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 |