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|In modern times the systems of Biblical chronology that have been adopted are chiefly those of Ussher and Hales. The former follows the Hebrew, and the latter the Septuagint mainly. Archbishop Ussher’s (died 1656) system is called the short chronology. It is that given on the margin of the Authorized Version, but is really of no authority, and is quite uncertain.
Ussher Hales Creation: 4004 B.C. 5411 B.C.
Flood: 2348 B.C. 3155 B.C.
Abram leaves Haran: 1921 B.C. 2078 B.C. Exodus: 1491 B.C. 1648 B.C.
Destruction of the Temple: 588 B.C. 586 B.C.
To show at a glance the different ideas of the date of the creation, it may be interesting to note the following: From Creation to 1894.
According to Ussher, 5,898; Hales, 7,305; Zunz (Hebrew reckoning), 5,882; Septuagint (Perowne), 7,305; Rabbinical, 5,654; Panodorus, 7,387;
Anianus, 7,395; Constantinopolitan, 7,403; Eusebius, 7,093; Scaliger, 5,844; Dionysius (from whom we take our Christian era), 7,388; Maximus, 7,395; Syncellus and Theophanes, 7,395; Julius Africanus, 7,395; Jackson,
7,320.
•CHRYSOPRASUS golden leek, a precious stone of the colour of leek’s juice, a greenish-golden colour (Revelation 21:20).
•CHUB the name of a people in alliance with Egypt in the time of Nebuchadnezzar. The word is found only in Ezekiel 30:5. They were