187 



Y. 



120 years of Moses 



40 of Solomon 



683 y. 

 Again he says, " to the time of Samuel there are 463 

 yelrs and 7 months;" this sum, subducted from the 523 years 

 and 7 months to the end of the reign of David, leaves 60 

 years from Samuel to the death of David, so that the cal- 

 culus of the 463 years and 7 months concludes with the 

 election of Saul, since he uniformly attributes but 20 years 

 to Saul after" the renewal of the kingdom," which, with the 

 40 of David, completes the 60 years before deduced ;— this 

 account will however grant us 643 years and 7 months from 

 the birth of Moses till the death of David. 



453 7 from Joshua to the end of Samuel and Saul 

 20 Saul alone 

 40 David 

 120 



643 7 

 Add then the 40 of Solomon^ and we derive 683 years 7 

 months as before ; which proves that his present numbers 

 are really those he intended to propose; if we then subduct 

 the 36 years of Solomon, and the 80 of Moses, we will derive 

 567 years and 7 months, as the interval from the exod to the 



foundation of the temple. 



Before 



