→ 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
- 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)
→ (The number only appears in the Bible).Jerusalem taken by Nebuchadnezzar in Jer 39:2; 52:6,7
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)
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)
9. Chisleu (December) Ezr 10:9; Jer 36:9,22; Zec 7:1
→ 10. Tebeth (January) Es 2:16
→ 11. Sebat (February) Zec 1:7
- Moses probably died in De 1:3
→ 12. Adar (March) Es 3:7