04/12/25 ~ Seder Olam: Zutta -vs- Rabbah

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I'm working with Grok 3 (by xAI) to see the differences in chronological years between the Seder Olam Zutta -vs- Seder Olam Rabbah. I'm just curious where the differences are (and why). The lighter pink rows are my added comments ... because I can ;o}

I've asked Grok to give me the hyperlinks to scripture wherever possible in KJV via BlueLetterBible (.org) even tho, obviously, neither source would use KJV ... I'm asking for it solely for my own convenience should I want to look those scriptures up in the future. You can mouseover any KJV link to read it. All other links will be at the bottom of the page.

Seder Olam Zutta and Rabbah Timeline: Creation to Second Temple Destruction

Name/Event	Zutta AM/BC	Rabbah AM/BC	References
Adam - Creation	0001 3760	0001 3761	Genesis 1:27 KJV
Seth born (when Adam was 130)	0130 3630	0130 3631	Genesis 5:3 KJV
Adam died (age 930)	0930 2830	0930 2831	Genesis 5:5 KJV
Noah born (when Lamech was 182)	1056 2704	1056 2705	Genesis 5:28 KJV
Flood (Noah was 600)	1656 2104	1656 2105	Genesis 7:11 KJV
1656 years from Creation to the Flood
Abraham born (when Terah was 70)	1948 1812	1948 1813	Genesis 11:26 KJV
Noah died (age 950)	2006 1754	2006 1755	Genesis 9:29 KJV
Isaac born (when Abraham was 100)	2048 1712	2048 1713	Genesis 21:5 KJV
Jacob born (when Isaac was 60)	2108 1652	2108 1653	Genesis 25:26 KJV
2108 years from Creation to Jacob's birth
Abraham died (age 175)	2123 1637	2123 1638	Genesis 25:7 KJV
Joseph born (when Jacob was 91)	2199 1561	2199 1562	Genesis 30:24 KJV
Isaac died (age 180)	2228 1532	2228 1533	Genesis 35:28 KJV
2238 years from Creation to Jacob (age 130) & family entering Egypt
Jacob died (age 147)	2255 1505	2255 1506	Genesis 47:28 KJV
Joseph died (age 110)	2309 1451	2309 1452	Genesis 50:26 KJV
Moses born (when Amram was ~65)	2368 1392	2368 1393	Exodus 2:2 KJV
Exodus (Moses age 80)	2448 1312	2448 1313	Exodus 12:41 KJV
2448 years from Creation to the Exodus from Egypt
Moses died (age 120)	2488 1272	2488 1273	Deuteronomy 34:7 KJV
2488 years from Creation to the end of 40 years in the wilderness, Moses died; Joshua led Israel into Canaan
Joshua - Leadership	2488 1272	2488 1273	Joshua 1:1 KJV
Joshua died (age 110)	2516 1244	2516 1245	Joshua 24:29 KJV
2516 years from Creation to the end of Joshua leading Israel; the time of Judges follows - note, IMHO from here on down it's a MESS!? And NO, I'm NOT going to try to explain it!
Othniel - Judgeship	2516–2556 1244–1204	2516–2556 1245–1205	Judges 3:9 KJV
Ehud - Judgeship	2556–2636 1204–1124	2556–2636 1205–1125	Judges 3:15 KJV
Deborah - Judgeship	2656–2696 1104–1064	2656–2696 1105–1065	Judges 4:4 KJV
Gideon - Judgeship	2744–2784 1016–0976	2744–2784 1017–0977	Judges 6:11 KJV
Abimelech - Judgeship	2784–2787 0976–0973	2784–2787 0977–0974	Judges 9:1 KJV
Jephthah - Judgeship	2810–2816 0950–0944	2810–2816 0951–0945	Judges 11:1 KJV
Samson - Judgeship	2836–2856 0924–0904	2836–2856 0925–0905	Judges 13:1 KJV
Samuel - Judgeship	2871–2892 0889–0868	2871–2892 0890–0869	1 Samuel 7:15 KJV
Saul - Reign	2892–2894 0868–0866	2892–2894 0869–0867	1 Samuel 10:1 KJV
David - Reign	2894–2934 0866–0826	2894–2934 0867–0827	2 Samuel 5:4 KJV
First Temple Built by Solomon (see below)	2948 0812	2948 0813	1 Kings 6:1 KJV
Solomon - Reign	2934–2974 0826–0786	2934–2974 0827–0787	1 Kings 2:12 KJV
Rehoboam - Reign	2974–2991 0786–0769	2974–2991 0787–0770	1 Kings 12:1 KJV
Asa - Reign	2994–3035 0766–0725	2994–3035 0767–0726	1 Kings 15:9 KJV
Jehoshaphat - Reign	3035–3060 0725–0700	3035–3060 0726–0701	1 Kings 22:41 KJV
Joash - Reign	3087–3127 0673–0633	3087–3127 0674–0634	2 Kings 12:1 KJV
Hezekiah - Reign	3157–3186 0603–0574	3157–3186 0604–0575	2 Kings 18:1 KJV
Josiah - Reign	3288–3319 0472–0441	3288–3319 0473–0442	2 Kings 22:1 KJV
Zedekiah - Reign	3327–3338 0433–0422	3327–3338 0434–0423	2 Kings 24:18 KJV
First Temple Destroyed	3338 0422	3338 0423	2 Chronicles 36:19 KJV
Nebuchadnezzar - Reign	3338–3363 0422–0397	3338–3363 0423–0398	2 Kings 25:8 KJV
Evil-Merodach - Reign	3363–3365 0397–0395	3363–3365 0398–0396	2 Kings 25:27 KJV
Belshazzar - Reign	3365–3368 0395–0392	3365–3368 0396–0393	Daniel 5:1 KJV
Cyrus - Reign	3368–3371 0392–0389	3368–3371 0393–0390	Ezra 1:1 KJV
Return from Exile	3368 0392	3368 0393	Ezra 2:1 KJV
Darius I - Reign	3371–3407 0389–0353	3371–3407 0390–0354	Ezra 6:1 KJV
Artaxerxes I - Reign	3407–3448 0353–0312	3407–3448 0354–0313	Ezra 7:1 KJV
Alexander the Great - Reign	3448–3460 0312–0300	3448–3460 0313–0301
Simeon the Just - Priesthood	3460–3480 0300–0280	3460–3480 0301–0281
Hasmonean Dynasty - Rule	3618–3724 0142–0036	3618–3724 0143–0037
Name/Event	Zutta AM/AD	Rabbah AM/AD	References
Herod the Great - Reign	3724–3757 0036 BC–0003	3724–3757 0037 BC–0004	Matthew 2:1 KJV
Hillel the Elder - Leadership	3760–3770 0000–0010	3760–3770 0001 BC–0009
Second Temple Destroyed	3828 0070	3828 0070	Matthew 24:2 KJV

