Bible TimeResearch Report on Second Chronicles 12
The wars between Israel, Judah, and surrounding peoples generate a form of census count that appears prophetic for events in future time. This page explores an Egyptian attack against Judah.
Background
There are various places in the Bible where there are counts of things given in the text. Simple counts usually involve days, but certain objects extend the count. An example is in Second Chronicles 12 where an Egyptian attack against Rehoboam is recorded.
38 Second Chronicles 12:1-4
1And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of Yahvah, and all Israel with him.
2And it came to pass, that in the 5th year of King Rehoboam, Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against Yahvah,
3with 1,200 chariots and 60,000 horsemen; and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Libyans, the Sukkites and the Cushites.
4And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
This passage gives counts in the usual pattern but those things have numeric values that appear to drive this story.
Expanding the Chariots
In this case chariots, especially chariots from Egypt, have value. Chariots were imported from Egypt for 6001 Shekels. Horses" count=" similarly were imported for 1502 Shekels.
These values drive the prophetic story found a few chapters later. When Pharaoh attacks he brings these objects to the fight. This amplifies the values. The following table shows the amplification.
| Original Count | Factor | Net Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1200 Chariots | 600 Shekels/Chariot | 720,000 Shekels |
The following is the report.
| Prophetic Dates from Second Chronicles 12 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epoch at Rehoboam’s First Year | ||||
| Thu | 10021/1/1 AA | 22 Aug -967 NS | 2 Mar 288 BAUC | AAN: 3655261 |
| 521/1/1 FE | 31 Aug -967 OS | 2 Mar 1041 BC | JDN: 1368104 | |
| Forward 720,000 days | ||||
| Fri | 11994/9/1 AA | 7 Dec 1004 NS | 1 Dec 1757 AUC | AAN: 4375261 |
| 2494/9/1 FE | 1 Dec 1004 OS | 1 Dec 1004 AD | JDN: 2088104 | |
| Forward 60,000 days | ||||
| Mon | 12159/2/1 AA | 17 Mar 1169 NS | 10 Mar 1922 AUC | AAN: 4435261 |
| 2659/2/1 FE | 10 Mar 1168 OS | 10 Mar 1169 AD | JDN: 2148104 | |
This interval hits the millennium break at about the year 1000. This is a major prophetic time, and it adds weight to the idea that this is a correct prophetic placement.
Alternative -- expanding the horses
| Original Count | Factor | Net Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1200 Chariots | 600 Shekels/Chariot | 720,000 Shekels |
| 60,000 Horsemen | 150 Shekels/Horse | 9,000,000 Men-Shekels |
A "shekel" is a standard wage for a day of work so the conversion of Chariots into shekels also converts the Chariots into days. Using a starting point at the start of the 5th year of Rehoboam’s reign these 720,000 days can be "run out". The horsemen are strange because the "men" part of the count would normally run out as 60,000 days. If the value of horses in included the 9,000,000 days runs well beyond the end of any time otherwise known in the Bible Time project.
| Prophetic Dates from Second Chronicles 12 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epoch at Rehoboam’s First Year | ||||
| Thu | 10021/1/1 AA | 22 Aug -967 NS | 2 Mar 288 BAUC | AAN: 3655261 |
| 521/1/1 FE | 31 Aug -967 OS | 2 Mar 1041 BC | JDN: 1368104 | |
| Forward 720,000 days | ||||
| Fri | 11994/9/1 AA | 7 Dec 1004 NS | 1 Dec 1757 AUC | AAN: 4375261 |
| 2494/9/1 FE | 1 Dec 1004 OS | 1 Dec 1004 AD | JDN: 2088104 | |
| Forward 9,000,000 days | ||||
| Sun | 36665/9/1 AA | 4 Feb 25646 NS | 29 Jul 26398 AUC | AAN: 13375261 |
| 27165/9/1 FE | 29 Jul 25645 OS | 29 Jul 25645 AD | JDN: 11088104 | |
This latter version is likely not right as there are no known stories in this future era. The problem with this second scenario is that it leaves weird units... Men-Shekels, which is like a squared unit that has been shown in other places to be wrong.