Enoch Calendar

Enoch calendar · the years from Adam

Six Thousand Years

The creation timeline, from Adam to this year

AM 1 3974 BC → AM 4000 AD 26 → AM 6000 AD 2026

“For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.”
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1The line

Seven ages, year by year

Years from Adam (Anno Mundi, AM) are summed from Scripture and fixed to history at Jerusalem’s fall, 586 BC. Scroll down the line; the gaps between stops follow the years between them. Tap a numbered note to see the working.

The First AgeAM 1 · 3974 BC

3974 BC – 2319 BC

The First Age

Adam to the Flood · 1656 years

Gen. 5; 7:6

  1. 3974 BCAdam createdAM 1
  2. 3845 BCSeth bornAM 130

    Adam 130

  3. 3740 BCEnos bornAM 235

    Seth 105

  4. 3650 BCCainan bornAM 325

    Enos 90

  5. 3580 BCMahalaleel bornAM 395

    Cainan 70

  6. 3515 BCJared bornAM 460

    Mahalaleel 65

  7. 162 years
    3353 BCEnoch bornAM 622

    Jared 162

  8. 3288 BCMethuselah bornAM 687

    Enoch 65

  9. 187 years
    3101 BCLamech bornAM 874

    Methuselah 187

  10. 2988 BCEnoch takenAM 987

    365 years

  11. 2919 BCNoah bornAM 1056

    Lamech 182

  12. 502 years
    2417 BCShem bornAM 1558

2319 BC – 1882 BC

The Second Age

Flood to the covenant · 437 years

Gen. 11:10 – 15:18

  1. 2319 BCThe FloodAM 1656

    Noah 600

  2. 2317 BCArphaxad bornAM 1658

    2 years after the Flood

  3. 2282 BCSalah bornAM 1693

    Arphaxad 35

  4. 2252 BCEber bornAM 1723

    Salah 30

  5. 2218 BCPeleg bornAM 1757

    Eber 34

  6. 2188 BCReu bornAM 1787

    Peleg 30

  7. 2156 BCSerug bornAM 1819

    Reu 32

  8. 2126 BCNahor bornAM 1849

    Serug 30

  9. 2097 BCTerah bornAM 1878

    Nahor 29

  10. 1969 BCNoah diesAM 2006

    950 years

  11. 1967 BCAbraham bornAM 2008

    Terah 130

  12. 1892 BCAbram leaves Haran, 75AM 2083

    Terah dies, 205

1882 BC – 1452 BC

The Third Age

Covenant to the Exodus · 430 years

Exod. 12:40; Gal. 3:17

  1. 1882 BCThe CovenantAM 2093

    the promise to Abram, 85

  2. 1867 BCIsaac bornAM 2108

    Abraham 100

  3. 1862 BCIsaac weanedAM 2113

    aged about 5 (Gen. 21:8)

  4. 1807 BCJacob bornAM 2168

    Isaac 60

  5. 1792 BCAbraham diesAM 2183

    175 years

  6. 1677 BCJacob into EgyptAM 2298

    aged 130

1452 BC – 972 BC

The Fourth Age

Exodus to Solomon's Temple · 480 years

1 Kings 6:1

  1. 225 years
    1452 BCThe ExodusAM 2523

    430 years from the covenant

  2. 1412 BCIsrael enters CanaanAM 2563

    40 years on

  3. 396 years
    1016 BCDavid kingAM 2959

    40 years

  4. 976 BCSolomon kingAM 2999

972 BC – 586 BC

The Fifth Age

Temple to Jerusalem's fall · 386 years

Ezek. 4:5; 1 Kings 6:1

  1. 972 BCSolomon begins the TempleAM 3003

    480th year

  2. 936 BCThe kingdom dividesAM 3039
  3. 331 years
    605 BCDaniel among the first captivesAM 3370

586 BC – 516 BC

The Sixth Age

Desolation to Temple rebuilt · 70 years

Zech. 1:12; Ezra 6:15

  1. 586 BCJerusalem destroyedAM 3389

    the fixed point

  2. 538 BCCyrus's decreeAM 3437

    Ezra 1:1

516 BC – AD 1

The Seventh Age

Second Temple to Christ · 516 years

Ezra – Matthew 2

  1. 516 BCSecond Temple finishedAM 3459

    70 years from 586

  2. 349 years
    167 BCMaccabean revoltAM 3808
  3. 164 BCTemple rededicatedAM 3811

