CHRONOLOGY
(See also Calendars; Dates [Calendar]; Dates of Prophetic Significance; 1,260 Days; 1,290 Days; 1,335 Days; Time, Times, and Half a Time)
(Note centered headings below: Bible Chronology; Christian Greek Scriptures; Hebrew Scriptures)
archaeological dating: it-1 155, 456
Assyrian: it-1 451-452
comparison with Bible’s: it-1 452, 454-455; it-2 907-908, 1102
reign of Tiglath-pileser III: it-2 1102
astronomical calculations: it-1 454-456; w11 10/1 31; w11 11/1 24-25, 27-28
VAT 4956 (cuneiform tablet): w11 11/1 25-28
Babylonian:
business tablets: w11 11/1 23-24, 28
Nebuchadnezzar II: w89 3/15 21-22
Neo-Babylonian dynasty: it-1 452-454; w11 10/1 29-31; w11 11/1 28
B.C.E. and C.E. dates: it-1 458; g97 5/22 29; si 282
monk who initiated: it-1 447
why used by Witnesses over B.C. and A.D.: g 3/09 30
cardinal and ordinal numbers: it-1 458; si 282, 284
“classical” historians (Greek and Roman): it-1 457-458; w11 10/1 29
dating methods (scientific): g86 9/22 17-27
carbon 14: g90 2/22 28
discussion: it-1 447-467
Egyptian: it-1 450-451
eras: it-1 447-448
Greek: it-1 447
Islamic peoples: it-1 447
Jewish: w94 7/15 28-30
Maya: g01 9/8 16-17
Persian: it-1 454; it-2 613-616; w86 2/15 25
Artaxerxes Longimanus: it-1 463; it-2 487-488, 614-616; dp 197; w90 10/15 10; si 88, 291; w89 3/15 21-22; w86 1/15 7; w86 2/15 25
Cyrus Cylinder: it-1 568
proper view of: w86 3/15 19
Ptolemy’s canon: it-1 455; w11 10/1 30-31
Roman: it-1 447
Bible Chronology
“70 weeks” (Da 9:24-27): it-1 463, 467; it-2 899-904; mwb17.10 2; bhs 211-212; bh 197-199; w12 1/1 16; g 7/12 24; w11 8/15 8-9; g 2/11 18; w06 2/15 6; dp 186-197; w98 9/15 13-14; g95 6/22 8; w92 10/1 11-12; wi 26-27, 29; w90 10/15 10-11; si 141-142, 291; w86 10/1 5-6
beginning: dp 187-190; w86 2/15 25
year of Jerusalem’s destruction not indicated: w98 9/15 14-15
Adam to—
1963 C.E.: si 286-287
1987 C.E.: it-1 459
“appointed times of the nations” and “seven times” (Lu 21:24; Da 4): ijwbq article 75; lff lesson 32; it-1 132-135; bhs 217-220; bh 215-218; w06 7/15 6-7; re 22, 24; w04 2/1 19-20; dp 95-97; kl 96-97; w90 10/15 18-19; rs 95-97; w86 11/1 4-7; tp 70-73
error by early Bible Students about start: re 105
Bible Students’ view: jv 136, 631-637
charts:
Adam to 1987 C.E.: it-1 459
outstanding historical dates: si 294-297
confidence in: w89 3/15 21-22
discussion: it-1 458-467
expectations:
1878: jv 632-633
1881: jv 632
1914: kr 50; yb13 176; yb07 75-76; jv 60-63, 134-141, 634-637
1915: jv 632
1925: g95 6/22 9; jv 78, 632-633
1975: g95 6/22 9; jv 104, 633
2000: w99 11/1 3-6; g98 5/8 20-21
how dates are determined: rs 93
method of stating dates: it-1 448
pivotal dates: it-1 458; si 282; rs 93
29 C.E.: it-1 458; it-2 1100; w91 11/15 31; si 283
539 B.C.E.: it-1 458-459; w11 10/1 28; si 85, 282-283, 285
relative value in discerning fulfillment of prophecy: w98 9/15 14-16
restoration after exile to conversion of Cornelius: it-1 463
superiority over secular: it-1 448-450, 458
understanding clarified (1935-1944): jv 632-633
value of genealogies: it-1 907-908
Christian Greek Scriptures
apostolic period: it-1 467; si 291-293
chart:
main events of Jesus’ earthly life: it-2 63-66; nwt 1748-1763; si 287-290
Herod the Great’s death: it-1 1093-1095
Jesus Christ: it-2 56-58; si 291
arrival for final week: mwb20.04 2; jy 236; nwt 1786; gt chapter 101; w89 10/15 8
birth: it-1 463, 467; w99 11/1 4-5; g98 3/22 28-29
death and resurrection (chart): w99 3/15 7
feast at home of Simon the leper: it-1 292-293; nwt 1787; w86 2/15 31
final week: mwb20.04 2-3; mwb19.04 4-5; it-1 292-293; it-2 742-743; nwt 1786-1789; w11 2/1 22-24; w98 3/15 3-9
Judean ministry: w86 1/15 24
length of ministry: si 291
John the Baptizer begins baptizing: it-2 1100
Paul’s ministry: it-2 586-589
Hebrew Scriptures
20th year of Artaxerxes: it-1 463; it-2 487-488, 616, 900; w06 2/1 8-9; dp 197; w90 10/15 10; si 291; w89 3/15 21-22; w86 2/15 25
390-day siege by Ezekiel: it-1 462-463; rr 66-67
400-year affliction (Ge 15:13): it-1 31, 460-461, 776, 1216, 1225; w16.07 14-15; w04 1/15 27; w98 9/15 12-13; si 17, 286, 294-295
40-day siege by Ezekiel: it-1 462; rr 67; w07 7/1 12
430-year period (Ex 12:40, 41; Ga 3:17): it-1 29, 460, 522, 776-777; w16.07 14; g05 3/22 30; w04 3/15 26; si 294-295
450 years (Ac 13:20): it-1 462, 777; si 47, 294-295
480th year (1Ki 6:1): it-1 461; g 5/12 17
70-year desolation: it-1 463, 568-569; w11 10/1 26-29; w11 11/1 22-25, 27; w11 12/15 31; si 84-86, 285
Abrahamic covenant to Exodus: it-1 460-461, 776-777; si 286
Abraham’s death to Exodus: g 5/12 16-17
Abraham’s move to Canaan to Jacob’s move to Egypt: it-1 460
Adam’s creation: it-1 459; si 286-287
Adam to—
537 B.C.E.: si 285-286
David: w05 10/1 8-11
Flood: it-1 459-460; si 286
ages of patriarchs: g 7/07 30; g 5/06 8; w03 5/15 5; w02 3/1 5-6; rs 94-95
charts:
Adam to Flood: it-1 459; si 286
Exodus to division of kingdom: it-1 461
Flood to Cyrus’ decree: w03 5/15 6-7
Flood to death of Terah: it-1 460; si 286
kings and prophets of Judah and Israel: it-1 464-466; nwt 1744-1747; w05 8/1 12
division of kingdom to desolation of Jerusalem: it-1 462-463; si 285
Exodus to division of kingdom: it-1 461-462; si 285-286
Flood of Noah’s day: it-1 609
Flood to Abrahamic covenant: it-1 460; si 286
“fourth generation” from Abraham (Ge 15:16): it-1 778, 911-912; g 5/12 16
Israel’s sojourn in Egypt: it-1 460, 776-777; g05 3/22 30; w04 3/15 26; si 285-286
Jeremiah’s service: mwb17.03 2; jr 19
Judges: it-1 461-462
kings’ reigns: it-1 461; it-2 1215; si 284-286