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Zutta vs. Rabbah Summary: Seder Olam Zutta is shorter, focusing on patriarchs, kings, and major events from Creation (0001 AM, 3760 BC) to 70 AD (3828 AM), with less detail. Seder Olam Rabbah is longer, adding judges, exiles, and explanations, starting at 0001 AM (3761 BC). Both align at 3828 AM (70 AD), but Rabbah’s extra years and details shift some BC dates by one year.

Note on Missing Judges in Zutta and Rabbah: Eli (~40 years, 2831–2871 AM, 1 Samuel 4:18 KJV) and Tola (~23 years, 2790–2813 AM, Judges 10:1 KJV) seem missing but are folded into Samson/Samuel (2836–2892 AM) and Gideon (2744–2784 AM). Zutta/Rabbah merge them to shorten the Judges period. See Seder Olam Rabbah for more information. *** See my blog post on A C T S 13:20 regarding Paul's account of 450 years of the times of the judges "until Samuel" ... Oppressors = 114 years; Judges = 336 years for a total of 450 years 03/22/25 ~ A c t s 13:20 ... 450 years

Note on Missing Monarchy Figures in Zutta and Rabbah: Ishbosheth (~2 years, 2894–2896 AM, 2 Samuel 2:10 KJV) is folded into David’s reign (2894–2934 AM). Saul’s longer reign (~38 years, Acts 13:21 KJV) is cut to 2 years and merged into Samuel (2871–2892 AM). Zutta/Rabbah condense overlaps for a compact timeline. For more details, see Seder Olam Rabbah.

Sources:
Seder Olam Zutta
Seder Olam Rabbah
Jewish Encyclopedia

Thanks to Grok (version 3 - by xAI) for compiling the data and the HTML! If there are any errors, blame Grok, I'm too tired to confirm considering I've been at it all dang afternoon/evening! *YAWN* ... I'm DONE with this timeline ... on to the next headache! LOL

03/23/25 ~ Timelines: Chabad vs Mine (from Creation)

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Notice the BC dates are close, within a year of each other, it's the AM years that differ greatly because the Jewish rabbis teach that Israel was only in Egypt for some 215 years - this is NOT biblically correct. As a result, our year 2025 AD = 5999 AM (approximately), while their year is only 5785 AM. The difference comes in from Israel being in Egypt as the bible says ... four hundred and thirty years to the day (selfsame day) and specifically says they left Egypt thereafter and "that nation" (singular) was judged (Exodus 12:40-41 KJV, Genesis 15:13-16 KJV). It's unfortunate that they made such a drastic change as it throws their AM years off by some 220-222 years!

