Jewish Calendar: The Shaul Chronicles

  • 1 BCE

    Skies Created

    Elul 26, -1
  • 1 BCE

    Birds and Creatures Created

    Elul 29, -1
  • 1 BCE

    Light Created

    Elul 25, -1
  • 1 BCE

    Celestial Bodies Created

    Elul 28, -1
  • 1 BCE

    Dry Land and Vegetation Created

    Elul 27, -1
  • 1 CE

    First Shabbat

    September 18 (Tishrei 2, 1)
  • 1 CE

    Adam and Chava Created

    September 17 (Tishrei 1, 1)
  • Period: 1 CE to

    Creation of Heaven and Earth

    First generations
  • 41

    Kayin Kills Hevel

    Kislev 25 (November 8), 41 (3721 BCE)
  • 130

    Shet Born

  • 235

    Enosh Born

    Shet's son born
  • 325

    Keynan Born

  • 395

    Mehalalel Born

  • 460

    Yered Born

  • 622

    Chanoch Born

  • 687

    Metushelach Born

  • 874

    Lemech II Born

  • Sep 4, 930

    Adam Dies

    Tishrei 1, 930
  • 1056

    Noach Born

  • 1536

    Noach Begins Ark Construction

  • 1556

    Yafet Born

  • 1557

    Cham Born

  • 1558

    Shem Born

  • Ark Bottom Lands on Mt. Arafat

    Sivan 1 1656
  • Noach Dispatches Raven

    Elul 10 1656
  • Noach Dispatches Dove

    Elul 17 1656
  • Dove Brings Olive Leaf

    Elul 23 1656
  • Methusaleh Dies

    Oldest person; Cheshvan 11 1656
  • Great Flood Starts

    Noach gets in the Ark on Cheshvan 17
  • Period: to

    Noachide Period

  • Great Flood Rains Subside

    Kislev 27 1656
  • Dove Has Third Mission

    Tishrei 1 1657 (Jewish years begin in Tishrei)
  • Flood Ends

    Cheshvan 27 1657
  • Arpachshad Born

    Shem's son
  • Shelach Born

  • Eber Born

  • Peleg Born

  • Re'u Born

  • Serug Born

  • Nachor I Born

  • Terach Born

  • Period: to

    Patriarchal Era in Canaan

    Avraham's birth until Ya'akov went down to Egypt
  • Period: to

    Avrahamic Period

    Lech L'cha to Vayera (Akedah)
  • Avraham Born

    March 2-March 31 (Nissan 1-30)
  • Sarah Born

    Tishrei 1, 1958
  • Avraham Married Sarah

  • Tower of Bavel

  • Terach Left Ur Kasdim with His Family

  • Noach Dies

  • Covenant with Avram

    Nissan 15 2018
  • Avraham Settles in Canaan

  • Yishmael Born

  • Avram Circumcises His Household

    Nissan 13 2048
  • Angels Visit Avraham and Sarah

    Nissan 15 2048
  • Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed

    Nissan 16 2048
  • Yitzchak Born

    Nissan 15 2049
  • Rivka Born

    Tishrei 10 1687; according to the opinion that Rivka was 14 years old and that she was born 11 years before Akedah However, could be adjusted up to mean 28 years
  • Binding of Yitzchak

    Tishrei 1 2084; Sarah dies
  • Sarah Dies

  • Period: to

    Yitzchak Era

  • Flood Waters Recede

    Sivan 1 2105
  • Ya'akov and Esav Born

    March 6-April 4
  • Avraham Dies

    Somewhere in Nissan (March 19-April 17)
  • Shem Dies

  • Yitzchak Blesses Yaakov Instead of Esav

  • Period: to

    Ya'akov Era

  • Ya'akov Flees to Haran

  • Eber Dies

  • Ya'akov Marries Leah and Rachel

    In order for Ya'akov to marry Rachel, he had to work another 7 years for Lavan
  • Reuven Born

