2445 AM

1555 BC

Voyager Software - At Cairo a Solar Eclipse on 14th January -1554 BC below the horizon at 21.10 Universal Time (which is 11.10 p.m. Local Cairo Time). Because this eclipse was below the horizon, it was not visible from Cairo.

(Web-writer's note: An astronomer's verification on the following research and its interpretation would be most welcome here. I am delving into areas which are beyond my expertise. Voyager Software - At Cairo a visible Solar Eclipse on 11th July -1554 BC (astronomical date) at 13.50 Universal Time (which is 3.50 p.m. Local Cairo Time, or if one uses a 24-hour clock, 15.50 hours). Separation was at 0.3 degrees.

Comments based on Voyager Julian Day 1153651.04 Voyager Software - The year " -1554 astronomical" = 1555 BC. The "Voyager" astronomy software gives a solar eclipse over Cairo on 11th July -1554 (astronomical dating) at 13.50 pm Universal Tme, (Julian Day 1153651.04). Separation at 0.3 degrees in Cairo 13.50 Universal Time (3.50 p.m. Local Time) The total eclipse time from beginning, through greatest eclipse, to the end of the eclipse was about 5 hours 45 minutes. The total sun cover was about two hours.   The significance of this eclipse is that it occurred on the eleventh day of the eleventh "sacred" month (also the fifth "civil" month) of the Hebrew calendar approximate 15.55 hours on the year 1555 BC Many ancient cultures considered that the sun "died" when it went below the horizon in the west at dusk, and was "reborn" when it emerged again in the east at dawn the next morning. Could the sun have been considered by the Hebrews (and the Egyptians) at that time as the "angel of death"? The tenth plague upon the Egyptians before Pharaoh would let the Hebrew people go from their bondage of slavery, was death to all firstborn people and creatures. Was it on this night of the eclipse that "the angel of death" passed over? The Book of Jasher says that on the the same night of this plague, Pharaoh king of Egypt approached Moses and Aaron, and let the people go, and that the people "delayed going forth at night". So they left in the morning. Did they leave at dawn (Cairo local time) on the morning of 12th July 1555 BC (-1554 BC astronomical reckoning)? Now this chronology, as it unfolds with various cross-references, does not place the Exodus till three years later, i.e. in 1552 BC. Maybe this chronology is three years out of phase with this particular solar eclipse as an astronomical sign. Maybe our chronology should begin in 4003 BC instead of 4000 BC? On the other hand, the eclipse may have been a sign given by God to Moses and Aaron, that it was now time to go visit Pharaoh, and ask him to free the people. Could this eclipse have been a contributing factor to the ninth plague - the plague of darkness? The ten plagues upon Egypt before the Exodus are considered later in this work (at the year 1552 BC).   2445 AM = 1555 BC NOTE: 2445 SOLAR YEARS is equal to 2520 LUNAR YEARS The solar eclipse was in the constellation of Leo. The sun/moon/Venus conjunction near the star Regulus; Mercury, and a Jupiter/Saturn conjunction; Mars/Uranus conjunction at the star Spica in Virgo; Neptune and Pluto at Gemini - all the planets are there at the one time in the sky. This visual heavenly description could complement the description of the Wonders in Heaven in Revelation chapter 12 of the Holy Bible. Click HERE to study the accompanying works to this chronology, namely "Measure the Temple - A Study into the Revelation of Jesus Christ". WARNING: This work is lengthy and will require lots of time for consideration. One needs to set aside a special time for researching and verifying this work. Click HERE to consider the SEVEN PROPHETIC TIMES in relation to the Exodus of Israel from Egypt.

2446 AM

1554 BC

According to the Book of Jasher, Moses is in his 78th year, and visits Pharoah with Aaron his brother. From the records of secular history, the Pharaoh of Egypt at this time would have been AHMOSE I - the first Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty who now may have taken over sole reign in Egypt, after sharing the kingship with his mother Queen Ahhotep during his younger years. At Stonehenge - a solar eclipse on 4th January 1554 BC. Click HERE to consider the Exodus date timeline cross-reference.