I am using (BLB) BlueLetterBible's KJV (link below). You can mouse-over any scripture in the Reference column to read it without leaving this page ...but... if you click on the link it will take you to a NEW TAB for that page, this page will still be here when you're ready to come back to it ;o}

Secular (Jewish) BC/AD	Jewish AM	Event in History	Mine (TLW) BC/AD	Mine AM	References
-3760	1	Creation, including Adam & Eve	-3982	0	Genesis 1:26-27 KJV
		Adam & Eve	-3975	7	Jubilees 3:17 ... 7 sinless years completed
		Adam & Eve	-3974	8	Jubilees 3:27-32 ... sinned (2nd month, 17th day); expelled from Garden of Eden (new moon, fourth month)
-3631	130	Seth born (Adam age 130)	-3852	130	Genesis 5:3 KJV
-3526	235	Enos born (Seth age 105)	-3747	235	Genesis 5:6 KJV
-3436	325	Cainan born (Enos age 90)	-3657	325	Genesis 5:9 KJV
-3366	395	Mahalaleel born (Cainan age 70)	-3587	395	Genesis 5:12 KJV
-3301	460	Jared born (Mahalaleel age 65)	-3522	460	Genesis 5:15 KJV
-3139	622	Enoch born (Jared age 162)	-3360	622	Genesis 5:18 KJV
-3074	687	Methuselah born (Enoch age 65)	-3295	687	Genesis 5:21 KJV
-2887	874	Lamech born (Methuselah age 187) - Chabad timeline calls him Lamech II	-3108	874	Genesis 5:25 KJV
-2831	930	Adam died (age 930)	-3052	930	Genesis 5:5 KJV
		Enoch translated (age 365)	-2995	987	Genesis 5:24 KJV
		Seth died (age 912)	-2940	1042	Genesis 5:8 KJV
-2705	1056	Noah born (Lamech age 182)	-2926	1056	Genesis 5:28-29 KJV
		Enos died (age 905)	-2842	1140	Genesis 5:11 KJV
		Cainan died (age 910)	-2747	1235	Genesis 5:14 KJV
		Mahalaleel died (age 895)	-2692	1290	Genesis 5:17 KJV
		Jared died (age 962)	-2560	1422	Genesis 5:20 KJV
-2225	1536	Noah began the construction of the ark (age 480 - being 120 years before the flood began (1656))	-2446	1536	Genesis 6:1-14 KJV
-2205	1556	Yaphet born (Noah age 500) - scripture has Japheth as "the elder" son	-2426	1556	Genesis 5:32 KJV; Genesis 10:21 KJV
-2203	1558	Shem born (Noah age 502) - he was the middle son based on his brothers	-2424	1558	Genesis 5:32 KJV; Genesis 11:10 KJV (implied from flood (1656) + 2 years (1658) when Shem is 100)
-2203	1558	Cham (Ham) born (Noah age 504?) - scripture has Ham as the "younger son"	-2422	1560	Genesis 5:32 KJV; Genesis 9:24 KJV
		Lamech died (age 777)	-2331	1651	Genesis 5:31 KJV
-2105	1656	Methuselah died (age 969)	-2326	1656	Genesis 5:27 KJV
-2105	1656	The great flood covered the earth	-2326	1656	Genesis 7:6 KJV ... (2nd month, 17th day - the same day but 1648 years after Adam & Eve sinned)
1656 years from Creation to the Flood.
		Noah (age 601) et al left the ark - 27th day of the 2nd month	-2325	1657	Genesis 8:13-19 KJV
-2103	1658	Arphaxad born (Shem age 100) - two years (1658) after the flood (1656)	-2324	1658	Genesis 11:10 KJV
-2068	1693	Salah born (Arphaxad age 35)	-2289	1693	Genesis 11:12 KJV
-2038	1723	Eber born (Salah age 30)	-2259	1723	Genesis 11:14 KJV
-2004	1757	Peleg born (Eber age 34)	-2225	1757	Genesis 11:16 KJV
-1974	1787	Reu born (Peleg age 30)	-2195	1787	Genesis 11:18 KJV
-1942	1819	Serug born (Reu age 32)	-2163	1819	Genesis 11:20 KJV
-1912	1849	Nahor born (Serug age 30) - Chabad has him as Nachor I	-2133	1849	Genesis 11:22 KJV
