Q: WHAT YEAR DID HEZEKIAH BEGIN HIS REIGN IN JUDAH?
A: IT DEPENDS WHAT CALENDAR YOU ARE USING!
On the Gregorian calendar (the one you might have on your wall) the year was 662 BC.
On the Hebrew calendar, sometimes called the biblical calendar, the year was 3385 AM.
RELATED VERSES
2 Kings 18:1-2 New King James Version (NKJV)
Hezekiah Reigns in Judah
18 Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea the son of Elah, king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign. 2 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah.
YEAR 3385 am
662 BC
Holy Day | Start Day | End |
---|---|---|
Passover | Fri, Mar 27 | |
Unleavened Bread | Sat, Mar 28 | Apr 3 |
Pentecost | Sun, May 17 | |
Trumpets | Mon, Sep 7 | |
Atonement | Wed, Sep 16 | |
Tabernacles | Mon, Sep 21 | Sep 27 |
Last Great Day (8th Day) | Mon, Sep 28 | |
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? | 3 |
Hebrew Calendar Days | 383 |
Solar Calendar Days | 365 |
Difference between the solar and Hebrew calendars | 18 |
Difference between last year and present year | |
Last Year's Difference | -18 |
Gregorian Calendar
Hebrew Calendar
Total # of Sabbaths
Solar Calendar
Year 3385 AM (After Man)
Passover
Mar 27
Unleavened Bread
Mar 28
Apr 3
Pentecost
May 17
Feast of Trumpets
Sep 7
Day of Atonement
Sep 16
Feast of Tabernacles
Sep 21
Sep 27
Last Great Day
Sep 28
The above dates are observed the previous evening, after sunset
How many 247 Year Cycles
13
Hebrew Calendar
383
Solar Calendar
365
Which 19 year cycle
Tenth
Difference
18
Last Year
-5
Gregorian Calendar
Hebrew Calendar
Solar Calendar
Demonstration of Math
Previous YearThe below dates represent the sabbaths of each month
Next YearJan
3
Tev
19
3384
292
 
10
 
26
 
299
 
17
Shev
4
 
306
 
24
 
11
 
313
 
31
 
18
 
320
Feb
7
 
25
 
327
 
14
Adar
2
 
334
 
21
 
9
 
341
 
28
 
16
 
348
Mar
7
 
23
 
355
 
14
Nisan
1
176568
362
 
21
 
8
3385
3
 
28
 
15
 
10
May
2
 
20
 
45
 
9
 
27
 
52
 
16
Sivan
5
 
59
 
23
 
12
 
66
 
30
 
19
 
73
Jun
6
 
26
 
80
 
13
Tamm
3
 
87
 
20
 
10
 
94
 
27
 
17
 
101
Jul
4
 
24
 
108
 
11
Av
2
 
115
 
18
 
9
 
122
 
25
 
16
 
129
Aug
1
 
23
 
136
 
8
 
30
 
143
 
15
Elul
7
 
150
 
22
 
14
 
157
 
29
 
21
 
164
Sep
5
 
28
 
171
 
12
Tish
6
 
178
 
19
 
13
 
185
 
26
 
20
 
192
Oct
3
 
27
 
199
 
10
Chesh
4
 
206
 
17
 
11
 
213
 
24
 
18
 
220
 
31
 
25
 
227
Nov
7
Kis
3
 
234
 
14
 
10
 
241
 
21
 
17
 
248
 
28
 
24
 
255
Dec
5
Tev
2
 
262
 
12
 
9
 
269
 
19
 
16
 
276
661 BC
26
 
23
 
283
Jan
2
Shev
1
 
290
 
9
 
8
 
297
 
16
 
15
 
304
 
23
 
22
 
311
 
30
 
29
 
318
Feb
6
Adar
6
 
325
 
13
 
13
 
332
 
20
 
20
176617
339