    Hanukkah

  4. 160 years
    4 BCBirth of ChristAM 3971

AD 1 – AD 2026

After Christ

The count carries on · 2026 years

  1. AD 26Yeshua proclaims the acceptable year at AtonementAM 400080th Jubilee
    The acceptable year ↓
  2. AD 70Rome destroys the Second TempleAM 4044
  3. 1447 years
    AD 1517Luther's 95 Theses, 31 OctoberAM 5491
  4. 500 years
    AD 2017500 years from the ThesesAM 5991
  5. AD 2026This yearAM 6000120th Jubilee
    16 September 2026 to 14 September 2027, Trumpets to Trumpets.
2The sum of the years

Nine spans, added up

Each span is stated in Scripture; only the last, from Jerusalem’s fall to AD 1, comes from history.

  1. Adam – Flood
    Gen. 5; 7:6
    1656
    = AM 1656
  2. Flood – Abraham born
    Gen. 11:10–32; Acts 7:4
    + 352
    = AM 2008
  3. Abraham born – Haran
    Gen. 12:4
    + 75
    = AM 2083
  4. Haran – the covenant
    Gen. 15:18; 16:3
    + 10
    = AM 2093
  5. Covenant – Jacob into Egypt
    Gen. 21:5; 25:26; 47:9
    + 205
    = AM 2298
  6. Jacob into Egypt – Exodus
    Exod. 12:40; Gal. 3:17
    + 225
    = AM 2523
  7. Exodus – Temple begun
    1 Kings 6:1
    + 480
    = AM 3003
  8. Temple – Jerusalem's fall
    Ezek. 4:5; 1 Kings 6:1
    + 386
    = AM 3389
  9. 586 BC – AD 1
    history
    + 586
    = AM 3975
AD 1 is year
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So Adam’s year 1 is
0 BC
and AD 2026 is year
0

AM 1 = 3974 BC · AM 3974 = 1 BC · AM 3975 = AD 1. There is no year zero.

3The year 4000

The acceptable year of the Lord

Counted in fifties from Adam, year 4000 is the 80th Jubilee, and this year is the 120th.

“To preach the acceptable year of the Lord … This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.”
12080YEAR FROM ADAM4000the 80th Jubilee80 × 50 years

One tick for each Jubilee since Adam.

The year Yeshua proclaimed

Trumpets to Trumpets, in Julian calendar dates. Each day opens in the calendar.

Feast of Trumpets · the year begins21 August AD 26↗Day of Atonement · the Jubilee is proclaimed30 August AD 26↗Last day of the year19 August AD 27↗

The Jubilee

The fiftieth year is the Jubilee, announced by trumpet on the Day of Atonement: “proclaim liberty throughout all the land” (Lev. 25:9–10). Counted in fifties from Adam, AM 4000 is the 80th Jubilee. On this timeline it runs from Trumpets, 21 August AD 26, to 19 August AD 27 (Julian), and its Day of Atonement is 30 August AD 26.

The proclamation

In the synagogue at Nazareth Yeshua read Isa. 61:1–2 — “to preach deliverance to the captives … to preach the acceptable year of the Lord” — and said, “This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears” (Luke 4:16–21). Isaiah's “liberty to the captives” is the Jubilee's own word, liberty (Lev. 25:10).

The year in the Gospels

Yeshua “began to be about thirty years of age” (Luke 3:23): born 4 BC, He was in His thirtieth year in AD 26/27. John began in the fifteenth year of Tiberius (Luke 3:1), which is AD 26/27 counted from Tiberius's co-regency with Augustus in AD 12. At the first Passover the Temple had been “forty and six years” in building (John 2:20); Herod began it in 20/19 BC, which brings that Passover to AD 27/28.

Forty Jubilees on

AM 6000 is the 120th Jubilee: 16 September 2026 to 14 September 2027, with its Day of Atonement on 25 September 2026.