    Kislev 14 2193
  • Shim'on Born

    Tevet 21 or 28 2194
  • Levi Born

    Nissan 16 2195
  • Dan Born

    Elul 9 2195
  • Yehudah Born

    Sivan 15 2196
  • Reuven Finds Mandrakes

    Sivan 5 2197
  • Naftali Born

    Tishrei 5 2197
  • Gad Born

    Cheshvan 10 2197 (year=approximation)
  • Yissachar Born

    Av 10 2196/2197
  • Asher Born

    Shevat 20 2199 (may have also died on his birthday)
  • Yosef Born

    Tammuz 1 2199
  • Zevulun Born

    Tishrei 7 2199; years begin in September
  • Ya'akov Wrestles with an Angel

    Nissan 15 2205
  • Rachel Dies

    Cheshvan 11 2208
  • Binyamin Born

    Cheshvan 11 2208; born when Rachel dies
  • Yosef Sold

    Tishrei 10 2216
  • Yitzchak Dies

    Age 180; somewhere in Nissan (February 28-March 28)
  • Yosef Becomes Viceroy in Egypt

  • Period: to

    Seven Years Abundance

  • Period: to

    7 Years Famine

  • Yosef Reconciles with His Brothers

    At age 38/39, Yosef reconciles
  • Ya'akov and Family Descend to Egypt

    During Ahmose I (beginning of dynasty)
  • Ya'akov Dies in Egypt

    Age 147; Nissan 30 2255
  • Period: to

    Oppression of the Israelites

    Occurs for 210 years in Egypt. Started slow before the descent: slander, taking away Israelite property, fortifying cities during a war with Edom, Israelites no longer paid for labor, Pharaoh worked at the site for a day to use as a cudgel, manipulation (begging + promise of reward), killing Israelite baby boys quietly, drowning Israelite baby boys Enslavement started in 2332
    Persecution became especially intense after Akhenaten leading to a political purge
  • Yosef Dies

    Tammuz 1 2309
  • Shim'on Dies

    Tevet 28 2314 (believed to have died)
  • Yehudah Dies

    Sivan 15 2315; 119 years later
  • Dan Dies

    Elul 9 2320 (date tentative); lived 125 years
  • Period: to

    Enslavement of the Israelites

    Only after Levi died did true enslavement begin under Thutmose III (late reign)
  • Levi Dies

    Dies at age 136 during Thutmose III's mid-reign
  • Moshe's Parents Remarry

    Elul 7 2367
  • Moshe Born

    Adar 7 2368
  • Moshe Circumcised

  • Yehoshua Born

    Tentative date Nissan 26
  • Moshe at Burning Bush

    1314 BCE (Nissan 15)
  • Moshe Leaves Midian

    Nissan 21
  • Plague of Darkness

    Adar 1 2448
  • First Mitzvah Given to Jews

    Adar 29 2448
  • Jewish Calendar Inaugurated

    Nissan 1 2448
  • War of the Egyptian Firstborn

    Nissan 10 2448
  • Period: to

    Mosaic Period

    Moshe leads the people for 40 years
    Moshe died on Adar 7, 2488
  • Pharaoh Lets the Israelites Go

    First Pesach; Ramases II lets them go (for 3 days) 4th day of Pesach
  • Pharaoh Corners Israelites

    6th day of Pesach
  • Exodus

    New: horemheb is the pharaoh Nissan 21 = Exodus ~= Battle of Kadesh
    Based on the consensus record in interpreting this as the event that inspired "Exodus." https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Kadesh Conversion to the Julian calendar = April 19
  • First Shabbat

    Nissan 22 2448
  • Pharaoh Learns the Israelites Have Escaped

    He only let them go for 3 days
  • Matzo Depleted

    Iyar 15 2448
  • Manna Started

    Iyyar 16, 2448
  • First Shabbat Commanded

    Iyar 22 2448
  • Water from a Rock at Rephidim

    Iyar 23 2448
  • Encampment at Sinai

    Sivan 1 2448
  • Chosen People Announcement

    Sivan 2 2448
  • People Prep to Receive Torah

    Sivan 3 2448
  • Moshe Transcribes First Part of Torah

    Sivan 4 2448
  • Israelites Accept Torah

    Sivan 5 2448
  • Torah Given: First Shavuot

    Sivan 6 2448
  • Moshe Ascends Mt Sinai

    Sivan 13 2448
  • Golden Calf Made

    Hur (Miraym and Calev's son) killed
  • Moshe Smashes Two Tablets

    Tammuz 17 2448
  • Golden Calf Destroyed

    Tammuz 18 2448
  • Second Tablets Made

    Av 30 2448
  • Moshe Ascends Mt Sinai (3rd time)

