The Month of Adar in the Bible
The twelfth (last) month in the Jewish spiritual calendar isn't named in the Bible. In the civil or financial calendar it is the sixth month and is named Adar. In a typical year there are twenty-nine days in this month. In the Gregorian (Western) calendar it corresponds to the period from the middle of February to the middle of March. It is the time of Almond blossom, the earliest blossom of the year which is a type, a shadow or promise, of the idea of resurrection. The Babylonian king Evil-Merodach unexpectedly promoted king Jehoiachin out of prison and allowed him to live out the rest of his days in relative luxury, a type of God restoring the kindfom to Israel one day.
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| Period | Start Day | End Day | Event | Year |
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| Miscellaneous | Almond blossom Ecclesiastes 5:12; Jeremiah 1:11; Numbers 17:8; Exodus 25:33; Song of Solomon 2:11 |
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| Israel’s Journey from Egypt | Moses dies in Moab because of rebellion at Meribah (approx) Deuteronomy 1:3; 34:5-7 |
1407BC | ||
| Kings of the Twelve Tribes | Servants/David: Heldai (“worldly”) the Netophathite (“to distil or fall in droplets”) I Chronicles 27:15 |
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| The Law of Moses | 1 | New Moon: 2x Trumpets blown, solemn feast day Numbers 10:10; Psalm 81:3; I Samuel 20:18,24; II Kings 4:23; Isaiah 66:23; Ezekiel 46:1; Colossians 2:16; Amos 8:5 |
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| The Law of Moses | 1 | New Moon: Burnt Offerings Numbers 28:11-15 |
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| Captivity in Babylon | 1 | Ezekiel ch. 32: lament for Pharoah Ezekiel 31:1; 32:1; 1:1,1-2 |
586BC | |
| Kingdom of God (Millennium) | 1 | New Moon: Burnt Offerings made in the Kingdom Ezekiel 46:6 |
AD20?? | |
| Captivity in Babylon | 70-year prophecy in Jeremiah (Temple) (finish, 70yrs total) II Chronicles 36:21; Jeremiah 25:11; 29:10; Daniel 9:2; Zechariah 7:5; 1:12 |
516BC | ||
| Return from Captivity | 3 | Dedication of the Temple Ezra 6:15 |
516BC | |
| Return from Captivity | Temple in building (finish, 4yrs total) Ezra 6:15 |
516BC | ||
| Captivity in Babylon | 13 | Day decreed by Haman to destroy all Jews Esther 3:7,12,13; 8:12; 9:1 |
509BC | |
| Captivity in Babylon | 14 | 15 | Feast of Purim Esther 3:7,12; 9:17,18,21-22,26 |
509BC |
| Captivity in Babylon | 15 | Ezekiel ch. 32: lament for Egypt Ezekiel 32:17,1; 1:1,1-2 |
586BC | |
| Captivity in Babylon | 25 | 27 | Evil-Merodach promoted Jehoiachin out of prison Jeremiah 52:31; II Kings 25:27 |
562BC |