4Prophecy years

Five spans from the Reformation

Luther’s 95 Theses, 31 October 1517, plus the spans of Scripture.

  1. 1517 + 400Gen. 15:13
    1917

    Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917.

  2. 1517 + 430Exod. 12:40
    1947

    UN General Assembly Resolution 181, 29 November 1947: partition into Jewish and Arab states, with Jerusalem international. The State of Israel was declared on 14 May 1948.

  3. 1517 + 450Acts 13:20
    1967

    Jerusalem reunited, 7 June 1967. UN Security Council Resolution 242 followed on 22 November 1967.

  4. 1517 + 4801 Kings 6:1
    1997

    Read as the fig-tree generation, born 1997 or earlier: Levites serve from 20 (1 Chr. 23:24; Ezra 3:8), from 25 (Num. 8:24) or from 30 (Num. 4:3).

  5. 1517 + 500430 + 70
    2017

    United States recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, 6 December 2017; the embassy opened on 14 May 2018.

5The workings

Seven notes on the numbers

The same notes that open along the line, together. Every reference opens in STEP Bible.

①Flood to Abraham

Arphaxad was born “two years after the flood” (Gen. 11:10), AM 1658. Adding the ages in Gen. 11:12–24 — 35, 30, 34, 30, 32, 30 and 29 — Terah is born AM 1878. Abraham is born when Terah is 130 (note ②): AM 2008, 352 years after the Flood.

②Terah was 130

Gen. 11:26 names three sons at Terah's 70, as Gen. 5:32 names Noah's three at 500: it marks when the sons began, not Abram's own birth. Acts 7:4 says Abram left Haran after Terah died, and Terah died at 205 (Gen. 11:32); Abram was then 75 (Gen. 12:4). So Terah was 205 − 75 = 130 when Abram was born. Read as 70, the count would be 60 years shorter.

③The 430 years

Exod. 12:40–41 counts 430 years to the Exodus, ending “the selfsame day”, and Gal. 3:17 starts them at the covenant. God made that covenant in Gen. 15:18, the day He promised Abram a seed and the land. Abram entered Canaan at 75 (Gen. 12:4–5) and was 85 when Hagar was given, “after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land” (Gen. 16:3), so the covenant is placed at 85: AM 2093, and the Exodus is AM 2093 + 430 = AM 2523. The first part was spent in Canaan: 15 more years until Isaac was born, Isaac was 60 when Jacob was born, and Jacob was 130 when he went down to Egypt — 15 + 60 + 130 = 205 years. That leaves 430 − 205 = 225 years in Egypt. The family line allows it: Kohath was already born when Jacob went down (Gen. 46:11) and lived 133 years, his son Amram lived 137, and Amram's son Moses was 80 at the Exodus (Exod. 6:16–20; 7:7) — 350 years at the very most. The 400 years of Gen. 15:13, spoken the same day, give the span in round numbers; Levi, Kohath, Amram and Moses are the four generations of Gen. 15:16.

15
60
130
225
205 years in Canaan225 years in Egypt

15 to Isaac's birth · 60 to Jacob's birth · 130 to Jacob's descent · 225 in Egypt = 430

④Exodus to the fall

Solomon began the Temple in the 480th year after the Exodus, the fourth of his reign (1 Kings 6:1). Ezek. 4:5 gives 390 years for the iniquity of the house of Israel; counted from Solomon's accession to Jerusalem's fall in 586 BC, they put Solomon at 976 BC and the Temple at 972 BC, 386 years before the fall. 972 + 480 = Exodus 1452 BC.

⑤Counting BC and AD

The years from Adam are counted from year 1, Adam's first year, 3974 BC. There is no year zero: AM 3974 is 1 BC and AM 3975 is AD 1, so AD 70 = AM 4044, 1517 = AM 5491 and 2026 = AM 6000.

⑥The seventy years

Jerusalem fell in 586 BC and the Second Temple was finished in 516/515 BC (Ezra 6:15) — the 70 years of Zech. 1:12. Cyrus took Babylon in October 539 BC and gave his decree in 538 BC (Ezra 1:1); Jeremiah's 70 years for Babylon (Jer. 25:11; 29:10) run 605 – 539/538 BC.

