state. ‡Joshua was a young man when came out of Egypt. Exodus 33:11; could not have more than 45 years old then. 85 when he entered Canaan, & 110 when he died, leaves 25 years. §Judges begin. See Judges 2:7-15.
19.	Terah’s life	205*	2084	2073	“	“	32
20.	Exode. &c.	430†	2514	1643	Ex.	xii.	40, 41
21	Wilderness	40	2554	1603	Josh.	v.	6
22.	Joshua	25‡	2579	1578	xiv. 7;	xxiv.	29
1.	Elders and Anarchy§	18	2597	1560	See Josephus.
2.	Under Cushman	8	2605	1552	Juge.	iii.	8
3.	Othniel	40	2645	1512	“	“	11
4.	Eglon	18	2653	1494	“	“	14
5.	Ehud	80	2743	1414	“	“	30
6.	Jabin	20	2763	1394	“	iv.	3
7.	Barak	40	2803	1354	“	v.	31
8.	Midianites	7	2810	1347	“	vi.	1
9.	Gideon	40	2850	1307	“	viii.	28
10.	Abimelech	3	2853	1304	“	ix.	22
11.	Tola	23	2876	1281	“	x.	2	ends the judges—448 years. Acts 13:20; also chap 8. Samuel could not have been more than 38 when Eli died. Then Israel was lamenting the loss of the Ark more than 20 years. Samuel judged Israel some years after and become old and his sons judged Israel. He must have been 62 or 63 when Saul was made king. **See 2 Kings, chapter 14. and 15.
12.	Jair	22	2898	1259	“	“	3
13.	Philistines	18	2916	1241	“	“	8
14.	Jephthah	6	2922	1235	“	xii.	7
15.	Ibzan	7	2929	1228	“	“	9
16.	Elon	10	2939	1218	“	“	11
17.	Abdon	8	2947	1210	“	“	14
18	Philistines	40	2987	1170	“	xiii.	1
19.	Eli	40	3027	1130	1Sam.	iv.	18
20.	Samuel. prophet	24	3051	1106	“	vii.	2-17
1.	Kings—Saul	40	3091	1066	Acts	xiii.	21
2.	David	40	3131	1026	2Sam.	v.	4
3.	Solomon	40	3171	986	1Kings	xi.	42
4.	Rehoboam	17	3188	969	2Chron.	xii.	13
5.	Abijam	3	3191	966	1Kings	xv.	2
6.	Asa	41	3232	925	“	“	10
7	Jehoshaphat	25	3257	900	“	xxii	42
8	Jehoram	5	3262	895	2Kings	viii.	17
9	Ahaziah	1	3263	894	“	“	26
10	Athaliah, his mother	6	3269	888	“	xi.	3, 4
11	Joash	40	3309	848	“	xii.	1
12	Amaziah	29	3338	819	“	xiii.	2
	Interregnum**	11	3349	808	“	xv.	1, 2
13	Azariah	52	3401	756	“	“	2
14	Jotham	16	3417	740	“	“	33
15	Ahaz	16	3433	724	“	xvi.	2
16	Hezekiah	29	3462	695	“	xvi.	2
17	Manasseh	55	3517	638	“	xxi.	1
18	Amon	2	3519	640	“	“	19
19	Josiah	31	3550	607	“	xxii.	1
20	Jehoahaz, 3 months		3550	607	“	xxiii.	31
21	Jehoiakim	11	3551	596	“	“	36
	The 70 years of captivity began here, ended last year of Cyrus	70	3631	526	2 Chr.	xxiv. xxxvi.	2-16, 5-10, 15-23
	Cyrus	6	3637	520	Rollin,	i. p.	354
	Cambyses	7	3641	513	“	“	366
	Darius Hystaspes	36	3642	477	“	ii.	9
	Xerxes	13	3693	461	“	“	“
	Artaxerxes Longimanus	7	3700	457	Ezra.	vii.	10-13
	Birth of Christ††	457	4157					†† See Ferguson’s Astronomy: also Prideaux’s Connection.
	Add present year, 1840	1840	5997
	To 1843	3	6000