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Month
Nave’s Topical Bible, 1897 · source
- Ancient use of Genesis 7:11Genesis 8:4
- Twelve months reckoned to a year 1 Chronicles 27:1–15
- 1. Abib (April)
- The Jewish calendar began with Exodus 12:2Exodus 13:4Deuteronomy 16:1
- instituted and celebrated in Exodus 12:1–28Exodus 23:15
- Israelites left Egypt in Exodus 13:4
- set up in Exodus 40:2Exodus 40:17
- Israelites arrive at Zin in Numbers 20:1
- The Israelites cross the Jordan River in Joshua 4:19
- The Jordan River overflows in 1 Chronicles 12:15
- Decree to put the Jews to death in Esther 3:12
- The death of Jesus in Matthew 26Matthew 27
- After the captivity called Nisan Nehemiah 2:1Esther 3:7
- 2. Zif (May) 1 Kings 6:11 Kings 6:37
- Israel numbered in Numbers 1:1Numbers 1:18
- Passover to be observed in, by the ceremonially unclean and others who could not observe it in the first month Numbers 9:10Numbers 9:11
- Israel departed from the wilderness of Zin in Numbers 10:11
- Temple begun in 1 Kings 6:12 Chronicles 3:2
- An celebrated in 2 Chronicles 30:1–27
- Rebuilding of the temple begun in Ezra 3:8
- 3. Sivan: (June) Esther 8:9
- Asa renews the covenant of himself and people in 2 Chronicles 15:10
- 4. Tammuz (July)
- (The number only appears in the Bible) .Jerusalem taken by Nebuchadnezzar in Jeremiah 39:2Jeremiah 52:6Jeremiah 52:7
- 5. Ab (August)
- (Number only mentioned)
- Aaron died on the first day of Numbers 33:38
- Temple destroyed in 2 Kings 25:8–10Jeremiah 1:3Jeremiah 52:12–30
- Ezra arrived at Jerusalem in Ezra 7:8Ezra 7:9
- 6. Elul (September)
- The wall of Jerusalem finished in Nehemiah 6:15
- The temple built in Haggai 1:14Haggai 1:15
- 7. Ethanim (October) 1 Kings 8:2
- Feasts held in Leviticus 23:24Leviticus 23:27Nehemiah 8:13–15
- proclaimed in Leviticus 25:9
- Solomon's temple dedicated in 1 Kings 8:2
- Altar rebuilt and offerings renewed in Ezra 3:1Ezra 3:6
- 8. Bul (November)
- The temple finished in 1 Kings 6:38
- Jeroboam's idolatrous feast in 1 Kings 12:321 Kings 12:331 Chronicles 27:11
- 9. Chisleu (December) Ezra 10:9Jeremiah 36:9Jeremiah 36:22Zechariah 7:1
- 10. Tebeth (January) Esther 2:16
- Nebuchadnezzar besieges Jerusalem in 2 Kings 25:1Jeremiah 52:4
- 11. Sebat (February) Zechariah 1:7
- Moses probably died in Deuteronomy 1:3
- 12. Adar (March) Esther 3:7
- Second temple finished in Ezra 6:15
- Feast of Purim in Esther 9:1–26
- Months in prophecy Revelation 11:2