⑦The Maccabees to Christ

The Maccabean revolt began in 167 BC and the Temple was rededicated in 164 BC (Hanukkah). Christ was born in 4 BC, while Herod was still alive (Matt. 2:1); Herod died that year.

6Chronologies compared

Five chronologies, seven ages

Ussher, the Geneva Bible, the DSS Calendar, Leeland Jones and our calendar, each on its own years from Adam, in the colours of the ages above.

To Solomon's Temple three agree within five years (AM 2928–2933); Ussher (2992) and our calendar (3003) run 60 longer by reading Terah 130 from Acts 7:4.

The kings (Temple to the fall, 386–424 years) and the fixed point then set the Temple at 1012, 1045, 998, 972 or 972 BC and Creation at 4004, 3974, 3926, 3904 or 3974 BC.

Our calendar fixes Creation by the sky, not by sums: Day 1 at the Saturday sunset of 28 Jul 3974 BC, the only Rev 12 sign in 8,030 years. Its sums (Terah 130, the covenant at 85) land on it.

Adam to the FloodFlood to the covenantCovenant to the ExodusExodus to Solomon's TempleTemple to Jerusalem's fallDesolation to Temple rebuiltSecond Temple to ChristAfter Christ

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BC · AD3974 BC3000 BC2000 BC1000 BCAD 1AD 1000AD 2000AD 3000AM11000Jubilee 202000Jubilee 403000Jubilee 604000Jubilee 805000Jubilee 1006000Jubilee 1207000Jubilee 140Ussher, 1650Creation 4004 BC · eve of 23 OctThe First AgeThe Second AgeThe Third AgeThe Fourth AgeThe Fifth AgeThe Sixth AgeThe Seventh AgeAfter Christ3004 BC2004 BC1004 BC4 BCAD 997AD 19974004 BCCreation13382 BCEnoch born6222349 BCThe Flood16561996 BCAbraham, Terah 13020081921 BCCall from Haran, 7520831706 BCJacob into Egypt22981491 BCThe Exodus25131012 BCTemple begun2992975 BCKingdom divides3029588 BCJerusalem destroyed3416536 BCCyrus's decree34684 BCBirth of Christ4000AD 70Temple burnt, AD 704073AD 1517Luther's 95 Theses*5520AD 1560Geneva Bible, 1560*5563AD 1611King James Bible*5614AD 1948State of Israel*5951AD 19976000 years complete*6000AD 2026This year, 2026*6029AD 2997Year 7000*7000Geneva Bible, 1560Creation 3974 BC · 5534 y to 1560The First AgeThe Second AgeThe Third AgeThe Fourth AgeThe Fifth AgeThe Sixth AgeThe Seventh AgeAfter Christ2974 BC1974 BC974 BCAD 26AD 1026AD 20263974 BCAdam created03352 BCEnoch born6222318 BCThe Flood16562025 BCAbraham, Terah 7019491955 BCLeaves Ur, 7020191525 BCThe Exodus24491045 BCTemple begun2929626 BCJerusalem taken3348½AD 1Birth of Christ3974½AD 70Temple burnt, AD 70*4044AD 135Bar Kokhba crushed*4109AD 1517Luther's 95 Theses*5491AD 1560Geneva Bible printed5534AD 1611King James Bible*5585AD 1948State of Israel*5922AD 20266000 years complete*6000AD 3026Year 7000*7000DSS CalendarCreation 3926 BC · year 1 = 3925 BCThe First AgeThe Second AgeThe Third AgeThe Fourth AgeThe Fifth AgeThe Sixth AgeThe Seventh AgeAfter Christ2926 BC1926 BC926 BCAD 75AD 1075AD 20753926 BCCreation03304 BCEnoch born6222270 BCThe Flood16561978 BCAbraham, Terah 7019481908 BCCovenant, 7020181478 BCLaw at Sinai2448991 BCTemple dedicated2935588/7 BCTemple destroyed3338AD 32Ascension3957AD 70Temple burnt3995AD 132Bar Kokhba4057AD 359Hillel II's calendar4284AD 876Sevenfold instruction4801AD 1517Luther's 95 Theses*5442AD 1560Geneva Bible, 1560*5485AD 1611King James Bible*5536AD 1948State of Israel5873AD 2026Second Jubilee begins5951AD 2075Millennium begins6000AD 2976Great judgment6901AD 3075New creation7000Leeland JonesCreation 3904 BC · 2026 = AM 5930The First AgeThe Second AgeThe Third AgeThe Fourth AgeThe Fifth AgeThe Sixth AgeThe Seventh AgeAfter Christ2904 BC1904 BC904 BCAD 97AD 1097AD 20973904 BCAdam created13283 BCEnoch born6222249 BCThe Flood16561957 BCAbraham, Terah 7019481882 BCThe promise, 7520231452 BCThe Exodus2453972 BCTemple begun2933586 BCJerusalem destroyed33194 BCBirth of Christ3901AD 70Temple burnt, AD 703974AD 135Bar Kokhba crushed*4039AD 1517Luther's 95 Theses5421AD 1560Geneva Bible, 1560*5464AD 1611King James Bible*5515AD 1948State of Israel5852AD 2017The 2017 video5921AD 2026This year, 20265930AD 2096Year 6000*6000AD 3096Year 7000*7000Our CalendarDay 1 · Sat sunset 28 Jul 3974 BCThe First AgeThe Second AgeThe Third AgeThe Fourth AgeThe Fifth AgeThe Sixth AgeThe Seventh AgeAfter Christ2974 BC1974 BC974 BCAD 27AD 1027AD 20273974 BCDay 1 — the Rev 12 sign13974 BCDay 6, Atonement 10/7/113353 BCEnoch born6222319 BCThe Flood16561967 BCAbraham, Terah 13020081892 BCLeaves Haran, 7520831882 BCThe Covenant, 8520931452 BCThe Exodus2523976 BCSolomon king2999972 BCTemple begun3003586 BCJerusalem destroyed33894 BCBirth of Christ3971AD 26Jubilee 80 proclaimed4000AD 70Temple burnt4044AD 1517Luther's 95 Theses5491AD 1560Geneva Bible5533AD 1611King James Bible5584AD 1948State of Israel5921AD 2017The Rev 12 sign5991AD 2024Dallas eclipse5997AD 2026Year 6000 begins6000AD 2027Atonement 60016001AD 3026Year 7000 begins7000