-1883	1878	Terah born (Nahor age 29)	-2104	1878	Genesis 11:24 KJV
-1813	1948	Abraham born (Terah age 70)	-2034	1948	Genesis 11:26 KJV; Jasher 7:49-51 (see NOTES!)
292 years from the Flood to Abraham's birth.
-1803	1958	Sarah born (daughter of Haran)	-2024	1958	Genesis 17:17 KJV (implied by various scriptures that say she was 10 years younger than Abraham)
-1788	1973	Abraham (25) married Sarah (15)	-2009	1973	Genesis 11:29 KJV (per Chabad's timeline)
-1765	1996	Peleg died (age 239) (dispersion from Babel after building the tower - per Chabad)	-1986	1996	Genesis 11:8-9 KJV
		Nahor died (age 148)	-1985	1997	Genesis 11:24-25 KJV - implied by adding the two ages mentioned (29 + 119)
-1761	2000	Terah (age 122) left Ur Kasdim with his family	-1982	2000	Genesis 11:31 KJV; Jasher 13
-1755	2006	Noah died (age 950; Abraham age 58)	-1976	2006	Genesis 9:29 KJV
-1743	2018	The covenant (Brit Bein Habetarim) with Abraham (age 70)	-1964	2018	Genesis 15:18 KJV; Jasher 13
-1738	2023	Abraham (age 75) settled in Canaan	-1959	2023	Genesis 12:5 KJV; Jasher 13
		Reu died (age 239)	-1956	2026	Genesis 16:16 KJV
-1727	2034	Ishmael born (Abraham age 86)	-1948	2034	Genesis 16:16 KJV
		Abraham (age 99) & Sarah (age 89) renamed (from Abram & Sarai) - promised seed (Isaac)	-1935	2047	Genesis 17:1-22 KJV; Genesis 18:14 KJV
-1713	2048	Abraham (age 99) circumcised himself and Ishmael (age 13)	-1935	2047	Genesis 17:23-26 KJV
-1713	2048	Sodom & Gomorrah were destroyed	-1935	2047	Genesis 18:16-19:29 KJV
-1713	2048	Isaac born (Abraham age 100, Sarah age 90)	-1934	2048	Genesis 17:17 KJV; Genesis 21:5 KJV
		Serug died (age 230)	-1933	2049	Genesis 11:22-23 KJV - implied by adding the two ages mentioned (30 + 200)
		Terah died (age 205)	-1899	2083	Genesis 11:32 KJV
-1677	2084	The Akeda, where Isaac (age 36) was brought on the altar by Abraham (age 136)	-1898	2084	Genesis 22:1-18 KJV
-1677	2084	Sarah died (age 127; Abraham age 137)	-1897	2085	Genesis 23:1-2 KJV
		Isaac (age 40) married Rebekah	-1894	2088	Genesis 25:20 KJV
		Arphaxad died (age 438)	-1886	2096	Genesis 11:12-13 KJV - implied by adding the two ages mentioned (35 + 403)
-1653	2108	Jacob & Esau born (Isaac age 60, Abraham age 160)	-1874	2108	Genesis 25:26 KJV
160 years from Abraham's birth to Jacob's birth.
-1638	2123	Abraham died (age 175; Isaac age 75, Jacob age 15)	-1859	2123	Genesis 25:7 KJV
		Salah died (age 433)	-1856	2126	Genesis 11:14-15 KJV - implied by adding the two ages mentioned (30 + 403)
-1603	2158	Shem died (age 600)	-1824	2158	Genesis 11:10-11 KJV - implied by adding the two ages mentioned (100 + 500)
-1590	2171	Isaac (age 122) blessed Jacob (age 62) instead of Esau	-1812	2170	Genesis 27:27-29 KJV
		Ishmael died (age 137)	-1811	2171	Genesis 25:17 KJV
-1576	2185	Jacob (age 76) went to Haran	-1798	2184	Genesis 28:10 KJV
-1574	2187	Eber died (age 464)	-1795	2187	Genesis 11:16-17 KJV - implied by adding the two ages mentioned (34 + 430)
-1569	2192	Jacob (age 84) married Leah & Rachel	-1790	2192	Genesis 29:27-28 KJV
-1566	2195	Levi (son of Jacob (age 86) & Leah) was born			Genesis 29:34 KJV (mine: -1788/2194 ... but this can't be right based on the Exodus 430 after Jacob entered Egypt!
