Ancient use of
- Ge 7:11
- Ge 8:4
Twelve months reckoned to a year
- 1Ch 27:1-15
1. Abib (April)
1. The Jewish calendar began with
2. Passover instituted and celebrated in
  - Ex 12:1-28
  - Ex 23:15
3. Israelites left Egypt in
  - Ex 13:4
4. Tabernacle set up in
  - Ex 40:2
  - Ex 40:17
5. Israelites arrive at Zin in
  - Nu 20:1
6. The Israelites cross the Jordan River in
  - Jos 4:19
7. The Jordan River overflows in
  - 1Ch 12:15
8. Decree to put the Jews to death in
  - Es 3:12
9. The death of Jesus in
  - Mt 26
  - Mt 27
10. After the captivity called Nisan
  - Ne 2:1
  - Es 3:7
2. Zif (May)
- 1Ki 6:1
- 1Ki 6:37
1. Israel numbered in
  - Nu 1:1
  - Nu 1:18
2. Passover to be observed in, by the ceremonially unclean and others who could not observe it in the first month
3. Sivan: (June)
- Es 8:9
1. Asa renews the covenant of himself and people in
  - 2Ch 15:10
4. Tammuz (July)
(The number only appears in the Bible) .Jerusalem taken by Nebuchadnezzar in
5. Ab (August)
(Number only mentioned)
1. Aaron died on the first day of
  - Nu 33:38
2. Temple destroyed in
6. Elul (September)
1. The wall of Jerusalem finished in
  - Ne 6:15
2. The temple built in
  - Hag 1:14
  - Hag 1:15
7. Ethanim (October)
- 1Ki 8:2
1. Feasts held in
2. Jubilee proclaimed in
8. Bul (November)
1. The temple finished in
  - 1Ki 6:38
2. Jeroboam’s idolatrous feast in
9. Chisleu (December)
10. Tebeth (January)
- Es 2:16
1. Nebuchadnezzar besieges Jerusalem in
  - 2Ki 25:1
  - Jer 52:4
11. Sebat (February)
- Zec 1:7
1. Moses probably died in
  - De 1:3
12. Adar (March)
- Es 3:7
1. Second temple finished in
  - Ezr 6:15
2. Feast of Purim in
  - Es 9:1-26
3. Months in prophecy