Was the woman in Endor seeing the total Lunar Eclipse of January 10, 1043 BCE? What did king Saul read into her words?

Statement of belief: “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.” (John 17:17 KJV)

With a beginning some three weeks ago; created today, per my old reckoning, 5930± 05 09 2026 [2010-07-22], that is, per this very 1^st time usage of a more exact date using this format: 5940(?) 05 09 2026 [2010-07-22.]

Last edited 5924_[(*??*)]08 14 2028 [2011-12-09]

Bridging the Gap?

Have I Been Shown A Certain Anno Mundo vs. Modern Calendar Relationship?

Cf. Ezekiel 22:30…

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King Saul’s Death

Was it Tied to the Total Lunar Eclipse of

January 10, 1043 BCE?

This is Being Suggested by Certain Similarities between the Language of the Babylonian Tablet VAT 4956 and that of 1 Samuel 28:13…

But How Reliable is the Lunar Path as Retro-Calculated to that Time?

Abstract:

In the beginning of “July 2010,” my Bible began to open up repetitively to the below quoted passages at the end of 1 Samuel and the beginning of 2 Samuel 1. Although I had read these dated passages before, but without being able, at that time, to perceive any certain anchor upon which to tie the reference to “the third day” etc., based upon similar repetitive experiences leading me to valuable results, I now began pursuing these passages systematically and step by step as far as I found it possible to do so…

Today, “July 22, 2010,” I seem possibly to have arrived at a long sought for destination point, that is, a firm astronomical date that may be tied to a dated event near the very beginning of the kingdoms of Judah and Israel, and thus bridging over the gap of uncertainty between the Scriptural dates tied with some certainty to the beginning of Creation as recorded in Genesis 1, at the one end, and on the other end, the even more certain dates being tied to the reign of Nebuchadnezzar and our modern calendars, e.g. the Julian and Gregorian calendars.

My prime question re such a date is whether or not, and to what extent, our modern astronomy software is reliable for events ante-dating the long day of King Zedekiah and other events suggesting inter-planetary catastrophes and interactions such as have been suggested by Immanuel Velikovsky and others. For instance, have there been changes in the paths of the Earth and/or the Moon since the time when King Saul died? If that is not the case, then have there been sudden shifts of the axis of the Earth associated with shifts in latitude of places such as Israel, etc.?

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The within study began by identifying the relationship between “the third day” of 1 Samuel 30:1 and “the third day” of 2 Samuel 1:2 and then the “three days” of 1 Samuel 30:13. Then came the question as to the meaning of the Hebrew behind “the seven days” of 1 Samuel 31:13.

While yet considering these issues, my attention was suddenly focused upon the words of that infamous woman of Endor and the dialog between Saul and her. Specifically I was alerted to the word “gods” as used in 1 Samuel 28:13, which words reminded me of my recently learned lesson re the meaning of that same word in the Babylonian clay tablet from Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, VAT 4956. Recognizing the similarity between the Hebrew phrase “I saw gods…” (1 Sam 28:13) and the corresponding Akkadian phrase “one god was seen with the other…” I was alerted to the possibility of these ancient passages referencing very similar events indeed upon the celestial sky. Having learned years ago about the ancient people’s very strong beliefs re eclipses being omens re the comings and goings of rulers and kings, I found more food for thought along these lines. Indeed, it seems clear to me that even Saul, the apostle, was interpreting a total solar eclipse in terms of an encounter with the Lord Yeshua/Jesus himself…. And Saul, the king, certainly wasn’t the only king that outlawed and even killed soothsayers, astrologers, and such others as were promoting the idea that there is a tie between the events upon the celestial sky and the comings and goings of rulers and kings. So did also a number of the early Roman Emperors as they became aware of the impact of such ideas upon the minds of the masses in creating such self-fulfilling prophecies… For them this became very much a matter of life or death and each their own life expectancy!

Well, finding only one likely candidate fitting the constraints of the word of the woman of Endor etc. upon a thorough analysis of all the total and partial lunar eclipses from 1080 BCE through 1000 BCE this line of pursuit became even more interesting.