-1562	2199	Joseph, son of Jacob (age 91) & Rachel, was born	-1783	2199	Genesis 30:24 KJV
-1556	2205	Jacob (age 97) left Haran	-1777	2205	Genesis 31:41 KJV
-1553	2208	Benjamin born (Jacob age 100), Rachel died	-1774	2208	Genesis 35:16-18 KJV
-1545	2216	Joseph (age 17) was sold	-1766	2216	Genesis 37:28 KJV
		Joseph (age 28) interprets dreams	-1755	2227	Genesis 40 KJV
-1533	2228	Isaac died (age 180; Jacob age 120)	-1754	2228	Genesis 35:28-29 KJV
-1532	2229	Joseph (age 30) became viceroy of Egypt	-1753	2229	Genesis 41:46 KJV
-1526	2235	Kohath born (Levi age 39) - Chabad has his name as Kehot			(Unknown Chabad source, mine: -1749/2233 ... but this can't be right based on the Exodus 430 after Jacob entered Egypt!)
-1523	2238	Jacob (age 130) & family went to Egypt; Joseph age 39	-1744	2238	Genesis 46:6-7 KJV
130 years from Jacob's (Israel's) birth until he & family enter Egypt.
		Joseph (age 44) - end of 14 years	-1739	2243	Genesis 41 KJV - implied age (30 + 14)
-1506	2255	Jacob died (age 147) - 17 years after entering Egypt; Joseph age 56	-1727	2255	Genesis 47:28 KJV
		Joseph died (age 110) - he lived in Egypt for 93 years after being enslaved at age 17	-1673	2309	Gen 50:26 KJV
-1429	2332	After Levi died (age 137), the enslavement in Egypt began (see NOTES!)			Exodus 6:16 KJV (mine: -1651/2331 ... but this can't be right based on the Exodus 430 after Jacob entered Egypt!)
		Aaron born	-1397	2585	Exodus 7:7 KJV - scripture says he was 3 years older than Moses so we can use Moses' birth to get to Aaron's
-1393	2368	Moses born; Aaron age 3	-1394	2588	Exodus 2:2-10 KJV
-1355	2406	Joshua born; Moses age 40, Aaron age 43	-1354	2628	Joshua 14:7 KJV; Joshua 24:29 KJV - implied by his ages: 110 (died after 30 years in Canaan); 80 when Exodus ends; 40 when Exodus begins - Jasher has him as 42).
-1314	2447	Moses (age 80) in Midian encountered the burning bush	-1314	2668	Exodus 3:2 KJV
-1313	2448	The Jewish nation left Egypt (see NOTES!)	-1314	2668	Exodus 12:40-41 KJV; Galatians 3:17 KJV - the total years in Egypt were 430 (not 215)! The Exodus begins.
AM years difference of 220-222 years originates here (see NOTES!).
-1313	2448	The Jewish nation crossed the Red Sea (see NOTES!)	-1314	2668	Exodus 14:21-22 KJV
-1313	2448	The revelation at Mount Sinai and the giving of the Torah	-1314	2668	Exodus 19-20 KJV
-1313	2448	Moses broke the 1st Tablets	-1314	2668	Exodus 32:19 KJV
-1312	2449	Moshe came down Mount Sinai with the 2nd Tablets	-1314	2668	Exodus 34:29 KJV
-1312	2449	The Tabernacle was erected	-1314	2668	Exodus 40:17 KJV
-1312	2449	The spies returned from Canaan with bad news, except Joshua (40) & Caleb (40)	-1314	2668	Numbers 13:25-26 KJV; Joshua 14:7 KJV - the 40 years of wandering in the wilderness begins
-1274	2487	Aaron died (age 123); Miriam died (prior)	-1274	2708	Numbers 20:1-28 KJV - Aaron's age at death verifies his birth year; Moses age 120, Joshua 80
-1273	2488	Moses died (age 120)	-1274	2708	Deuteronomy 34:7 KJV
-1273	2488	The Jews crossed the Jordan into Canaan (see Comments & NOTES); Joshua age 80	-1274	2708	Joshua 3:17 KJV - 40 year Exodus ends
