Q: WHAT YEAR DID HOSHEA BEGIN HIS REIGN IN ISRAEL?
A: IT DEPENDS WHAT CALENDAR YOU ARE USING!
On the Gregorian calendar (the one you might have on your wall) the year was 665 BC.
On the Hebrew calendar, sometimes called the biblical calendar, the year was 3382 AM.
RELATED VERSES
2 Kings 17:1 – In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.
2 Kings 17:5-7 – 5 Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
7 For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods
YEAR 3382 am
665 BC
Holy Day | Start Day | End |
---|---|---|
Passover | Wed, Mar 28 | |
Unleavened Bread | Thurs, Mar 29 | Apr 4 |
Pentecost | Sun, May 20 | |
Trumpets | Sat, Sep 8 | |
Atonement | Mon, Sep 17 | |
Tabernacles | Sat, Sep 22 | Sep 28 |
Last Great Day (8th Day) | Sat, Sep 29 | |
THE ABOVE DATES ARE OBSERVED THE PREVIOUS EVENING, AFTER SUNSET |
Question | Answer |
---|---|
What 247 year period from creation? | 14 |
Which 19 year time cycle of the 13 in the 247 year period? | 179 |
What year in the 19 year time cycle? | 0 |
Hebrew Calendar Days | 385 |
Solar Calendar Days | 365 |
Difference between the solar and Hebrew calendars | 20 |
Difference between last year and present year | |
Last Year's Difference | -20 |
Gregorian Calendar
Hebrew Calendar
Total # of Sabbaths
Solar Calendar
Year 3382 AM (After Man)
Passover
Mar 28
Unleavened Bread
Mar 29
Apr 4
Pentecost
May 20
Feast of Trumpets
Sep 8
Day of Atonement
Sep 17
Feast of Tabernacles
Sep 22
Sep 28
Last Great Day
Sep 29
The above dates are observed the previous evening, after sunset
How many 247 Year Cycles
13
Hebrew Calendar
385
Solar Calendar
365
Which 19 year cycle
Ninth
Difference
20
Last Year
-3
Gregorian Calendar
Hebrew Calendar
Solar Calendar
Demonstration of Math
Previous YearThe below dates represent the sabbaths of each month
Next YearJan
7
Tev
21
3381
295
 
14
 
28
 
302
 
21
Shev
6
 
309
 
28
 
13
 
316
Feb
4
 
20
 
323
 
11
 
27
 
330
 
18
Adar
4
 
337
 
25
 
11
 
344
Mar
3
 
18
 
351
 
10
 
25
 
358
 
17
Nisan
3
176412
365
 
24
 
10
3382
7
 
31
 
17
 
14
May
5
 
22
 
49
 
12
 
29
 
56
 
19
Sivan
7
 
63
 
26
 
14
 
70
Jun
2
 
21
 
77
 
9
 
28
 
84
 
16
Tamm
5
 
91
 
23
 
12
 
98
 
30
 
19
 
105
Jul
7
 
26
 
112
 
14
Av
4
 
119
 
21
 
11
 
126
 
28
 
18
 
133
Aug
4
 
25
 
140
 
11
Elul
2
 
147
 
18
 
9
 
154
 
25
 
16
 
161
Sep
1
 
23
 
168
 
8
Tish
1
 
175
 
15
 
8
 
182
 
22
 
15
 
189
 
29
 
22
 
196
Oct
6
 
29
 
203
 
13
Chesh
6
 
210
 
20
 
13
 
217
 
27
 
20
 
224
Nov
3
 
27
 
231
 
10
Kis
4
 
238
 
17
 
11
 
245
 
24
 
18
 
252
Dec
1
 
25
 
259
 
8
Tev
2
 
266
 
15
 
9
 
273
 
22
 
16
 
280
664 BC
29
 
23
 
287
Jan
5
Shev
1
 
294
 
12
 
8
 
301
 
19
 
15
 
308
 
26
 
22
 
315
Feb
2
 
29
 
322
 
9
Adar
6
 
329
 
16
 
13
 
336
 
23
 
20
176461
343