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Chronological Table.
B.C.
4620.Possible first regnal year of Menes, the first of the 330
Pharaohs whose names wereread out to Herodotus by
the priests from a papyrus, and whoreigned till ' Mceris,'
identifiedby Diodorus of Sicily with' Mendes'or Smendes,
thatis, with Her-Hor. Accordingto the Manethonian lists
this Pharaoh cameto the throne 1 1 7 years beforeSheshenk,
B.C. 1065. The 330 Pharaohscan have reignedduringthe
Manethonianperiodof 3555 years,whichbeganwithMenes
andlasted fromB.C. 4620-1065.
2360.TheFlood.
- Emigrationof Hebrews underAbrahamfromHaranto Egypt,
and commencement of their bondage. - Expulsion of the Hyksos from Egypt in 'the yearfive'of
Ahmes,accordingto the Elkab inscription. Endof Hebrew
servitude,whichhad lasted 400 years. - Exodus of the Hebrewsunder Moses, 430 yearsafterthe
emigrationfromHaran. - Foundation of the Temple by Solomon, 592 yearsafter the
Exodus(Josephus). - Solomon'sdeath.
- Rehoboam'saccessionto the throne, aftera chaotic periodof
two years (Septuagint). - Captureof Jerusalem by Shishak in his twentieth regnalyear,
accordingto the Silsilis inscription,whichyearis also the
fifthof Rehoboam. - Releaseof Hebrews by Cyrus, 390 yearsafterthe capture of
Jerusalem by Shishak (comp.Ezek.iv, and Isaiahxl, 1-2 ;
lxiii,4).
Opinionsgreatlydifferon the question when andby whom the
Scripturesof the Old Testamentwerecomposed; but a comparison
of the dates therein recorded with Egyptian, Babylonian, and
Assyrianevents,pointsto a unity of source, to a historical tradition.
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