    Elul 1 2448; came back Yom Kippur
  • Moshe Descends with Second Tablets

    Tishrei 10 2449 (Jewish years work differently)
  • Yitro Advises Moshe

    Tishrei 11 2449
  • Donations Brought for Mishkan

    Tishrei 11 2449
  • Mishkan Assembled

    Adar 23 2449
  • Mishkan Inaugurated

    Nissan 1 2449
  • Nadav and Avihu Die

    Nissan 1 2449
  • First Red Heifer Prepared

    Nissan 2 2449
  • Levites Inducted

    Nissan 3 2449
  • First Census Conducted

    First Israelite census Iyar 1 2449
  • Second Pesach Instituted

    Iyar 15 2449
  • Israelites Left Their Sinai Encampment

    Almsot a year after the Torah was given Iyyar 20 2449
  • Miryam Quarantined

    Sivan 22 2449
  • Miryam Let Out of Quarantine

    Sivan 29 2449
  • Moshe Dispatches Spies

    Sivan 29 2449
  • Moshe's Spies Return

    Av 8 2449
  • Wilderness Generation Condemned to Wander 40 Years

    Av 9 2449
  • Moshe's Spies Die

    Elul 7 2449; after suffering plague
  • Mishkan Completed

    Kislev 25 2449
  • Miryam Dies

    Nissan 10 2487
  • Moshe and Aharon Forbidden from Entering Israel

    Moshe hit the rock when he was supposed to speak to it/not be angry/etc. and Aharon failed to stop him another time Nisan 21 2487
  • Aharon Dies

    Av 1 2487
  • End of Dying in the Desert

    10000 Israelite men and all women spared
  • Moshe Repeats the Torah

    Book of Devarim; Shevat 1 2488
  • Moshe's Last Day of Leadership

  • Period: to

    Yehoshua Judges Israel

    Adar 5 2488 - Nissan 26 2516 28 years; 56 seasons
  • Moshe Completes the Torah

    Adar 6 2488
  • Moshe Dies

    Adar 7 2488
  • Yehoshua Sends Spies to Yericho

    Nissan 5 2488
  • Israelites Prepare to Enter Canaan

    Nissan 7 2488
  • Yehoshua and the Israelites Cross the Jordan

    Nissan 10
  • Mass Circumcision

    Nissan 11 2488
  • Manna Stops

    Nissan 16 2488
  • Yehoshua Stops the Sun

    Tammuz 3 2488
  • Yehoshua Dies

    Nissan 26 2516
  • Period: to

    Cushan Rish'atayim Controls Israel

    8 seasons, 4 years Nissan 26 2516-Nissan 26 2520
  • Period: to

    Othniel Judges Israel

    40 seasons; 20 years Nissan 26 2559 - Nissan 26 2579
  • Period: to

    Moav Controls Israel

    18 seasons; 9 years
  • Period: to

    Ehud Judges Israel

    80 seasons (40 years)
  • Period: to

    Sisera Invades

    20 seasons; 10 years
  • Period: to

    Devorah Judges Israel

    40 seasons; 20 years Said to have gotten 70 days of mourning; land was at peace for 7 years Archaeology puts her in he 2nd half of the 12th century BCE (1100s) or the second half of the 11th century BCE (1000s)
  • Period: to

    Midianites Invade

    7 seasons; 3.5 years
  • Period: to

    Gideon Judges Israel

    40 seasons; 20 years Victory occurred during Pesach
  • Eli Born

    Dies at age 98
  • Period: to

    Achimelech Judges Israel

    3 seasons (1.5 years); Jewish years start in Tishrei (2643-2644)
  • Period: to

    Tola Judges Israel

    23 seasons (11.5 years); name means scarlet; comes from Yissachar
  • Period: to

    Yair Judges Israel

    22 seasons; 11 years Encouraged people to worship Ba’al and when 7 men refused, he tried to kill them. Then an Angel killed him and 1000 other men for worshipping Ba’al. Had 30 sons. came from the tribe of Menashe and Yehudah
  • Period: to