Voyager Software - At Cairo a Solar Eclipse on 30th June -1553 BC at 16.50 Universal Time (6.50 p.m. Local Cairo Time). This eclipse was below the horizon, so not visible from Cairo. Voyager Software - At Cairo a Solar Eclipse on 25th November -1553 BC at 15.10 Universal Time (5.10 p.m. Local Cairo Time). This eclipse was below the horizon, so not visible from Cairo.

2447 AM

1553 BC

Voyager Software - At Cairo a Solar Eclipse on 18th June -1552 BC at 17.50 Universal Time (7.50 p.m. Local Cairo Time). This eclipse was below the horizon, so not visible from Cairo. Voyager Software - At Cairo a Solar Eclipse on 14th November -1552 BC at 00.50 Universal Time (2.50 a.m. Local Cairo Time). This eclipse was below the horizon, so not visible from Cairo.

2448 AM

1552 BC

Voyager Software - At Cairo a Solar Eclipse on 9th May -1551 BC at 14.30 Universal Time (4.30 p.m. Cairo Local Time - so it would have been visible from Cairo). Separation was 0.5 degrees. This eclipse may have partly contributed to the environmental conditions of the ninth plague of darkness over the land just prior to the Exodus. Voyager Software - At Cairo a Solar Eclipse on 3rd November -1551 BC at 04.50 Universal Time (6.50 a.m. Local Time - so it may have been visible from Cairo). Separation was 0.1 degrees. Moses, 80 years old, and Aaron 83 years old, both visit Pharaoh. Plagues follow. Click HERE to consider the Plagues of Egypt Timeline

CROSS-CHECK TIMELINE ...  According to the Book of Jasher, the Exodus took place 210 years after the Israelites entered Egypt. According to the Bible, the Exodus took place 430 years after Abraham was promised land by God (this was when Abram was 70 years old). According to the Bible, the Exodus took place 400 years after Isaac (just after his birth) was mocked by the son of the Egyptian woman. The Israelites entered Egypt in the year 2239 AM. Add 210 years and this places the Exodus at 2449 AM (or 1551 BC) Abram was promised land by God when aged 70 - this was in the year 2018 AM. Add 430 years and this places the Exodus at 2448 AM (or 1552 BC) Isaac was mocked by the Egyptian woman in the year 2048 AM. Add 400 years and this places the Exodus at 2488 AM (or 1552 BC). So the Exodus could have taken place at around 1552 BC or 1551 BC. The Bible gives no time-frame for how long the plagues took before Pharaoh let the people go. Click HERE to consider the time-frame and journey from Egypt to the Construction of the Tabernacle.

Commentary ... John S. Fox in his book Today, Tomorrow and the Great Beyond, places the Exodus at 1486 BC (as does the late David Davidson), and the Pharaoh of Egypt at that time according to his calculations could have been Menephtah, who was the next Pharaoh after Ramses II of the Nineteenth Dynasty. Fox claims that Ramses II died five years before the Exodus. The New Bible Dictionary places the Exodus at approximately 1280-1260 BC, and it claims that the Pharaoh at that time was probably Ramses II. These are only two examples of the great differences in the attempt to interpret archaeological research and ancient documents etc. in relation to what the secular historians have to say. One thing that I have observed in this chronological study is that most researchers gloss over the period of the Judges which follows some 38-40 years after the Exodus. They do not agree on the timelines of what they differentiate between major and minor judges. If one takes the time periods given in the Bible as authentic for the period of the judges, then the above dates certainly do not "fit in" with the dates given in secular history as far as the Exodus of Israel is concerned. As far as this chronology is concerned, Click HERE to consider at least twelve cross-check timelines for a possible Exodus Date of 1552 BC

