ב׳ באייר ב׳תתקכ״ח 2nd 𝑜𝑓 Iyar, AM 2928Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
Chronology of
בית ראשון
BEIT RIŜON
Construction and dedication
חשוון ב׳תתקל״ה Ḥeŝvan, AM 2935Precision: month · Basis: not-assessed
Construction ended in his eleventh regnal year.
ח׳ בתשרי ב׳תתקל״ו 8th 𝑜𝑓 Tiŝrei, AM 2936Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
The seven-day altar dedication began in the received Masoretic sequence.
י״ד בתשרי ב׳תתקל״ו 14th 𝑜𝑓 Tiŝrei, AM 2936Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
The dedication week ended.
כ״א בתשרי ב׳תתקל״ו 21st 𝑜𝑓 Tiŝrei, AM 2936Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
The two consecutive weeks were completed.
כ״ב בתשרי ב׳תתקל״ו 22nd 𝑜𝑓 Tiŝrei, AM 2936Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
שמיני עצרת ŜEMINI AẒERET followed the festival.
כ״ג בתשרי ב׳תתקל״ו 23rd 𝑜𝑓 Tiŝrei, AM 2936Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
דברי הימים ב׳ DIVREI HA-YAMIM BET dates the assembly's departure.
Restoration under חזקיהו ḤEZKIYAHU
ט״ז בניסן 16th 𝑜𝑓 NisanPrecision: unresolved-year-day · Basis: not-assessed
Purification of בית ראשון BEIT RIŜON was completed in חזקיהו ḤEZKIYAHU's first regnal year.
Babylonian capture, siege and destruction
ב׳ באדר 2nd 𝑜𝑓 AdarPrecision: unresolved-year-day · Basis: not-assessed
Babylonian forces took ירושלים YERUŜALAYIM and captured יהויכין YEHOYACHIN; the conqueror installed a replacement king and exacted tribute.
י׳ בטבת 10th 𝑜𝑓 TevetPrecision: unresolved-year-day · Basis: not-assessed
Babylonian forces began the final siege in צדקיהו TZIDKIYAHU's ninth regnal year.
ט׳ בתמוז ג׳של״ח 9th 𝑜𝑓 Tamuz, AM 3338Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
Babylonian forces breached the walls after famine had overtaken the city.
י׳ בתמוז ג׳של״ח 10th 𝑜𝑓 Tamuz, AM 3338Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
A later calendar tradition places the capture of צדקיהו TZIDKIYAHU after his flight from the city.
ז׳ באב ג׳של״ח 7th 𝑜𝑓 Av, AM 3338Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
Babylonian forces entered and began desecrating בית ראשון BEIT RIŜON, according to the rabbinic reconciliation.
ט׳ באב ג׳של״ח 9th 𝑜𝑓 Av, AM 3338Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
They set it alight near nightfall.
י׳ באב ג׳של״ח 10th 𝑜𝑓 Av, AM 3338Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
Most of the building burned.
After the destruction
ג׳ בתשרי ג׳של״ט 3rd 𝑜𝑓 Tiŝrei, AM 3339Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
The received calendar places the assassination of גדליה בן אחיקם GEDALIAH BEN AHIKAM, Babylon's appointed governor, here.
ה׳ בטבת ג׳ש״מ 5th 𝑜𝑓 Tevet, AM 3340Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
A fugitive told יחזקאל YEḤEZKEL that ירושלים YERUŜALAYIM had been taken.
Footnotes
- I Kings 6,; II Chronicles 29–30,; II Kings 24–25, ↩
- Seder Olam Rabbah 15,; Seder Olam Rabbah 25–29,; Babylonian Chronicle 5,;
Temple of Jerusalem,
↩ - II Chronicles 3:2,; I Kings 6, ↩
- I Kings 6, 6:38; Chabad,
Timeline of the Transmission of Torah,
↩ - II Chronicles 7:8–10, 7:8–10; Bar-Cohn,
Shemini Atzeret: Redacting a Missing Festival,
↩ - Moed Katan 9a, ↩
- I Kings 8, 8:65–66; II Chronicles 7:8–10, 7:8–10. ↩
- II Chronicles 29–30, 29:3–19. ↩
- Babylonian Chronicle 5, reverse 11–13. ↩
- II Kings 24–25, 25:1; Jeremiah 36–52, 52:4. ↩
- Jeremiah 36–52, 52:6–7; Ta‘anit 28b–29a, 28b; Jerusalem Talmud, Ta‘anit 4:5, ↩
- II Kings 24–25, 25:4–7; Jeremiah 36–52, 39:4–7. ↩
- Ta‘anit 28b–29a, 29a; II Kings 24–25, 25:8–9; Jeremiah 36–52, 52:12–13. ↩
- https://www.sefaria.org/Rosh_Hashanah.18b ; II Kings 24–25, 25:22–26. ↩
- Ezekiel 24–33, 33:21; USCCB, Ezekiel 33:21–22, ↩
שלמה ŜLOMO began construction in his fourth regnal year.
Construction ended in his eleventh regnal year.
The seven-day altar dedication began in the received Masoretic sequence.
The dedication week ended.
The two consecutive weeks were completed.
שמיני עצרת ŜEMINI AẒERET followed the festival.
דברי הימים ב׳ DIVREI HA-YAMIM BET dates the assembly's departure.
Purification of בית ראשון BEIT RIŜON was completed in חזקיהו ḤEZKIYAHU's first regnal year.
Babylonian forces took ירושלים YERUŜALAYIM and captured יהויכין YEHOYACHIN; the conqueror installed a replacement king and exacted tribute.
Babylonian forces began the final siege in צדקיהו TZIDKIYAHU's ninth regnal year.
Babylonian forces breached the walls after famine had overtaken the city.
A later calendar tradition places the capture of צדקיהו TZIDKIYAHU after his flight from the city.
Babylonian forces entered and began desecrating בית ראשון BEIT RIŜON, according to the rabbinic reconciliation.
They set it alight near nightfall.
Most of the building burned.
The received calendar places the assassination of גדליה בן אחיקם GEDALIAH BEN AHIKAM, Babylon's appointed governor, here.
A fugitive told יחזקאל YEḤEZKEL that ירושלים YERUŜALAYIM had been taken.