Each column is one chronology on its own years from Adam, all on one scale. Its line and dates take the colour of the age they fall in by its own reckoning: its Flood, start of the 430 years, Exodus, Temple, fall of Jerusalem and the seventy years after it, then AD 1. Hollow dots and * : its arithmetic applied to a historical date, not in the source. The left bar is our calendar’s BC and AD; the right counts the years from Adam and the Jubilees.

Side by side

Ussher, 1650Geneva Bible, 1560DSS CalendarLeeland JonesOur Calendar
Creation1 · 4004 BC0 · 3974 BC0 · 3926 BC1 · 3904 BCDay 1 · 28 Jul 3974 BC
The Flood1656 · 2349 BC1656 · 2318 BC1656 · 2270 BC1656 · 2249 BC1656 · 2319 BC
Abraham born2008 · 1996 BC1949 · 2025 BC1948 · 1978 BC1948 · 1957 BC2008 · 1967 BC
Call / covenant2083 · 1921 BC2019 · 1955 BC2018 · 1908 BC2023 · 1882 BC2093 · 1882 BC
The Exodus2513 · 1491 BC2449 · 1525 BC2448 · 1478 BC2453 · 1452 BC2523 · 1452 BC
Solomon king2989 · 1015 BC2925 · 1049 BC *2924 · 1002 BC †2929 · 976 BC2999 · 976 BC
Temple begun2992 · 1012 BC2929 · 1045 BC2928 · 998 BC †2933 · 972 BC3003 · 972 BC
Jerusalem falls3416 · 588 BC3348½ · 626 BC3338 · 588/7 BC3319 · 586 BC3389 · 586 BC
Birth of Christ4000 · 4 BC3974½ · AD 1not stated3901 · 4 BC3971 · 4 BC
Temple burnt, AD 7040734044 *399539744044
State of Israel, 19485951 *5922 *587358525921
This year, 20266029 *6000 *5951 *59305999 → 6000 on 16 Sep
Year 6000 isAD 1997 *AD 2026 *AD 2075AD 2096 *16 Sep 2026 – 14 Sep 2027
Where the sums differ
Flood – Abraham born352 · Terah 130293 · Terah 70292 · Terah 70292 · Terah 70352 · Terah 130
The 430 years beginthe call, 75leaving Ur, 70covenant, 70the promise, 75covenant, 85
Temple – the fall424 · long kings419½ · long kings410 · long kings †386 · Ezekiel's 390386 · Ezekiel's 390
Fixed pointJerusalem 588 BCnone · sum to AD 1Temple 588/7 BCJerusalem 586 BCJerusalem 586 BC
Adam – AD 140043974½392639053975