Along the line I did find support and some confirmation first from the very meaning of the name ‘Endor,’ which seemed to be placed there as a label upon a key for opening the door to a previously hidden exact chronology such as would exactly tie, or match, the Old Testament chronology from Creation through Solomon to the more recent ancient chronology beginning with Nebuchadnezzar’s reign.

Secondly, but more tangibly perhaps, I did find support and confirmation from the time given for David’s stay with the Philistine people, that is, as recorded in 1 Samuel 27:7.

There remains to be seen what further confirmation, or else correction, that the Lord, our Creator, Guide, and Redeemer will send our way…

[Please notice: Since originally writing this article I believe I’ve found powerful evidence for precise correction relative to the within evidence for the eclipse of January 10, 1043 BCE being the date of King Saul’s death. The interested reader may wish to pursue my additional, and corrective, findings under this link, that is, while considering the within article a prelude towards even better things to come…

[This multi paragraph square bracket notice was added on 5924_[(*??*)]08 14 2028 [2011-12-09,] notice the date!, in consequence of a SPACE.com article (dated Dec 9, 2011) re the total lunar eclipse which will begin about 12 hours from the time of this writing, and which eclipse, from the vantage point of portions of the North American continent will be visible at sunrise, that is, such that the full moon, and the lunar eclipse, will be visible simultaneously with the sun. That is, a event very similar indeed to that which is being described by the woman at Endor in response to a specific question posed to her by King Saul on the evening preceding King Saul’s death…

[Considering also the ancient’s commonly held conviction that such events were being tied to the demise of powers that be, that is, kings and emperors of whatever kind that was currently holding the throne, one might be tempted to ask a similar question even today: “Who is the current ruler whose powers, or even life, will be removed from him at this time of the dawn lunar eclipse…?” But, I suppose such questions are delegated today, by most people, unto such as is considered mere superstition… Or might such people as put their faith in horoscopes etc. constitute an exception to this rule?]

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If indeed the within suggested conclusion is correct, well, then it seems that that most difficult portion of ancient history, the era of the kings of Israel and Judah, is being finally bridged such that our modern calendar reckoning may be exactly and certainly tied to the exact reckoning of the Old Testament from Creation to the end of King Solomon…

Will, this prove true in the end? Is there a way of confirming this discovery even more certainly and in such a way that it may more easily be accepted? Do we now, finally, have an exact date for the beginning of the creation as recorded in Genesis One, that is, in terms of our modern day calendars and reckoning? Is today’s date, “5930± 05 09 2026 [2010-07-22,]” as I used to record it until now, more correctly expressed by a phrase such as this, my most recent revision: “5940(?) 05 09 2026 [2010-07-22]” Only the Creator of Time itself can tell…

Well, I’ll certainly enjoy learning whatever more the Lord of Hosts, my Redeemer and very personal Teacher, will decide to show me henceforth re these particulars…

May the Lord, Yahweh Elohim, be praised for His guidance every step along the way!

