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Creation 27(4):28–29, September 2005

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Real history: the timeline of the Bible

by Paul Hansen

The Ussher timeline chart by Paul Hansen that appeared in Creation magazine in September 2005 is available here as a .pdf (opens with Adobe Acrobat).

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THE TIMELINE OF THE BIBLE

Some people in this timeline include

From Genesis

ADAM 5:1-5 930
SETH 5:6-8 912
ENOS 5:9-11 905
CAINAN 5:12-14 910
MAHALALEL 5:15-17 895
JARED 5:18-20 962
ENOCH 5:21-24 365
METHUSELAH 5:25-27 969
LAMECH
NOAH 5:32
ARPHAXAD
SALAH 11:14–15 433
EBER 11:16–17 464
REU 11:20–21
SERUG 11:22–23
NAHOR
TERAH
ABRAHAM
ISAAC
JACOB
JOSEPH
…

Reigns of: 20 Kings of the Southern
Kingdom of Judah
SAUL
DAVID
SOLOMON

…
Reigns of

From 2 Chronicles:
17 Rehoboam 9:31; 12:13
3 Abijah 13:1–2
41 Asa 16:13
25 Jehoshaphat 20:31
(2*)+4+(2*) Jehoram 21:5, 20
1 Ahaziah 22:1–2
6 Athaliah 22:12
40 Joash 24:1
(1*)+28 Amaziah 25:1
52 Uzziah 26:1–3
16 Jotham 27:1, 8
16 Ahaz 28:1
(1*)+28 Hezekiah 29:1
55 Manasseh 33:1
2 Amon 33:21
31 Josiah 34:1
¼ Jehoahaz 36:1–2
11 Jehoiakim 36:4–5
¼ Jehoiachin 36:9
11 Zedekiah 36:11
Jotham is not indicated.

THE TIMELINE OF THE BIBLE. This chart accords with Ussher’s chronology—see James Ussher, The Annals
of the World, updated translation from Latin by Larry and Marion Pierce, Master
Books Inc., 2003.

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