MONTH. Ancient use of, Gen. 7:11; 8:4. Twelve months reckoned to a year, 1 Chr. 27:1–15. 1. Abib (April). The Jewish calendar began with, Ex. 12:2; 13:4; Deut. 16:1. Passover instituted and celebrated in, Ex. 12:1–28; 23:15. Israelites left Egypt in, Ex. 13:4. Tabernacle set up in, Ex. 40:2, 17. Israelites arrive at Zin in, Num. 20:1. Cross Jordan in, Josh. 4:19. Jordan overflows in, 1 Chr. 12:15. Decree to put the Jews to death in, Esth. 3:12. The death of Jesus in, Matt. 26, 27. After the captivity called Nisan, Neh. 2:1; Esth. 3:7. 2. Zif (May), 1 Kin. 6:1, 37. Israel numbered in, Num. 1:1, 18. Passover to be observed in, by the unclean and others who could not observe it in the first month, Num. 9:10, 11. Israel departed from the wilderness of Zin in, Num. 10:11. Temple begun in, 1 Kin. 6:1; 2 Chr. 3:2. An irregular passover celebrated in, 2 Chr. 30:1–27. Rebuilding of the temple begun in, Ezra 3:8. 3. Sivan (June), Esth. 8:9. Asa renews the covenant of himself and people in, 2 Chr. 15:10. 4. Tammuz (July). The number only appears in the Bible. Jerusalem taken by Nebuchadnezzar in, Jer. 39:2; 52:6, 7. 5. Ab (August). Number only mentioned. Aaron died on the first day of, Num. 33:38. Temple destroyed in, 2 Kin. 25:8–10; Jer. 1:3; 52:12–30. Ezra arrived at Jerusalem in, Ezra 7:8, 9. 6. Elul (September). Wall of Jerusalem finished in, Neh. 6:15. Temple built in, Hag. 1:14, 15. 7. Ethanim (October), 1 Kin. 8:2. Feasts held in, Lev. 23:24, 27; Neh. 8:13–15. Jubilee proclaimed in, Lev. 25:9. Solomon's temple dedicated in, 1 Kin. 8:2. Altar rebuilt and offerings renewed in, Ezra 3:1, 6. 8. Bul (November). The temple finished in, 1 Kin. 6:38. Jeroboam's idolatrous feast in, 1 Kin. 12:32, 33; 1 Chr. 27:11. 9. Chisleu (December), Ezra 10:9; Jer. 36:9, 22; Zech. 7:1. 10. Tebeth (January), Esth. 2:16. Nebuchadnezzar besieges Jerusalem in, 2 Kin. 25:1; Jer. 52:4. 11. Sebat (February), Zech. 1:7. Moses probably died in, Deut. 1:3. 12. Adar (March), Esth. 3:7. Second temple finished in, Ezra 6:15. Feast of Purim in, Esth. 9:1–26. Months in prophecy, Rev. 11:2.