2449 AM

1551 BC

Voyager Software - At Cairo a Solar Eclipse on 29th April -1550 (1551 BC) at 03.50 Universal Time (5.50 a.m. Cairo Local Time). Separation was at 0.5 degrees. This eclipse may have been visible in the early hours of the morning. (There needs to be an astronomical check on this.) Voyager software - At Cairo a Solar Eclipse on 23rd October -1550 (1551 BC) at 03.50 Universal Time (5.50 a.m. Cairo Local Time). Separation was at 0.6 degrees, but the eclipse was below the horizon.  CONSTRUCTION OF MOSES' TABERNACLE in the Wilderness was completed and the tabernacle reared (raised up) on the first day of the first month of the second year after the Exodus. This date could have been around 1551 BC or 1550 BC, depending upon the actual year of the departure day of the people from Egypt en route to their first campsite. End seventh Sabbatic Week of 49th Jubilee - No sow, no reap According to the Plagues of Egypt Timeline, this month would be the eleventh sacred Hebrew month of AB or the English month of JULY. In view of the many considerations for establishing the date of the Exodus, one would be wise in saying that the Exodus from Egypt, and the rearing of the Tabernacle, seemed to occur sometime between 1555 BC and 1550 BC. It would be most appropriate for the Tabernacle to be reared in a Jubilee Year! ...

2450 AM

1550 BC

... JUBILEE NO. 49 - No sow, no reap (49 x 50 = 2450 years) METONIC CYCLE NO. 129 = 2450.9 years

Enc. Britannica - "The An-yang oracle bones of the Shang dynasty (circa 1550-1050 BC) which have been uncovered near An-yang in north-eastern China, record several eclipses of both the Sun and Moon. ... As the year in which an eclipse occurred is never mentioned on the preserved oracle bones (many of which are mere fragments), dating of these observations by astronomical calculation has proved extremely difficult. A recent investigation of five lunar eclipses yielded likely dates between 1200 and 1180 BC. Shang chronology, however, is still very uncertain."

2451 AM

1549 BC

NOTE: There was a Lunar Eclipse on 23rd March 1549 BC at Stonehenge (from "Stonehenge Decoded" by Gerald S. Hawkins

2452 AM

1548 BC

SAROS CYCLE NO. 136 = 2452.0 years

2453 AM

1547 BC

Sunspot Cycle No. 221 = 221 x 11.1 = 2453.1 years

2454 AM

1546 BC

Enc. Britannica - AMENHOTEP I (Djeserkare) (1546 BC to 1526 BC) begins his reign as second Pharaoh of the Egyptian Eighteenth Dynasty.

2455 AM

1545 BC

At Stonehenge - A Lunar Eclipse on 10th January 1545 BC

2457 AM

1543 BC

End first Sabbatic Week of 50th Jubilee since Adam, and end of first Sabbatic Week of 1st Jubilee since Tabernacle Construction. No sow, no reap. NOTE: Future Jubilees will be presented in typescript as follows: JUBILEE NO. nn/xx where "nn" represents the number of Jubilees since Adam, and "xx" represents the number of Jubilees from the Exodus. For example, JUBILEE NO. 50/1 means the 50th Jubilee from Adam, and the 1st Jubilee since the Exodus.

2459 AM

1541 BC

At Stonehenge - A Solar Eclipse on 9th April 1541 BC At Stonehenge - A Solar Eclipse on 2nd October 1541 BC

2462 AM

1538 BC

At Memphis, Egypt: Heliacal Rising of Sothis on 9th day of 11th month, year 9 of Amenhotep I of Egypt.

2464 AM

1536 BC

Sunspot Cycle No. 222 = 222 x 11.1 = 2464.2 years At Stonehenge - A Solar Eclipse on 14th January 1536 BC End second Sabbatic Week of 50th/1st Jubilee - No sow, no reap

2469 AM

1531 BC

At Stonehenge - A Lunar Eclipse on 3rd April 1531 BC At Stonehenge - A Lunar Eclipse on 28th September 1531 BC METONIC CYCLE NO. 130 = 2469.9 years

2470 AM

1530 BC

SAROS CYCLE NO. 137 = 2470.0 years

2471 AM

1529 BC

End third Sabbatic Week of 50th/1st Jubilee - No sow, no reap

2473 AM

1527 BC

At Stonehenge - A Lunar Eclipse on 16th July 1527 BC

2474 AM

1526 BC

At Stonehenge - A Solar Eclipse on 21st June 1526 BC

2475 AM

1525 BC

Sunspot Cycle No. 223 = 223 x 11.1 = 2475.3 years Enc. Britannica - THUTMOSE I ( Akheperkare) (1525 BC to 1512 BC) of the Egyptian Eighteenth Dynasty begins his reign.

