ADAM TO ADAM – The Paper Trail
by Arthur Chrysler - 2022
Genesis 1:26-27 – Adam 3899 B.C. Genesis 5:3 – Adam was 130 years-old when Seth is born. 3769
Gen 5:6 – Seth lived 105 years and begat Enos. 3664
Gen. 5:9 – Enos lived 90 years and begat Cainan. 3574
Gen. 5:12 – Cainan lived 70 years and begat Mahalaleel. 3504 Gen. 5:15 – Mahalaleel lived 65 years and begat Jared. 3439
Gen. 5:18 – Jared lived 162 years and begat Enoch. 3277
Gen. 5:21 – Enoch lived 65 years and he begat Methuselah (who lived 969 yrs.) 3212
Gen. 5:25 – Methuselah lived 187 years and begat Lamech. 3025
Gen. 5:28 – Lamech lived 182 years and begat… Noah. 2843
Gen. 11:12 – Arphaxad lived 35 years and begat Salah. 2206
Gen. 11:14 – Salah lived 30 years and begat Eber. 2176 Gen. 11:16 – Eber lived 34 years and begat Peleg. 2142 Gen. 11:18 – Peleg lived 30 years and begat Reu. 2112
Gen. 11:20 – Reu lived 32 years and begat Serug 2080 Gen. 11:22 – Serug lived 30 years and begat Nahor 2050
Gen. 11:24 – Nahor lived 29 years and begat Terah 2021
Gen. 11:26 – Terah lived 70 years and begat Abram 1951
Gen. 25:26 - Isaac was 60 years-old when Jacob was born. 1791
Gen. 47:9 - Jacob was 130 years-old when he entered Egypt 1661
Exodus 12:40-41 - Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt (According to Genesis 12:10 and Galatians 3:17, the sojourning began with Abram in Egypt).
Genesis 12:10 - ...Abram went down into Egypt to Sojourn there... 1876 - 430 = 1446
Galatians 3:17 – And this I say, that the covenant (Gen. 12:2-3), that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. 1876 - 430 = 1446
Gen. 47:9 – Jacob (along with his children) arrived in Egypt in 1661 (exactly 215 years after Abram sojourned there). 1876 – 1661 = 215
1446 – 480 = 966
David reigned 40 years (I Kings 2:11). 1010-970
Solomon reigned 40 years (I Kings 11:42). 970-930
Rehoboam reigned 17 years (II Chronicles 12:13). 930-913
I Kings 14:25-26 – And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboham, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem: And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
by Arthur Chrysler - 2022
Genesis 1:26-27 – Adam 3899 B.C. Genesis 5:3 – Adam was 130 years-old when Seth is born. 3769
Gen 5:6 – Seth lived 105 years and begat Enos. 3664
Gen. 5:9 – Enos lived 90 years and begat Cainan. 3574
Gen. 5:12 – Cainan lived 70 years and begat Mahalaleel. 3504 Gen. 5:15 – Mahalaleel lived 65 years and begat Jared. 3439
Gen. 5:18 – Jared lived 162 years and begat Enoch. 3277
Gen. 5:21 – Enoch lived 65 years and he begat Methuselah (who lived 969 yrs.) 3212
Gen. 5:25 – Methuselah lived 187 years and begat Lamech. 3025
Gen. 5:28 – Lamech lived 182 years and begat… Noah. 2843
- Genesis 5:5 – Adam died after living 930 years. – 2742 B.C.
- Genesis 6:5-9a – …every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
- Genesis 8:13 – …in the six hundredth and first year…
- Gen. 9:28-29 – The Flood – 2243-2342 B.C. (Noah lived 950 yrs. – 350 yrs. after the flood)
Gen. 11:12 – Arphaxad lived 35 years and begat Salah. 2206
Gen. 11:14 – Salah lived 30 years and begat Eber. 2176 Gen. 11:16 – Eber lived 34 years and begat Peleg. 2142 Gen. 11:18 – Peleg lived 30 years and begat Reu. 2112
Gen. 11:20 – Reu lived 32 years and begat Serug 2080 Gen. 11:22 – Serug lived 30 years and begat Nahor 2050
Gen. 11:24 – Nahor lived 29 years and begat Terah 2021
Gen. 11:26 – Terah lived 70 years and begat Abram 1951
- Gen. 9:28-29 – 1893 B.C. – And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.
- Gen. 12:1-4 – 1876 B.C. - Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
- Gen. 12:10 – 1876 B.C. – And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
Gen. 25:26 - Isaac was 60 years-old when Jacob was born. 1791
Gen. 47:9 - Jacob was 130 years-old when he entered Egypt 1661
Exodus 12:40-41 - Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt (According to Genesis 12:10 and Galatians 3:17, the sojourning began with Abram in Egypt).