AM · date. * Its arithmetic applied, not in the source. † Implied: 2448 + 480 (the site gives the dedication, 2935); Solomon four years before.

Our years run Trumpets to Trumpets (1/7); its AD dates are its own year labels. Geneva's Solomon is four years before its Temple.

Where they differ

Flood to the covenant

①Terah 70 or 130

Gen. 11:26 names Abram first of three sons at Terah's 70; Acts 7:4 has Abram leave Haran after Terah died at 205 (Gen. 11:32), aged 75 (Gen. 12:4) — born at Terah's 130. Ussher and our calendar read 130; the Geneva compiler, the DSS site and Jones read 70. Sixty years, the largest single difference.

Covenant to the Exodus

②Where the 430 begin

All five run Exod. 12:40's 430 years to the Exodus from a promise to Abram (Gal. 3:17), not from Jacob's descent: Geneva from his leaving Ur and the DSS site from the covenant, both at 70 (Seder Olam); Ussher from the call and Jones from the promise, at 75; ours from the covenant of Gen. 15:18, placed at 85 by Gen. 16:3's ten years in the land. Up to 15 years. The 2017 chart had 215 + 400; Jones's own texts give 430.

Temple to Jerusalem's fall

③Short or long kings

Exodus to the Temple is 480 in all five (Ussher 479, the 480th year). Temple to Jerusalem's fall divides them. Judah's reigns summed raw, with no co-regencies, give the long kings: Ussher 424 (with interregna), Geneva 419½, Seder Olam 410 (the DSS site). Ezekiel's 390 (Ezek. 4:5) from Solomon's accession gives 386: Jones and ours. Thiele's Assyrian-dated reigns give 380, which our review of the 2017 chart applied and Jones does not. Up to 44 years.

Desolation to Temple rebuilt

④The fixed point

Four tie the sums to Jerusalem's fall: Ussher 588 BC (Ptolemy's canon; Cyrus 536 BC for Jeremiah's 70 from 606; Christ 4 BC, hence his round AM 4000), the DSS site 588/7 BC (Seder Olam), Jones and ours 586 BC (Nebuchadnezzar's 19th year). Geneva has none: it sums forward from Adam to Christ, so its Jerusalem falls in 626 BC, forty years early.

Adam to AD 1

⑤How they add up

Against our 3975 years to AD 1 — Ussher +29: kings +38, fixed point +2, the call −10, 479th −1 (his autumn years make it 4004). Geneva −½: Terah −59, Ur −15, kings +33½, no fixed point +40 — the same year by cancellation. DSS −49: Terah −60, covenant −15, kings +24, fixed point +2. Jones −70: Terah −60, promise −10. Hence Creation 4004, 3974, 3926, 3904 and 3974 BC.

Sources: Ussher, Annales, 1650 · Geneva Bible 1560, sig. LLl.iii · dsscalendar.org (Oct 2026) · Leeland Jones, the 2017 chart by its own texts · ours: the Enoch Calendar · R. H. Charles, 1 Enoch, 1912.

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Other reckonings. Ussher (1650) puts Creation at 4004 BC. The 1560 Geneva Bible puts it at 3974 BC, the same year as this timeline, though by different sums.

The year. Years run from the Feast of Trumpets to the next, so AM 6000 is 16 September 2026 to 14 September 2027. Scripture is quoted from the King James Version.