2478 AM

1522 BC

At Stonehenge - A Solar Eclipse on 9th April 1522 BC At Stonehenge - A Solar Eclipse on 3rd October 1522 BC End fourth Sabbatic Week of 50th/1st Jubilee - No sow, no reap.

2482 AM

1518 BC

At Thebes, Egypt: Heliacal Rising of Sothis (20 years after rising at Memphis). At Stonehenge - a Lunar Eclipse on 31st December 1518 BC

2485 AM

1515 BC

End fifth Sabbatic Week of 50th/1st Jubilee - No sow, no reap

2486 AM

1514 BC

Sunspot Cycle No. 224 = 224 x 11.1 = 2486.4 years

2487 AM

1513 BC

AARON died, aged 123

2488 AM

1512 BC

Enc. Britannica - THUTMOSE II (Akheperenre) (1512 BC to 1504 BC) of the Egyptian Eighteenth Dynasty begins his reign.

Moses reads The Law to the nation. He dies shortly afterwards, aged 120. After three days, the Israelites pass over the Jordan with Joshua (aged 32) leading them. Two spies are sent out from Shittim to spy on Jericho. Rahal hides the two spies; they leave and hide in the mountains for three days. They then returned to Joshua in Shittim. Next day, all Israel go down to the Jordan river for three days. When they leave on the third day, the sea parts and they cross over. The people came up on the tenth day of the first month and camped in Gilgal, and Joshua set up the twelve stones they took out of Jordan. The people who were born in the wilderness were circumcised, then when finished God said "This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of this place is called "GILGAL" unto this day." (GILGAL means CIRCLE). The Passover was kept on the 14th day of the month in the plains of Jericho. The Captain of the Lord's host arrived and talked with Joshua, and Joshua was told to take off his shoes because he was on holy ground. There follows five years of wars with the kings of the Canaanites during which time "the sun stood still" "36 times" or "moments", and "the moon stood still and hastened not to go down a whole day".

At Stonehenge - a Solar Eclipse on 20th March 1512 BC SAROS CYCLE NO. 138 = 2488.1 years At Stonehenge - a Solar Eclipse on 12th October 1512 BC METONIC CYCLE NO. 131 = 2488.9 years NOTE that the Saros and Metonic Cycles have occurred the same year. The last time that the SAROS cycle met the METONIC cycle was in 2127 or 2128 AM, some 360 years previously. If we divide 36 "times" or "moments" into 360 years, then could "a moment" be a period of 10 years? Could the meeting of the solar and lunar cycles affect calendar adjustment for these ancient peoples? Could such a calendar adjustment be expressed by the terms of the sun and/or the moon standing still?

2492 AM

1508 BC

At Stonehenge, a Solar Eclipse on 5th January 1508 BC End sixth Sabbatic Week of 50th/1st Jubilee - No sow, no reap

2493 AM

1507 BC

The fifth and last year of the Israelite/Canaanite wars.

2496 AM

1504 BC

Enc. Britannica - THUTMOSE III (Menkheperre) (1504 BC to 1450 BC) and HATSHEPSAT (Maatkare) of Egypt reign. Heliacal Rising of Sothis on 28th day of 11th month (lasted for 54 years to 2550 AM or 1450 BC).

2497 AM

1503 BC

At Stonehenge - A Lunar Eclipse on 25th March 1503 BC At Stonehenge - A Solar Eclipse on 9th April 1503 BC Sunspot Cycle No. 225 = 115 x 11.1 = 2497.5 years At Stonehenge - A Solar Eclipse on 3rd October 1503 BC

2499 AM

1501 BC

End seventh Sabbatic Week of 50th/1st Jubilee - No sow, no reap

2500 AM

1500 BC

JUBILEE NO. 50/1 - No sow, no reap BATTLE OF JERICHO ? - A period of one Jubilee has passed since the Exodus. The First Jubilee Trumpet sounds since the Exodus and the Tabernacle construction

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