The Month of Ab in the Bible
The fifth month in the Jewish spiritual calendar isn't named in the Bible. In the civil or financial calendar it is the eleventh month and is named Ab. In a typical year there are thirty days in this month. In the Gregorian (Western) calendar it corresponds to the period from the middle of July to the middle of August. It is the time of the harvest of summer fruits. Nebuchadnezzar burned and destroyed the Temple that Solomon built to God in this month. In Ezra's time, after the captivity, it is the month when the gold and silver vessels for service in the Temple were weighed into the new Temple at the end of the journey out of Babylon.
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| Period | Start Day | End Day | Event | Year |
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| Return from Captivity | 1 | Ezra travels to Jerusalem Ezra 7:7-9,8 |
515BC | |
| Miscellaneous | Summer fruit harvest Amos 8:2; Judges 3:20; Matthew 24:32 |
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| Kings of the Twelve Tribes | Serv/Dvd: Shamhuth (“desolation”) – Izrahite (“one cherished, arising from a hiding in the dust”) I Chronicles 27:8 |
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| Kings of Judah | Hananiah lies that Chaldea will be broken Jeremiah 28:1 |
593BC | ||
| Captivity in Babylon | A fast during captivity (?) Zechariah 8:19; 7:3-5 |
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| Israel’s Journey from Egypt | 1 | Aaron dies in Mt. Hor because of rebellion at waters of Meribah Numbers 33:38; 20:24-29 |
1407BC | |
| Israel’s Journey from Egypt | 1 | 30 | Israel mourn Aaron’s death 30 days Numbers 33:38; 20:29 |
1407BC |
| 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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| Kingdom of God (Millennium) | 1 | New Moon: Burnt Offerings made in the Kingdom Ezekiel 46:6 |
AD20?? | |
| Return from Captivity | 4 | Vessels weighed into the House of God by Ezra Ezra 8:33; 7:8,7-9 |
515BC | |
| Return from Captivity | 5 | Nehemiah rebuilds wall of Jerusalem in 52 days Nehemiah 6:15; Jeremiah 30:18 |
501BC | |
| Captivity in Babylon | 7 | House of Yahweh burnt II Kings 25:8; Jeremiah 1:3; Psalm 74; Psalm 79; Joel 1:9; Ezekiel 15:6 |
586BC | |
| Captivity in Babylon | 7 | 70-year prophecy in Jeremiah (Temple) (start) Jeremiah 1:3 |
586BC | |
| Captivity in Babylon | 10 | Ezekiel ch. 20 Ezekiel 20:1; 1:1,1-2 |
591BC | |
| Captivity in Babylon | 10 | Nebuzaradan carried 832 captives back to Babylon II Kings 25:8; Jeremiah 52:29,12 |
586BC |