		Israel's first Land Sabbath (7th year) in Canaan; Joshua age 87	-1267	2715	Leviticus 25:1-7 KJV
-1258	2503	The appointment of the Land of Israel was completed (after 15 years in Canaan - Chabad); Joshua age 95	-1259	2723	Joshua 14:7-10 KJV
-1245	2516	Joshua died (age 110)	-1244	2738	Joshua 24:29 KJV - Joshua led Israel in Canaan for 30 years after Moses' death
See TLW link below proving 450 years of Judges "until Samuel" (Acts 13:20 KJV).
-1228	2533	The rule of Judges began with Othniel ben Kenaz	-1228	2754	Judges 3:9-11 KJV
		Israel's seventh Land Sabbath (49th year) in Canaan	-1225	2757	Leviticus 25:8 KJV
		Israel's first Jubilee (50th year) in Canaan	-1224	2758	Leviticus 25:8 KJV
-1188	2573	Ehud ben Gerah became leader	-1188	2794	Judges 3:15 KJV
-1107	2654	Shamgar ben Anath died	-1107	2875	Judges 3:31 KJV
-1107	2654	Deborah became leader, w/Barak	-1107	2875	Judges 4:4 KJV
-1067	2694	Gideon became leader	-1067	2915	Judges 6:11-12 KJV
-1027	2734	Abimelech, son of Gideon, became leader	-1027	2955	Judges 9:1-2 KJV
-1024	2737	Tol'a ben Pu'ah (Tola) became leader	-1024	2958	Judges 10:1-2 KJV
-1003	2758	Ya'ir Hagil'adi (Jair) became leader	-1003	2979	Judges 10:3-5 KJV
-982	2779	Yiftach (Jephthah) became leader but was only so for six years	-982	3000	Judges 11:1-3 KJV; Judges 12:7 KJV
-973	2785	Yiftach (Jephthah) died - if his leading started in -982 BC + 6 years (judged/died) = -976 BC (not -973)	-976	3006	Judges 12:7 KJV
-955	2803	Ivtsan (Ibzan) became leader - Chabad's 2803 AM is wrong by 3 years if the -955 BC is correct	-955	3027	Judges 12:8-10 KJV
-969	2792	Eylon (Elon) became leader	-969	3013	Judges 12:11-12 KJV
-959	2802	Avdon (Abdon) became leader	-959	3023	Judges 12:13-15 KJV
-951	2810	Samson became leader	-951	3031	Judges 13:1-2 KJV
-931	2830	Samson died	-931	3051	Judges 16:30-31 KJV - he judged Israel for 20 years
-931	2830	Eli the Kohen became leader	-931	3051	1 Samuel 4:15-18 KJV
-907	2854	David born	-908	3074	Ruth 4:17-22 KJV
		Eli died (age 98) - he judged for 40 years	-891	3091	1 Samuel 4:15-18 KJV
See TLW link below proving 450 years of Judges "until Samuel" (Acts 13:20 KJV).
-890	2871	Samuel became leader - for 11 years: from Eli's death until Saul became king	-891	3091	1 Samuel 7:2-15 KJV; Acts 13:20 KJV
-879	2882	Saul became king	-880	3102	1 Samuel 10:1 KJV
-877	2884	David (age 30) became king of Judah (for the first 7 of 40 years)	-878	3104	2 Samuel 2:4-7 KJV; 2 Samuel 5:4-5 KJV; 1 Chronicles 11:1-3 KJV
		Samuel died			1 Samuel 25:1 KJV - sometime after anointing David but before Saul died
-869	2992	David (age 37) became king of all Israel (for the last 33 of 40 years)	-871	3111	2 Samuel 5:3-5 KJV
		Saul died, he reigned 40 years	-840	3142	1 Samuel 31:6 KJV; 1 Chronicles 10 KJV; Acts 13:21 KJV
		Ishbosheth (age 40) became king, he reigned 2 years	-840	3142	2 Samuel 2:10 KJV; 2 Samuel 4 KJV - reigned over Israel but "the house of Judah followed David"
		Ishbosheth died; David (age 37) made king of all Israel (was already king of Judah)	-838	3144	2 Samuel 4 KJV - reigned over Israel 2 years, but "the house of Judah followed David"
