Jewish calendar year		BCE
0		3760	-------->	Creation of world
1948		1812	-------->	Birth of Avraham Avinu (Abraham)
2238		1522	-------->	Sons of Yaakov Avinu (Jacob) descend to Egypt
2448		1312	-------->	Exodus from Egypt
2488		1287	-------->	Joshua leads Jewish Nation into the Land of Israel
2503		1272	-------->	Construction of Tabernacle at Shilo
2854		906	-------->	Birth of King David
2870		890	-------->	Death of Eli Hakohen (dest. of Shilo)
2882		878	-------->	Shaul becomes king (dest. of Nov)
2928		832	-------->	Building of 1st Temple
3338		422	-------->	Destruction of 1st Temple
3408		352	-------->	Building of 2nd Temple
3828		68 C.E.	-------->	Destruction of 2nd Temple

Rabbi Boruch Clinton teaches at the Ottawa Torah Institute yeshiva high school and Machon Sarah high school for girls (both in Ottawa, Canada). You may reach him with comments and questions at bclinton@torah.org.

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