Genesis 12:10 - ...Abram went down into Egypt to Sojourn there... 1876 - 430 = 1446
Galatians 3:17 – And this I say, that the covenant (Gen. 12:2-3), that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. 1876 - 430 = 1446
Gen. 47:9 – Jacob (along with his children) arrived in Egypt in 1661 (exactly 215 years after Abram sojourned there). 1876 – 1661 = 215
- The Children of Israel left Egypt exactly 215 years after their arrival – 1661 – 215 = 1446
1446 – 480 = 966
- The fourth year of Solomon's reign was 966 B.C.; therefore, Solomon became king, four years earlier, in 970 B.C. (966 + 4).
- David became king 40 years earlier in 1010 B.C. (970 + 40).
David reigned 40 years (I Kings 2:11). 1010-970
Solomon reigned 40 years (I Kings 11:42). 970-930
Rehoboam reigned 17 years (II Chronicles 12:13). 930-913
I Kings 14:25-26 – And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboham, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem: And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
- The majority of scholars agree that Shoshenq I was Pharaoh in Egypt from 945-924 B.C. and that the Egyptian ruler referred to in the Bible as Shishak (I Kings & II Chronicles) is, in fact, Pharaoh Shoshenq I. He was the first Egyptian king to be mentioned by name in the Bible (I Kings 11:40; 14:25; II Chronicles 12:2-9).
- Pharaoh Shishshak (Shoshenq I) left an account of his campaign on a wall in the temple of Amun at Karnak, in Upper Egypt. The Bubastite portal includes a large, weathered relief in which the pharaoh lists more than 150 towns (including Megiddo) he conquered during his military campaign into Israel and Judah.
Relief in which Pharaoh Shishshak listed more than 150 towns he conquered during his military campaign into Israel and Judah.
“Today the vast majority of scholars believe that the Bubastite Portal records a real Egyptian campaign by Pharaoh Shoshenq in the mid-to-late tenth century B.C.E. As concluded by Israel’s leading Biblical geographer Anson Rainey: “This inscription can only be based on intelligence information gathered during a real campaign by Pharaoh Shoshenq.” Kenneth Kitchen has called the reality of Shoshenq’s campaign during the reign of Rehoboam “beyond reasonable doubt.” If this campaign occurred in 925 B.C.E. and, as the Bible says, this was the fifth year of Rehoboam’s rule in Judah, Rehoboam would have become king, and Solomon’s reign would have ended in 930 B.C.E. (925 + 5)” (Yigal Levin, Did Pharaoh Sheshonq Attack Jerusalem?, Biblical Archaeology Review, July/August 2012, pp. 48-49).
“Today the vast majority of scholars believe that the Bubastite Portal records a real Egyptian campaign by Pharaoh Shoshenq in the mid-to-late tenth century B.C.E. As concluded by Israel’s leading Biblical geographer Anson Rainey: “This inscription can only be based on intelligence information gathered during a real campaign by Pharaoh Shoshenq.” Kenneth Kitchen has called the reality of Shoshenq’s campaign during the reign of Rehoboam “beyond reasonable doubt.” If this campaign occurred in 925 B.C.E. and, as the Bible says, this was the fifth year of Rehoboam’s rule in Judah, Rehoboam would have become king, and Solomon’s reign would have ended in 930 B.C.E. (925 + 5)” (Yigal Levin, Did Pharaoh Sheshonq Attack Jerusalem?, Biblical Archaeology Review, July/August 2012, pp. 48-49).
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At the site of Megiddo a portion of a commemorative stela of Shishak (Shoshenq I) was found by the University of Chicago Oriental Institute excavations in 1926. His name can be clearly read, and the stela is undoubtedly related to the 925 B.C. campaign. Photo: D. Ellis/P. Van der Veen
Abijah reigned 3 years (II Chronicles 13:2). 913-910 Asa reigned 41 years (II Chronicles 16:13). 910-869
Jehoshaphat reigned 25 years (II Chronicles 20:31). 869-844
Jehoram reigned 8 years (II Chronicles 21:5, 20). 844-836 Ahaziah reigned 1 year (II Chronicles 22:2). 836-835 Athaliah reigned 6 years (II Chronicles 22:12). 835-829 Joash reigned 40 years (II Chronicles 24:1). 829-789 Amaziah reigned 29 years (II Chronicles 25:1). 789-760
Uzziah (Azariah) reigned 52 years (II Chronicles 26:3). 783-731
Jotham reigned 16 years (II Chronicles 27:1, 8). 743-727
Ahaz reigned 16 years (II Chronicles 28:1). 727-711
Hezekiah reigned 29 years (II Chronicles 29:1). 711-682
Manasseh reigned 55 years (II Chronicles 33:1). 697-642 Amon reigned 2 years (II Chronicles 33:21). 642-640 Josiah reigned 31 years (II Chronicles 34:1). 640-609
II Chronicles 36:4 – And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.