-837	2924	David died (age 70) after ruling 40 years total; Solomon became king	-838	3144	1 Kings 2:10-12 KJV; 1 Chronicles 29:26-28 KJV
-833	2928	Solomon began building the 1st Temple (his 4th year reign); 480th year from when Israel came out of Egypt (the Exodus)	-834	3148	1 Kings 6:1-37 KJV; 2 Chronicles 3:1-2 KJV - 2nd month, 2nd day of the month (Zif)
480 years from Israel's entry into Egypt until king Solomon's 4th year reign.
-827	2935	Solomon completed the 1st Temple (his 11th year reign), 7 years after he started to build, 487th year after the Exodus	-827	3155	1 Kings 6:38 KJV - 8th month (Bul) in the 487th year
-797	2964	Solomon died after reigning 40 years; Rehoboam (age 41) became king; Kingdom split	-798	3184	1 Kings 11:42-12:20 KJV; 2 Chronicles 9:30-31 KJV; 2 Chronicles 12:13 KJV
-723	3035	Rehoboam died; Abijah became king of Judah	-723	3334	1 Kings 14:31-15:2 KJV; 2 Chronicles 12:13-16 KJV
-720	3038	Abijah died; Asa became king of Judah	-720	3337	1 Kings 15:8-10 KJV
-679	3079	Asa died; Jehoshaphat became king of Judah	-679	3378	1 Kings 15:24-22:42 KJV
-654	3104	Jehoshaphat died; Jehoram became king of Judah	-654	3403	1 Kings 22:50-28:17 KJV
-646	3112	Jehoram died; Ahaziah became king of Judah	-646	3411	2 Kings 8:24-26 KJV
-645	3113	Ahaziah died; Athaliah usurped the throne	-645	3412	2 Kings 9:27-11:3 KJV
-639	3119	Athaliah died; Joash became king of Judah	-639	3418	2 Kings 11:20-12:1 KJV
-599	3159	Joash died; Amaziah became king of Judah	-599	3458	2 Kings 12:21-14:2 KJV
-570	3188	Amaziah died; Uzziah became king of Judah	-570	3487	2 Kings 14:21-15:2 KJV
-518	3240	Uzziah died; Jotham became king of Judah	-518	3539	2 Kings 15:7-33 KJV
-502	3256	Jotham died; Ahaz became king of Judah	-502	3555	2 Kings 15:38-16:2 KJV
-486	3272	Ahaz died; Hezekiah became king of Judah	-486	3571	2 Kings 16:20-18:2 KJV
-457	3301	Hezekiah died; Manasseh became king of Judah	-457	3600	2 Kings 18:13-21:1 KJV
-402	3356	Manasseh died; Amon became king of Judah	-402	3655	2 Kings 21:18-19 KJV
-400	3358	Amon died; Josiah became king of Judah	-400	3657	2 Kings 21:26-22:1 KJV
-369	3389	Josiah died; Jehoahaz became king of Judah	-369	3688	2 Kings 23:30-31 KJV
-369	3389	Jehoahaz deposed; Jehoiakim became king of Judah	-369	3688	2 Kings 23:34-36 KJV
-358	3400	Jehoiakim died; Jehoiachin became king of Judah	-358	3699	2 Kings 24:6-8 KJV
-357	3401	Jehoiachin deposed; Zedekiah became king of Judah	-357	3700	2 Kings 24:17-18 KJV
-346	3412	First Temple destroyed; Babylonian exile began	-346	3711	2 Kings 25:8-9 KJV
-296	3462	Cyrus allowed Jews to return and rebuild the Temple	-296	3761	Ezra 1:1-4 KJV
-275	3483	Second Temple completed	-275	3782	Ezra 6:15 KJV
-261	3497	Ezra arrived in Jerusalem	-261	3796	Ezra 7:8-9 KJV
-247	3511	Nehemiah rebuilt Jerusalem's walls	-247	3810	Nehemiah 6:15 KJV
-141	3617	Maccabean revolt began	-141	3916	(historical)
-138	3620	Hanukkah: Temple rededicated	-138	3919	(historical)
-63	3695	Roman conquest of Judea by Pompey	-63	3994	(historical)
-4	3756	Birth of Jesus	-2	3980	Matthew 1:18-25 KJV
834 years from Solomon's 4th to the birth of Jesus. AD years begin below.
28	3788	Jesus began his ministry	28	4009	Luke 3:23 KJV