King Saul’s Death Detailed Chronology of Events
Dates			Summary	Quotes re King Saul and his men			Quotes re David and his men
1043 BCE	Named Day	10^th Moon	Summary	TLT ©	KJV		TLT ©	KJV
January 9/10	7^th Day Sabbath	Tevet 14	· Lunar eclipse seen by the woman in Endor	“I saw gods [the sun and the moon] being above the horizon of the earth… A waxing old [mature and/or setting] entity [the moon] above [the horizon of the earth]; and it was covered with a cover[ing shadow, i.e. a lunar eclipse.]”	“I saw gods ascending out of the earth… An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle”	1 Samuel 28:13, 14
January 10	Day One; evening/night	Tevet 15	· Saul’s night visit to the woman in Endor. · David’s dialog with his Philistine host.		“to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me… Then they rose up, and went away that night”	1 Samuel 28:13, 19, 25		“Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master's servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart.”	1 Samuel 29:10
January 11	Day One; day	Tevet 15	· Saul and his sons die in the fight with the Philistines. · David and his men begin their march to Ziklag.	“And the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa… So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same First Day.”	“Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa… So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.”	1 Samuel 31:1, 6		“So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.”	1 Samuel 29:11
January 11/12	Day Two	Tevet 16	· Saul’s body is hung on the wall of Bethshan. · David and his men continue their march to Ziklag.	“And it came to pass on the following morning…”	“And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa. And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people. And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan.”	1 Samuel 31:8-10
January 12/13	Day Three	Tevet 17	· Saul’s body is brought to Jabesh-Gilead, burnt and buried. A cleansing is begun. · “I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because on the Third Day I fell sick…” 1 Samuel 30:13. · David and his men arrive in Ziklag.	“All the valiant men arose, and walked all of that night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there… And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days [in accord with the ordinances of cleansing.]”	“All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there… And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.”	1 Samuel 31:12, 13; cf. Numbers 19:11-12, 14, 16.	“And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the Third Day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire”	“And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire”	1 Samuel 30:1
January 13/14	Day Four	Tevet 18
January 14/15	Day Five	Tevet 19
January 15/16	Day Six	Tevet 20	· After “three days and three nights…,” that is, Days #3, 4, & 5, and Nights #4, 5, & 6; · Beginning “on the Third Day I fell sick…” 1 Samuel 30:12, 13.			Cf. Numbers 19:11-12, 14, 16.	“And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights… And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because on the Third Day I fell sick.”	“And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights… And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.”	1 Samuel 30:12, 13
January 16/17	7^th Day Sabbath	Tevet 21
January 17/18	Day One	Tevet 22	· The messenger from Saul leaves… · David smites the Amalekites…	“Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped…”	“Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped…”	2 Samuel 1:3	“And David smote them from the twilight of night even unto the darkness following the next morning: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.”	“And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.”	1 Samuel 30:18
January 18/19	Day Two	Tevet 23	· David returns to Ziklag after slaughtering the Amalekites…				“Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode [through the remainder of the first] two days [of the week] in Ziklag”	“Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag”	2 Samuel 1:1
January 19/20	Day Three	Tevet 24	· The message of Saul’s and his son’s deaths arrives to David.				“It came even to pass on the Third Day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance… Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him: And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.”	“It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance… Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him: And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.”	2 Samuel 1:2, 11-12
January 20/21	Day Four	Tevet 25
Reckoned from a point in time after the full moon of February 8, 1043 BCE and before the full moon of March 9, 1043 BCE (or at least before the New Moon of March 26, 1043 BCE,) the 12^th New moon beginning at sunset February 24. Cf. below.		Reckoned from a point in time after the full moon of Shebat (11^th New Moon) 13, 1043 BCE and before the full moon of Adar (12^th New Moon) 13, 1043 BCE (or at least before the New Moon of Adar II/Abib, 1043 BCE.) Cf. below.	· David’s move from Ziklag to Hebron				1Sa 27:7 And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was four New Moons past Tishri 21 and the cut-off of the summer…	1Sa 27:7 And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months. 2Sa 2:1 And it came to pass after this, that David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the LORD said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron. 2Sa 2:2 So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite. 2Sa 2:3 And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron. 2Sa 2:4 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabeshgilead were they that buried Saul.	1 Samuel 27:7; 2 Samuel 2:1-4

Considerations:

1 Samuel 28:13 ויאמר^H559 לה המלך^H4428 אל^H408 תיראי^H3372 כי^H3588 מה^H4100 ראית^H7200 ותאמר^H559 האשׁה^H802 אל^H413 שׁאול^H7586 אלהים^H430 ראיתי^H7200 עלים^H5927 מן^H4480 הארץ׃^H776

1 Samuel 28:13 KJV And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.

1 Samuel 28:13 TLT And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods [the sun and the moon] being above the horizon of the earth.