    Famine in the Land of Israel

    Incensed at Yair’s idolatry, Hashem puts a famine on the land. Naomi and Elimelech end up having to leave
  • Period: to

    Philistines Take Over

    40 seasons; 20 years
  • Period: to

    Yiftach Judges Israel

    6 seasons; 3 years
  • Kish Born

  • Yiftach Sacrifices His Daughter

    Mourning her occurs four times a year among the maidens of Israel. Her death occurred on the autumn equinox (which varies in the Hebrew calendar) in Tishrei (Tishrei 25 2680). Her father made the vow in Av. Unclear if this came before/after the Civil War with Ephraim
  • Hadassah Born

  • Naomi’s Husband Elimelech Dies

  • Period: to

    Elon Judges Israel

    10 seasons; 5 years; comes from Zevulun
  • Period: to

    Rut Marriage to Machlon

    Marries Naomi’s son Machlon. Approximately 10 years
  • Period: to

    Orpah Marries Chillon

  • Period: to

    Avdon Judges Israel

    8 seasons (4 years); comes from Ephraim; had 40 sons and 30 grandsons
  • Period: to

    Shimshon Judges Israel

    20 seasons; 10 years Philistines said to have refrained from attacking for 20 years (which could be 20 seasons)
  • Period: to

    Itzvan (Boaz) Judges Israel

    Equivalent to Boaz in Rabbinic tradition; ruled 7 seasons (3.5 years). Said to have died the day after the wedding Said to have come 100 years after Otniel.
  • Eli Gains High Priesthood

  • Pinchas Stripped of High Priesthood

    Because Pinchas did not absolve Yiftach of his vow, Pinchas and his line were stripped of the High Priesthood.
  • Oved Born to Rut

    Rut raises her son Oved with Naomi’s help
  • Kish Marries Hadassah

    When Kish is 16 and Hadassah is 14, they marry
  • Period: to

    Eli Judges Israel

    40 years; dies Iyar 10
  • Micheyheu Born

    Parents are Shimshon and Delilah but his birth occurs while Shimshon is captive
  • Kish Marries Atarah

    Because Hadassah appears barren after 10 years, Jewish law requires that she give Kish her handmaid Atarah as a second wife to allow him to fulfill the mitzvah of creation. Atarah gets pregnant easily and has multiple children (10 sons and two daughters; some are twins)
  • Yishai Born

  • Sh'muel Born

    Conceived Rosh Hashanah; born in Nissan prematurely at 8 months
  • Hadassah Prays at Shiloh and Conceives

    Tishrei 1, 2706 (September 2, 2706). After 12 years of torment from Atarah, Hadassah prays to Hashem at Shiloh and manages to conceive.
  • Atarah's Sons Die

    Every year that Shaul grows older, two of Atarah's sons die until she is left with only two from Hadassah's intercession.
  • Shaul Born

    Born on Adar II 19 2706 prematurely at 7 months
  • Yishai Marries Nitzavet

    Age 14 All sons ≥ 20 when Goliat occurs
    9 children result: Eliav (2714; eldest), Avinadav (2715), Shammah (2716), Nethaneel (2717), Raddai (2718), Ozem (2719), Tzeruirah (2720), Avigayil (2722), and David (2724)
  • Period: to

    Michayehu Creates an Idol

    Shimshon and Delilah's youngest son Michayehu makes an idol from the silver coins given to his mother. A rogue Levite (Moshe’s grandson possibly) ministers to this cult. Shiloh fails to address it.
  • Shaul Stands Up Against Kohen Corruption

    On Shavuot, Shaul fights for Eglah (Achinoam’s relative), who was sexually harassed by Eli’s son Chofni. This earns Achinoam’s favor
  • Period: to

    Civil War Against Binyamin

    Starts on Shevat 23, 2720 and ends on Tu B’av, 2720; war starts when Shaul is 13 and ends when he is 14
  • Hadassah Killed