I'm starting out with Chabad's "Timeline of Jewish History" (link below) on the left, and comparing it to my KJV scriptural study on the right (links below). Note, I'm mostly using names from the KJV rather than Chabad. Please be sure to check my comments & NOTES below for more clarifications:

* My AM year starts at 0 (zero) but only because you have to experience a full year in order to count it as a year ...and... since the Bible says Adam was 130 (not 129, not 131) when Seth was born, the only way to keep the tally correct is to start the count using the 'placeholder' number zero.

Dates are AM & BC/AD. My goal is to show where the main difference begins and to explain why our year counts differ, so watch for RED at the point where Israel (Jacob) enters Egypt to the Exodus from Egypt - because, as a result, Jewish tradition has the Exodus as 2448 AM whereas I have it as 2668 AM per the scripture link in the table.

Otherwise, our BC/AD years match up within 1-2 years (for the most part) - which in itself is remarkable considering I did the majority of my years from the KJV scriptures!

NOTES: This is NOT "year zero", this is simply a placeholder 0 so that the count in years remains unchanged per scripture. All years in italics are of uncertain sources, ex: if it's on the Chabad side but wasn't on mine then I added it to my side in italics ... and visa versa.

NOTES: - Scripture does NOT say this: "After Levi died, the enslavement in Egypt began" ... it's 'Jewish tradition'.

- Here is where our AM timelines diverge by some 220-222 years, their 2448 vs my KJV 2668 ... again, due to 'Jewish tradition' and not scripture: "The Jewish nation left Egypt", "The Jewish nation crossed the Red Sea", "The revelation at Mount Sinai and the giving of the Torah", and "Moses broke the Tablets" ... but notice how the BC/AD dates are still aligned!

- The times of the Judges "until Samuel", as noted in Acts 13:20 KJV, has been proven in my study and resulting blog article (link below). What's in the Chabad timeline above (and my years from theirs, AM +220-222 years) is not completely accurate because it seems their timeline doesn't include the times they were oppressed. My blog article comes to exactly 450 years but I don't know when the "until Samuel" actually began so I can only guestimate up there. None the less, we could completely delete that whole section and not affect the rest of the data. I've left it there for now - perhaps at some point I'll redo it according to my article's years if I can figure out a start or end thereof. For now, I'm assuming their BC dates are correct (and I'm therefore using those to get mine) because by the time we get down to Solomon's 4th year (480 years after the Exodus) ... we match! BC dates only ... NOT ... AM dates, for which I'm assuming mine are more biblically correct.

- There is an assumed discrepency between 1 Kings 6:1 KJV & Acts 13:17-22 KJV in that the 480 years -vs- the 430 years don't align, and ya, I can't make them do so either. So, I'm going with the 480 years in the OT (rather than the 430 years in the NT) because those are exact years, whereas Paul seems to be giving estimated years - for instance, he doesn't specify how long the division of the land of Canaan amongst Israel was, nor how long Samuel was a leader (it seems Chabad has that as approximately 11 years until Saul becomes king). I believe the division of the land may have taken almost all of Joshua's Canaan years (I estimate that to be 30 years before he died at age 110), others estimate it to be as low as 7 years (Chabad). Samuel overlapped both Saul & David. David ruled in Hebron for 7-1/2 years during Saul's last years and after Saul his son Ishbosheth reigned for 2 years (both overlapped David's 7-1/2 years) before David took control of all of Israel for his remaining 33 (of 40) years. Because of these issues, I, like others, choose to go with the OT years of 480, for which, even Chabad's timeline does likewise. On the upside tho, I do feel I was able to figure out the timeline for the lives of the "fourth generation" in Genesis 15:16 KJV (Levi, Kohath, Amram, Aaron/Moses) from the time Levi (age 130) entered Egypt and right on down to Solomon's 4th year (480 years). The link to that blog post is below.

- For the record, I don't believe the 430 years is evenly split between Canaan (215 years) & Egypt (215 years) as Chabad does ... I believe the entire 430 years was solely in Egypt from the time Jacob (age 130) entered with his clan (Genesis 47:9 KJV) until Aaron (age 83) and Moses (age 80) let Israel out of Egypt (the Exodus begins - Exodus 7:7 KJV).

- When I say "Chabad" or refer to Chabad timeline (link below), I mean that it's their timeline I'm working from with their dates on the left, mine on the right. At the bottom of their page is this statement: "Adapted from the Codex Judaica, a chronological index of Jewish history covering 5764 years of Biblical, Talmudic, & post-Talmudic history by Rabbi Mattis Kantor." When I say Chabad I don't mean the organization or religion specifically, rather I'm referring to the timeline on their website.

Checking for errors? You can add Chadad's AM + BC or AD years and they should = 3761; likewise you can add my AM + BC or AD years and they should = 3982.

My Links: The Lamb's Wife Blog (Blogspot/Blogger)
04/08/25 ~ 4th Generation Timeline
04/05/25 ~ My Jasher Timeline (Chapters 1-26)
03/23/25 ~ Chronology ... 3982 BC to 2025 AD
03/22/25 ~ A c t s 13:20 ... 450 years
02/20/18 ~ My REVISED Biblical Chronology
02/20/18 ~ Terah & Abraham
04/10/16 ~ *The MATH* 3982 BC/AM to 2018 AD

Others' Links:
BlueLetterBible (KJV)
GROK 3 (by xAI)
The Book of Jasher
The Book of Jubilees (RH Charles, 1917)
The Testament of the Twelve Patriachs (including Levi, Kohath, Amram, and Moses)
Timeline of Jewish History (Chabad)