Q: WHAT YEAR WAS THE BIRTH OF CHRIST?
A: IT DEPENDS WHAT CALENDAR YOU ARE USING!
On the Gregorian calendar (the one you might have on your wall) the year was 5 BC.*
On the Hebrew calendar, sometimes called the biblical calendar, the year was 4042 AM.*
*Note: Regarding the timeline of Christ’s death, the following breakdown will make clear the passage of time:
Q: WHAT YEAR WAS THE DEATH OF HEROD THE GREAT?
A: IT DEPENDS WHAT CALENDAR YOU ARE USING!
On the Gregorian calendar (the one you might have on your wall) the year was 4 BC.
On the Hebrew calendar, sometimes called the biblical calendar, the year was 4043 AM.
RELATED VERSES
Encyclopedia: Herod the Great
Q: WHEN WAS THE DESTRUCTION OF THE SECOND TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM?
A: IT DEPENDS WHAT CALENDAR YOU ARE USING!
On the Gregorian calendar (the one you might have on your wall) the year was 70 AD.
On the Hebrew calendar, sometimes called the biblical calendar, the year was 4116 AM.
ARTICLES
Genesis 8:13 New King James Version (NKJV)
13 And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, that the waters were dried up from the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and indeed the surface of the ground was dry.
1662AM/2385BC
Genesis 23:1 New King James Version (NKJV)
Sarah’s Death and Burial
23 Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years; these were the years of the life of Sarah.
2151AM/1896BC
2003AM/2044BC
Genesis 11:24-25 New King James Version (NKJV)
24 Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and begot Terah. 25 After he begot Terah, Nahor lived one hundred and nineteen years, and begot sons and daughters.
Q: WHAT YEAR DID ABRAHAM LEAVE HARAN AND HEAD FOR THE PROMISED LAND?
A: IT DEPENDS WHAT CALENDAR YOU ARE USING!
On the Gregorian calendar (the one you might have on your wall) the year was 1958 BC.
On the Hebrew calendar, sometimes called the biblical calendar, the year was 2089 AM.
ABOUT
Abram Age 99 God Changes Name to Abraham—Genesis 17:5
Genesis 17:5 New King James Version (NKJV)
5 No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations.
Sarai Age 89 God Changes Name to Sarah—Genesis 17:15
Genesis 17:15 New King James Version (NKJV)
15 Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.
Sodom & Gomorah Destroyed—Genesis 19:23-25
Genesis 19:23-25 New King James Version (NKJV)
Genesis 41:53-54 New King James Version (NKJV)
53 Then the seven years of plenty which were in the land of Egypt ended, 54 and the seven years of famine began to come, as Joseph had said. The famine was in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
2304AM/1743BC