Eliakim (Jehoiakim) reigned 11 years (II Chronicles 36:5). 609-598
Jeremiah 25:1-3 – The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon. 605
II Chronicles 36:9-11 – Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord. And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the Lord, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem. Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
Mattaniah (Zedekiah) reigned years (II Chronicles 36:11). 597-586
Abijah reigned 3 years (II Chronicles 13:2). 913-910 Asa reigned 41 years (II Chronicles 16:13). 910-869
Jehoshaphat reigned 25 years (II Chronicles 20:31). 869-844
Jehoram reigned 8 years (II Chronicles 21:5, 20). 844-836 Ahaziah reigned 1 year (II Chronicles 22:2). 836-835 Athaliah reigned 6 years (II Chronicles 22:12). 835-829 Joash reigned 40 years (II Chronicles 24:1). 829-789 Amaziah reigned 29 years (II Chronicles 25:1). 789-760
- Amaziah’s son Azariah (or Uzziah, as he is variously known,) became coregent (possibly when Amaziah was taken captive to Israel by Jehoash ben Jehoahaz, king of Israel – II Kings 14:13-14).
Uzziah (Azariah) reigned 52 years (II Chronicles 26:3). 783-731
- Uzziah’s son Jotham became coregent (possibly when his father was stricken with leprosy – II Kings 15:5).
Jotham reigned 16 years (II Chronicles 27:1, 8). 743-727
Ahaz reigned 16 years (II Chronicles 28:1). 727-711
Hezekiah reigned 29 years (II Chronicles 29:1). 711-682
- Hezekiah’s son Manassah became coregent (possibly when his father was sick unto death. – II Kings 20:1).
Manasseh reigned 55 years (II Chronicles 33:1). 697-642 Amon reigned 2 years (II Chronicles 33:21). 642-640 Josiah reigned 31 years (II Chronicles 34:1). 640-609
- “A more recent work on the later history of Judah has come out under the name of D. J. Wiseman, Chronicles of the Chaldean Kings in the British Museum (1956). The tablets published in this work gives a series of precise dates between 626 and 566 B.C. They indicate that Nabopolassar, the father of Nebuchadnezzar, was officially crowned November 23, 626, after defeating the Assyrian army at Babylonia. Asshurballit II, who assumed the Assyrian throne after the fall of Nineveh in 612, was compelled to abandon his defenses in Haran in the year 610. The battle of Meggido, at which Josiah perished, took place in 609, and in the same year or the following year, 608, Jehoiakim began his reign under the sponsorship of Necho, shifted allegiance to Nebuchadnezzar, and died in 598. The epoch-making battle of Carchemish, in which Nebuchadnezzar defeated the allied armies of Egypt and Assyria, took place in May or June of 605. Nabopolassar died on August 16, 605, and on September 7 Nebuchadnezzar was crowned in Babylon as his successor. In 601 the Babylonian armies were temporarily defeated by the Egyptians on the Egyptian border after a fierce battle. (This fact, not previously known, helps to explain why Jehoiakim risked rebellion against Babylon in the last years of his reign.) Jerusalem capitulated to Nebuchadnezzar the first time on March 15 or 16, 597. In that same month Zedekiah received his appointment as king. Last of all, Jerusalem fell in July, 587, during Nebuchadnezzar’s third invasion” (Gleason L. Archer, Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties, 1982, p. 293).
II Chronicles 36:4 – And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.
Eliakim (Jehoiakim) reigned 11 years (II Chronicles 36:5). 609-598
Jeremiah 25:1-3 – The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon. 605
- Daniel 1:1-3, 6-7 – In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it. And the LORD gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god. And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king’s seed, and of the princes… Now among these were the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abed-nego.
II Chronicles 36:9-11 – Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord. And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the Lord, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem. Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
Mattaniah (Zedekiah) reigned years (II Chronicles 36:11). 597-586
First published by Donald J. Wiseman in 1956, the Babylonian Chronicle records the last year of the reign of Nabopolassar and the first 11 years of his son Nebuchadnezzar. According to Wiseman, the cuneiform text records the Battle of Carchemish and the accession of Nebuchadnezzar. The fifth paragraph says, “In the seventh year [598], the month of Kislîmu, the king of Akkad mustered his troops, marched to the Hatti-land and besieged the city of Judah. On the second day of the month of Addarunote [597] he seized the city and captured the king. He appointed there a king of his own choice, received its heavy tribute and sent to Babylon.” This document is on display in the British Museum, London.
(597 B.C.) II Kings 24:12 – And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his (Nebuchadnezzar’s) reign. [II Chronicles 36:9-10].