    During the War Against Binyamin, all women and children left behind were slaughtered leaving behind only 600 men.
  • Period: to

    Yavesh-Gilead Sieged

    The Israelites siege Yavesh-Gilead, kill all except 400 virgin women and give these women to 400 Binyaminite men. Tammuz 21 2720 - Av 8 2720
  • Ner and Anah Marry

    Anah is one of 400 virgin women from Yavesh-Gilead
  • Kish and Basmat Marry

    Basmat was one of 400 women from Yavesh-Gilead
  • Shaul Marries Achinoam

    Shaul marries Achinoam when he is 14
  • Pinchas Stripped of Prophecy

    Because of his failure during the Micah idol crisis and his responsibility for significant casualties during the War Against Binyamin, Pinchas has lost the gift of prophecy.
  • Avner Born

    Born over one year after the war ended. Av 25 2721
  • Yonatan Born

    Kislev 19, 2722
  • Avinadav Born

    Born in Tevet 2726; current date is Tevet 29
  • David Born

    Born on the second day of Shavuot (Sivan 7 2724)
  • Period: to

    Sh'muel Judges Israel

    Iyar 10 2726 - Sivan 18 2736 (rough date; during the wheat harvest/dry season)
  • Merav Born

    Cheshvan 2727; currently Cheshvan 18
  • Battle at Aphek

    Iyar 10 2727. Disaster strikes when the Philistines steal the Ark, Eli's two sons die in battle, Eli dies by falling over, and Tzivyah (Pinchas' wife) dies in childbirth. Shaul manages to wrest the tablets away from Goliat but sees Eli die in front of him.
  • Period: to

    Ark in Philistine Hands

    Ark strikes Philistines with boils etc.
  • Malchishua Born

    Nissan or Tammuz-Av
  • Michal Born

    Born in Shevat; Shevat 21 2729
  • Period: to

    Shaul Reigns Over Israel

    20-22 years; kingship determined by lot; kingship reaffirmed on Sivan 7 2732; died on Elul 28 2754 Effectively starts ruling as Nagid for ~1 year and then King of Israel for ~2 years and then starts ruling as king of Israel and Yehudah for ~20 years
  • Yishvi Born

    Adar II 21 2734
  • Goliat Defeated

  • David Enters Shaul's Court

    Age 15
  • War Against Amalek

    Sh’muel instructs Shaul to wage a genocidal war against Amalek. Shaul is uncomfy with that and because he didn’t fulfill all the instructions, Sh’muel left him. Adar II 8-13 (based on Shabbat Zachor)
  • Nov Massacre

    Iyar 10, 2754
  • Sh'muel Dies

    Iyar 28, 2754. Age 52. Cause of death: atrial fibrillation, natural
  • Witch of Ein-Dor

    In desperation, Avner suggests Shaul to visit Avner’s mother (ie Shaul’s aunt) for advice from Sh’muel. The meeting turns about to be a disaster.
  • Battle of Gilvoa

    Elul 28, 2754. Shaul, his armor bearer, and his 3 sons (Yonatan, Avinadav, and Malchishua) all die. Shaul saw all his sons die before him and fearing Philistine torture commanded his armor bearer to kill him. When the armor bearer refused, Shaul took the sword that Hashem had given him and fell on it.
  • Shaul Dies

    To avoid the Philistines capturing and torturing him and creating a potentially costly rescue, Shaul falls on his sword at age 48
  • Period: to

    David Reigns Over Israel

    Ends with Sivan 7 2794
  • Period: to

    Yishvi Reigns

    2 years; crowned at age 20
  • Period: to

    Shlomo Reigns Over Israel

    Shlomo died betwen Nissan 1 and Tishrei 1
  • Shlomo Builds the First Temple

    Ziv (Iyar) 1 2799
  • First Temple Building Finished

    Cheshvan 1 2806
  • Shlomo Dedicates the First Temple

    Tishrei 8 2807
  • Period: to

    Rehovoam Reigns Israel

    17 years
  • Yerovoam Rebels Against Rehovoam

    Sivan 23, same year
  • Shishaq Invades Israel

    Av 1, 2839