- Ancient use of Ge 7:11; 8:4
- Twelve months reckoned to a year 1Ch 27:1-15
1. Abib (April) The Jewish calendar began with Ex 12:2; 13:4; De 16:1 Passover instituted and celebrated in Ex 12:1-28; 23:15 Israelites left Egypt in Ex 13:4 Tabernacle set up in Ex 40:2,17 Israelites arrive at Zin in Nu 20:1 The Israelites cross the Jordan River in Jos 4:19 The Jordan River overflows in 1Ch 12:15 Decree to put the Jews to death in Es 3:12 The death of Jesus in Mt 26; 27 After the captivity called Nisan Ne 2:1; Es 3:7
2. Zif (May) 1Ki 6:1,37 Israel numbered in Nu 1:1,18 Passover to be observed in, by the ceremonially unclean and others who could not observe it in the first month Nu 9:10,11 Israel departed from the wilderness of Zin in Nu 10:11 Temple begun in 1Ki 6:1; 2Ch 3:2 An celebrated in 2Ch 30:1-27 Rebuilding of the temple begun in Ezr 3:8
3. Sivan: (June) Es 8:9 Asa renews the covenant of himself and people in 2Ch 15:10
4. Tammuz (July)
5. Ab (August)
- (Number only mentioned) Aaron died on the first day of Nu 33:38 Temple destroyed in 2Ki 25:8-10; Jer 1:3; 52:12-30 Ezra arrived at Jerusalem in Ezr 7:8,9
6. Elul (September) The wall of Jerusalem finished in Ne 6:15 The temple built in Hag 1:14,15
7. Ethanim (October) 1Ki 8:2 Feasts held in Le 23:24,27; Ne 8:13-15 Jubilee proclaimed in Le 25:9 Solomon's temple dedicated in 1Ki 8:2 Altar rebuilt and offerings renewed in Ezr 3:1,6
8. Bul (November) The temple finished in 1Ki 6:38 Jeroboam's idolatrous feast in 1Ki 12:32,33; 1Ch 27:11