1 Samuel 28:14 ויאמר^H559 לה מה^H4100 תארו^H8389 ותאמר^H559 אישׁ^H376 זקן^H2205 עלה^H5927 והוא^H1931 עטה^H5844 מעיל^H4598 וידע^H3045 שׁאול^H7586 כי^H3588 שׁמואל^H8050 הוא^H1931 ויקד^H6915 אפים^H639 ארצה^H776 וישׁתחו׃^H7812

1 Samuel 28:14 KJV And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.

1 Samuel 28:14 TLT And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An aging [setting] entity [the moon] above [the horizon of the earth]; and it was covered with a cover[ing shadow, i.e. a lunar eclipse.] And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.

Compare those words of the woman with this phrase as found on VAT 4956: “one god was seen with the other: sunrise to moonset: 4 °.” This latter phrase upon said Babylonian clay tablet is a phrase used repetitively for recording the first time in the month when in the morning the sun is rising above the eastern horizon before the moon sets shortly thereafter behind the western horizon.

Upon remembering also the exceedingly strong association, prevalent among the ancients, between eclipse events and the demise of whichever ruling king, it becomes only natural to perceive in such an eclipse at this particular time the demise of Saul, king of Israel…

It remains then for us to convince ourselves upon sufficient evidence that such an event did indeed occur at that time… However, if indeed those planetary catastrophes did occur as suggested by Immanuel Velikovsky in the 8^th and 9^th centuries BCE, how do we know that the path of the moon was not also then disturbed such that our astronomical software become unreliable beyond that point in time?

For starters, let’s look at the time I’ve thus far associated with the end of the reign of Saul and with the beginning of the reign of king David, which year has been until now, (now being “Thursday July 22, 2010,”) 1034± BCE. Going to the NASA Phases of the Moon tables I find the following total lunar eclipses:

AM eclipses:

-1082 Aug 26  06:56 UT t + 2:21 = 09:17 Jerusalem solar time

-1075 Apr 13  07:50 UT t + 2:21 = 10:11 Jerusalem solar time

-1074 Sep 26  00:08 UT t + 2:21 = 02:29 Jerusalem solar time

-1071 Jul 26  04:48 UT t + 2:21 = 07:09 Jerusalem solar time

-1068 Nov 17  23:59 UT t + 2:21 = 02:20 Jerusalem solar time

-1067 May 13  22:28 UT t + 2:21 = 00:49 Jerusalem solar time

-1060 Jun 24  04:25 UT t + 2:21 = 06:46 Jerusalem solar time

-1056 Apr 13  02:41 UT t + 2:21 = 05:02 Jerusalem solar time

-1056 Oct  6  08:44 UT t + 2:21 = 11:05 Jerusalem solar time

-1053 Feb  9  22:51 UT t + 2:21 = 01:12 Jerusalem solar time

-1050 Nov 29  08:11 UT t + 2:21 = 10:32 Jerusalem solar time

-1049 May 25  05:58 UT t + 2:21 = 08:19 Jerusalem solar time

-1046 Mar 24  02:08 UT t + 2:21 = 04:29 Jerusalem solar time

-1046 Sep 16  23:41 UT t + 2:21 = 02:02 Jerusalem solar time

-1042 Jan 10  03:52 UT t + 2:21 = 06:13 Jerusalem solar time

-1039 May  4  22:36 UT t + 2:21 = 00:57 Jerusalem solar time

-1039 Oct 28  05:55 UT t + 2:21 = 08:16 Jerusalem solar time

-1035 Feb 20  06:48 UT t + 2:21 = 09:09 Jerusalem solar time

-1028 Apr  3  08:52 UT t + 2:21 = 11:13 Jerusalem solar time

-1028 Sep 27  08:14 UT t + 2:21 = 10:35 Jerusalem solar time

-1027 Sep 16  22:28 UT t + 2:21 = 00:49 Jerusalem solar time

-1020 Oct 28  02:16 UT t + 2:21 = 04:37 Jerusalem solar time

-1017 Aug 28  02:32 UT t + 2:21 = 04:53 Jerusalem solar time

-1014 Dec 21  00:27 UT t + 2:21 = 02:48 Jerusalem solar time

-1009 Sep 28  06:47 UT t + 2:21 = 09:08 Jerusalem solar time

-1006 Jul 27  01:31 UT t + 2:21 = 03:52 Jerusalem solar time

-1003 Nov 18  23:06 UT t + 2:21 = 01:07 Jerusalem solar time

-1002 May 15  23:18 UT t + 2:21 = 01:39 Jerusalem solar time

PM eclipses:

-1082 Mar  2  12:18 UT t + 2:21 = 14:39 Jerusalem solar time

-1079 Dec 19  10:18 UT t + 2:21 = 12:39 Jerusalem solar time

-1078 Jun 13  21:37 UT t + 2:21 = 23:58 Jerusalem solar time

-1075 Oct  6  13:04 UT t + 2:21 = 15:25 Jerusalem solar time

-1071 Jan 29  14:46 UT t + 2:21 = 17:07 Jerusalem solar time

-1064 Mar 12  19:18 UT t + 2:21 = 21:39 Jerusalem solar time

-1064 Sep  5  15:14 UT t + 2:21 = 17:35 Jerusalem solar time

-1061 Dec 30  19:07 UT t + 2:21 = 21:28 Jerusalem solar time

-1057 Apr 24  15:15 UT t + 2:21 = 17:36 Jerusalem solar time

-1057 Oct 17  21:26 UT t + 2:21 = 23:47 Jerusalem solar time

-1053 Aug  6  11:55 UT t + 2:21 = 14:16 Jerusalem solar time

-1042 Jul  5  11:18 UT t + 2:21 = 13:39 Jerusalem solar time

-1038 Apr 24  09:39 UT t + 2:21 = 12:00 Jerusalem solar time

-1038 Oct 17  17:27 UT t + 2:21 = 19:48 Jerusalem solar time

-1035 Aug 16  19:10 UT t + 2:21 = 21:31 Jerusalem solar time

-1032 Dec  9  16:21 UT t + 2:21 = 18:42 Jerusalem solar time

-1031 Jun  4  13:26 UT t + 2:21 = 15:47 Jerusalem solar time

-1027 Mar 23  09:51 UT t + 2:21 = 12:12 Jerusalem solar time

-1024 Jan 21  12:27 UT t + 2:21 = 14:48 Jerusalem solar time

-1024 Jul 15  18:20 UT t + 2:21 = 20:41 Jerusalem solar time

-1021 Nov  8  14:29 UT t + 2:21 = 16:50 Jerusalem solar time

-1020 May  4  16:31 UT t + 2:21 = 18:52 Jerusalem solar time

-1017 Mar  3  14:38 UT t + 2:21 = 16:59 Jerusalem solar time

-1013 Jun 15  20:57 UT t + 2:21 = 23:18 Jerusalem solar time

-1010 Apr 14  15:26 UT t + 2:21 = 17:47 Jerusalem solar time

-1010 Oct  8  16:55 UT t + 2:21 = 19:16 Jerusalem solar time

-1009 Apr  3  16:44 UT t + 2:21 = 19:05 Jerusalem solar time

-1006 Jan 31  20:55 UT t + 2:21 = 23:16 Jerusalem solar time

-1002 Nov  8  11:09 UT t + 2:21 = 13:30 Jerusalem solar time

Removing the eclipses not visible from Jerusalem, i.e. the ones occurring while the sun is well above the horizon at a northern latitude I get these:

AM eclipses:

-1074 Sep 26  00:08 UT t + 2:21 = 02:29 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1329048, Monday

-1068 Nov 17  23:59 UT t + 2:21 = 02:20 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1331292, Friday/Saturday

Penumbra beginning 23:18; penumbra complete 00:20; umbra beginning 00:36; umbra complete 01:31; umbra leaving 03:17; umbra gone 04:10; penumbra leaving 04:22; penumbra gone 05:26; sunrise 06:28; moonset 06:41. – Sun and moon not simultaneously visible during eclipse.

