Bible Only Revelation Commentary by Steven Rudd

Ezekiel Chapter to Julian Date Conversion
Chapter	Julian date	Jewish date	Comment
1:1-3:15	Monday 31 July 593	5 Tammuz	Ezekiel’s first vision of the “glory of Yahweh” 1:1 “In the 13th year in the fourth month on the fifth day” 1:2 “In the fifth month, of the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s exile” 30 years = 623 BC 1. Book of the law found 2. Year Ezekiel was born: now age 30 and can serve as a priest 3. Year 30 of 49 year jubilee cycle.
3:16-5:17	Sunday 6 Aug 593	11 Tammuz	Ezekiel’s official call as a “watchman” for the “house of Israel”
6-7	592	-	Total destruction predicted for Judea “Andy Steinman said, “The way I figured it was this: Except for Ezek 29:17-30:19, Ezekiel’s prophecies appear to have been arranged chronologically. That would imply that Ezek 6-7 fall somewhere between 3:16-5:17 (11 Tammuz 593) and 8:1 (5 Elul 592). Given the content of Ezek 6-7, later in Ezekiel’s 430 days seems more likely to me, so I think 592 is most likely.” (Rodger Young, 2017 AD)
8-19	Monday 17 Sept 592	5 Elul	Ezekiel is translated to Jerusalem for the first temple vision
20-23	Wednesday 14 Aug 591	10 Av	Ezekiel has a visit from the “elders” of the people in exile
24-25	Tuesday 27 Jan 589	10 Tebeth	Nebuchadnezzar's siege of Jerusalem begins
29:1-16	17 January 588	12 Tebeth	FIRST prophecy against Egypt
30:20-26	Saturday 29 April 587	7 Nisan	SECOND prophecy against Egypt
31	Wednesday 21 June 587	1 Sivan	THIRD prophecy against Pharaoh of Egypt
26-28	Monday 18 Sept 587	1 Elul	Prophecy against Tyre Sept. 18, 587. Month was Elul, although Ezekiel does not state this explicitly. See From Abraham to Paul: A Biblical Chronology (FATP), p. 168.
33:21- ch 39	Friday 19 January 586	5 Tebeth	Ezekiel first learns Jerusalem has fallen
32:1-16	Thursday 15 March 586	1 Adar	FOURTH prophecy against Pharaoh of Egypt
32:17-33:20	Thursday 29 March 586	15 Adar	FIFTH prophecy against Egypt
40:1a	5 October 574	10 Tishri	Ezekiel has a visionary translation to Jerusalem for the Second Temple vision It was Rosh HaShanah, New Year’s Day. Only in a Jubilee year did Rosh HaShanah occur on Tishri 10 instead of the usual Tishri 1.
40:1b-48:31	5 October 574	10 Tishri	Double date notation for the final vision
29:17-30:19	Tuesday 26 April 571	1 Nisan	SIXTH prophecy against Egypt

C. Chronological reading of Jeremiah:

Jeremiah Chapter to Julian Date Conversion
Chapter	Dates	Comment
1:1-3	Composed after Av 587 BC	Superscription
1:4-3:5	Tishri 629—Adar 628 BC	Thirteenth year of Josiah
3:6-6:30	641-610 BC	During Josiah's reign
7-19	Undated (Zedekiah's reign?)	No date given at 7:1
20	597-587 BC	During Zedekiah's reign
21-23	10 Tebeth 589-9 Tammuz 587 BC	During siege of Jerusalem
24	Early 597 BC	After Jeconiah's exile
25	Tishri 606—Elul 605 BC	Fourth year of Jehoiakim
26	Late 609 BC	Beginning of Jehoiakim's reign
27-29	Tishri 595—Elul 594 BC	Beginning of Zedekiah's reign
30-31	Undated (Zedekiah's reign?)	No date given at 30:1
32	Nisan—Elul 588 BC	Tenth year of Zedekiah
33-34	Tishri 588—Nisan 587 BC	Jeremiah in court of the guard
35	609-598 BC	During Jehoiakim's reign
36:1-8	Summer/ Autumn 605 BC	Fourth year of Jehoiakim
36:9-32	Kislev 605 BC	Fifth Year of Jehoiakim
37-38	10 Tebeth 589	Zedekiah begins to reign
39-40	Composed after Av 587 RC	Historical narrative
41-43	Composed after Tishri 587 BC	Historical narrative
44	After Tishri 587 BC	After 41-43 (cf. 44:1)
45-47	Tishri 606—Elul 605 BC	Fourth year of Jehoiakim
48-51	Undated (after 9 lammuz 587 BC)	No date given at 48:1
52	Composed after 561 BC	Historical narrative

D. Chronological reading of Daniel:

Daniel Chapter to Julian Date Conversion
1:1	Summer of 605 BC	Records the time Daniel's captivity began and so for the entire nation as well.
1:2-17	winter of 605 BC	Records the time Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego enter the three year training program competition to become king Nebuchadnezzar's personal advisors.
1:18-20	fall of 603 BC	Records the time Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, Abed-nego are examined by Nebuchadnezzar and chosen as the top four candidates in the competition to serve the king of Babylon
2	Spring 602	Nebuchadnezzar's vision of four-kingdoms statue
3:1	Summer 602	Nebuchadnezzar's commissions his 90 foot statue which takes 7 years to build. (602-595 BC)
3:2	595 BC	90 foot statue completed: Nebuchadnezzar sends a message to all vassal heads of state, including Zedekiah, to attend the formal dedication service of the 90 foot statue.
Jer 51:59	Oct 595 BC	Zedekiah leaves for Babylon with Seraiah to attend dedication ceremony of 90 foot statue. Jeremiah 51:59-64
3:8-30	Spring 594 BC	All vassal heads of state, including Zedekiah, attend 90 foot statue dedication. Zedekiah, as head of state, was in prime location close to the front and he did bow down it or else he would have been killed on the spot. Shadrach, Meshach, Abed-nego refuse to bow down and are thrown into the furnace of fire. God brings all heads of state, including Zedekiah to the furnace of fire to witness the miracle of God in saving Shadrach, Meshach, Abed-nego from death. Zedekiah, who had bowed to the statue from the front row of the dedication ceremony, is humiliated when he is rebuked by the pagan Nebuchadnezzar to worship YHWH as Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego stand nearby.
4	573-571 BC	God struck Nebuchadnezzar with insanity for 7-18 months for his pride. See the author’s Clinical textbook of Biblical Psychiatry
5	539 BC, 15^th Tishri	Belshazzar dies, handwriting on wall
6	12^th Marcheshvan 539 – Adar 538 BC
7	Nisan 550 – Adar 549 BC	Vision of the four beasts
8	Nisan 548 – Adar 547 BC
9	Nisan 538 – Adar 537 BC
10-12	24^th Nisan 536 BC