(586 B.C.) II Kings 25:8-11 – And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem: And he burnt the house of the Lord, and the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man’s house burnt he with fire. And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about. Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carry away.
Matthew 1:17 – … from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations…
II Chronicles 36:20-21 - And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia: To fulfil the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
(605 B.C.) Jeremiah 29:10-14 – For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place. For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
Daniel 9:21-25 – Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation. And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding. At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision. Seventy weeks (weeks of years – 70 x 7 = 490 prophetic years) are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks (49 prophetic yrs.), and threescore and two weeks (434 prophetic yrs.): the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
When was the commandment given? Nehemiah, writing by divine inspiration, records the exact date of this decree: “in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king” (Nehemiah 2:1).
Dr. Alva McClain, former president of Grace Theological Seminary in Winona Lake, Indiana wrote: “For those who believe in biblical inspiration and the genuineness of predictive prophecy, it will be no surprise to learn that the date fixed by Nehemiah happens to be one of the best-known dates in ancient history. Even the latest edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, certainly not biased in favor of prophecy, sets the date of Artaxerxes accession as 465 B.C.; and therefore, his twentieth year would be 445 B.C. …Here we have the beginning of the Seventy Weeks” (Alva J. McClain, Daniel’s prophecy of the Seventy Weeks, 1962, pp. 18-19).
Daniel 9:25c “…the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.”
The “going forth of the commandment” has been shown to have occurred in 445 B.C., therefore, the first “seven weeks” of years (7 x 7 = 49 prophetic years) in Daniel’s vision (Dan. 9:25) cover the days of Ezra and Nehemiah, the period of rebuilding during the “troublous times,” and the remaining “threescore and two weeks” (62 x 7 = 434 prophetic years), bring us “unto Messiah the Prince” (Matthew 21:1-11).
There are 69 weeks of years or 483 years (49 + 434) mentioned in Daniel 9:25 and biblical evidence supports the use of a 360-day year in prophecy. When this is factored into the calculation (starting from 445 B.C.), the terminating point is A.D. 32.
483 prophetic years x 360 = 173,880 days
173,880 days divided by 365 = 476 Gregorian years
445 B.C. – 476 yrs. = A.D. 32
Matthew 1:17 – …from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.
© 2022 Arthur Chrysler
(597 B.C.) II Kings 24:12 – And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his (Nebuchadnezzar’s) reign. [II Chronicles 36:9-10].
(586 B.C.) II Kings 25:8-11 – And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem: And he burnt the house of the Lord, and the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man’s house burnt he with fire. And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about. Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carry away.
Matthew 1:17 – … from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations…
II Chronicles 36:20-21 - And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia: To fulfil the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
- If we begin counting from when Daniel was taken to Babylon (605 B.C.), the seventy years of captivity would end in 535 B.C. (605 – 70).
(605 B.C.) Jeremiah 29:10-14 – For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place. For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
Daniel 9:21-25 – Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation. And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding. At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision. Seventy weeks (weeks of years – 70 x 7 = 490 prophetic years) are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks (49 prophetic yrs.), and threescore and two weeks (434 prophetic yrs.): the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
When was the commandment given? Nehemiah, writing by divine inspiration, records the exact date of this decree: “in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king” (Nehemiah 2:1).
Dr. Alva McClain, former president of Grace Theological Seminary in Winona Lake, Indiana wrote: “For those who believe in biblical inspiration and the genuineness of predictive prophecy, it will be no surprise to learn that the date fixed by Nehemiah happens to be one of the best-known dates in ancient history. Even the latest edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, certainly not biased in favor of prophecy, sets the date of Artaxerxes accession as 465 B.C.; and therefore, his twentieth year would be 445 B.C. …Here we have the beginning of the Seventy Weeks” (Alva J. McClain, Daniel’s prophecy of the Seventy Weeks, 1962, pp. 18-19).
Daniel 9:25c “…the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.”
The “going forth of the commandment” has been shown to have occurred in 445 B.C., therefore, the first “seven weeks” of years (7 x 7 = 49 prophetic years) in Daniel’s vision (Dan. 9:25) cover the days of Ezra and Nehemiah, the period of rebuilding during the “troublous times,” and the remaining “threescore and two weeks” (62 x 7 = 434 prophetic years), bring us “unto Messiah the Prince” (Matthew 21:1-11).
There are 69 weeks of years or 483 years (49 + 434) mentioned in Daniel 9:25 and biblical evidence supports the use of a 360-day year in prophecy. When this is factored into the calculation (starting from 445 B.C.), the terminating point is A.D. 32.
483 prophetic years x 360 = 173,880 days
173,880 days divided by 365 = 476 Gregorian years
445 B.C. – 476 yrs. = A.D. 32
Matthew 1:17 – …from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.
© 2022 Arthur Chrysler