(1)

-1067 May 13  22:28 UT t + 2:21 = 00:49 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1331469, Sunday/Monday

-1056 Apr 13  02:41 UT t + 2:21 = 05:02 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1335457, Friday

-1056 Oct  6  08:44 UT t + 2:21 = 11:05 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1335633, Saturday.

Moonset 05:38; sunrise 05:50; eclipse total 11:05; sunset 17:50; moonrise 06:01. – Eclipse not at all visible!

(2)

-1053 Feb  9  22:51 UT t + 2:21 = 01:12 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1336489, Monday/Tuesday

-1050 Nov 29  08:11 UT t + 2:21 = 10:32 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1337878, Thursday

-1046 Mar 24  02:08 UT t + 2:21 = 04:29 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1339089, Thursday

-1046 Sep 16  23:41 UT t + 2:21 = 02:02 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1339265, Friday/Saturday

Penumbra beginning 23:28; penumbra complete 00:23; umbra beginning 00:28; umbra complete 01:21; umbra leaving 02:49; umbra gone 03:43; penumbra leaving 03:44; penumbra gone 04:40; sunrise 05:35; moonset 05:48. – Sun and moon both seen together at sunrise, but not for the duration of the eclipse.

(3)

-1042 Jan 10  03:52 UT t + 2:21 = 06:13 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1340477, Saturday

Penumbra beginning 03:33; penumbra complete 04:28; umbra beginning 04:32; umbra complete 05:23; umbra leaving 06:59; sunrise 07:07; moonset 07:13 with ~0.8 umbra covering.

(4)

-1039 May  4  22:36 UT t + 2:21 = 00:57 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1341687, Friday/Saturday

Penumbra beginning 22:23; penumbra complete 23:23; umbra beginning 23:25; umbra complete 00:31; umbra leaving 01:30; umbra gone 02:35; penumbra leaving 02:38; penumbra gone 03:38; sunrise 05:13; moonset 05:22. – Sun and moon both seen together at sunrise, but not simultaneously visible during eclipse.

(5)

-1039 Oct 28  05:55 UT t + 2:21 = 08:16 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1341864, Sunday

-1035 Feb 20  06:48 UT t + 2:21 = 09:09 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1343075, Sunday

-1027 Sep 16  22:28 UT t + 2:21 = 00:49 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1346205, Monday/Tuesday

-1020 Oct 28  02:16 UT t + 2:21 = 04:37 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1348804, Wednesday

-1017 Aug 28  02:32 UT t + 2:21 = 04:53 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1349838, Monday

-1014 Dec 21  00:27 UT t + 2:21 = 02:48 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1351049, Monday

-1006 Jul 27  01:31 UT t + 2:21 = 03:52 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1353824, Thursday

-1003 Nov 18  23:06 UT t + 2:21 = 01:07 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1355034, Wednesday/Thursday

-1002 May 15  23:18 UT t + 2:21 = 01:39 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1355577, Sunday/Monday

PM eclipses:

-1082 Mar  2  12:18 UT t + 2:21 = 14:39 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1325918, Sunday

-1079 Dec 19  10:18 UT t + 2:21 = 12:39 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1327306, Tuesday

-1078 Jun 13  21:37 UT t + 2:21 = 23:58 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1327482, Wednesday

-1075 Oct  6  13:04 UT t + 2:21 = 15:25 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1328693, Wednesday

-1071 Jan 29  14:46 UT t + 2:21 = 17:07 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1329904, Wednesday

-1064 Mar 12  19:18 UT t + 2:21 = 21:39 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1332503, Friday

-1061 Dec 30  19:07 UT t + 2:21 = 21:28 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1334257, Tuesday

-1057 Apr 24  15:15 UT t + 2:21 = 17:36 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1335102, Sunday

-1057 Oct 17  21:26 UT t + 2:21 = 23:47 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1335278, Monday

-1038 Oct 17  17:27 UT t + 2:21 = 19:48 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1342218, Thursday

-1035 Aug 16  19:10 UT t + 2:21 = 21:31 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1343252, Tuesday

-1032 Dec  9  16:21 UT t + 2:21 = 18:42 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1344463, Tuesday

-1027 Mar 23  09:51 UT t + 2:21 = 12:12 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1346028, Saturday

Total lunar eclipse 12:12; sunset 18:04; moonrise 18:14. – Not visible from Endor!

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-1024 Jan 21  12:27 UT t + 2:21 = 14:48 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1347062, Thursday

-1024 Jul 15  18:20 UT t + 2:21 = 20:41 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1347238, Friday

-1021 Nov  8  14:29 UT t + 2:21 = 16:50 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1348449, Friday

-1020 May  4  16:31 UT t + 2:21 = 18:52 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1348627, Monday

-1017 Mar  3  14:38 UT t + 2:21 = 16:59 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1349660, Friday

-1013 Jun 15  20:57 UT t + 2:21 = 23:18 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1351225, Tuesday

-1010 Apr 14  15:26 UT t + 2:21 = 17:47 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1352259, Sunday

-1010 Oct  8  16:55 UT t + 2:21 = 19:16 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1352436, Tuesday

-1009 Apr  3  16:44 UT t + 2:21 = 19:05 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1352613, Thursday

-1006 Jan 31  20:55 UT t + 2:21 = 23:16 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1353647, Tuesday

-1002 Nov  8  11:09 UT t + 2:21 = 13:30 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1355389, Monday

If, out of these, I select the ones that could possibly occur at sunrise I get these:

AM sunrise eclipses:

-1056 Apr 13  02:41 UT t + 2:21 = 05:02 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1335457, Friday

-1050 Nov 29  08:11 UT t + 2:21 = 10:32 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1337878, Thursday

-1046 Mar 24  02:08 UT t + 2:21 = 04:29 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1339089, Thursday

-1042 Jan 10  03:52 UT t + 2:21 = 06:13 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1340477, Saturday

-1039 Oct 28  05:55 UT t + 2:21 = 08:16 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1341864, Sunday

-1035 Feb 20  06:48 UT t + 2:21 = 09:09 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1343075, Sunday

-1017 Aug 28  02:32 UT t + 2:21 = 04:53 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1349838, Monday

-1006 Jul 27  01:31 UT t + 2:21 = 03:52 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1353824, Thursday

PM sunrise eclipses:

-1078 Jun 13  21:37 UT t + 2:21 = 23:58 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1327482, Wednesday

-1071 Jan 29  14:46 UT t + 2:21 = 17:07 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1329904, Wednesday

-1057 Apr 24  15:15 UT t + 2:21 = 17:36 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1335102, Sunday

-1024 Jan 21  12:27 UT t + 2:21 = 14:48 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1347062, Thursday

-1024 Jul 15  18:20 UT t + 2:21 = 20:41 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1347238, Friday

-1021 Nov  8  14:29 UT t + 2:21 = 16:50 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1348449, Friday

-1020 May  4  16:31 UT t + 2:21 = 18:52 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1348627, Monday

-1017 Mar  3  14:38 UT t + 2:21 = 16:59 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1349660, Friday

-1013 Jun 15  20:57 UT t + 2:21 = 23:18 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1351225, Tuesday

-1010 Apr 14  15:26 UT t + 2:21 = 17:47 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1352259, Sunday

-1010 Oct  8  16:55 UT t + 2:21 = 19:16 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1352436, Tuesday

-1009 Apr  3  16:44 UT t + 2:21 = 19:05 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1352613, Thursday

-1002 Nov  8  11:09 UT t + 2:21 = 13:30 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1355389, Monday

1 Samuel 28:19 ויתן^H5414 יהוה^H3068 גם^H1571 את^H853 ישׂראל^H3478 עמך^H5973 ביד^H3027 פלשׁתים^H6430 ומחר^H4279 אתה^H859 ובניך^H1121 עמי^H5973 גם^H1571 את^H853 מחנה^H4264 ישׂראל^H3478 יתן^H5414 יהוה^H3068 ביד^H3027 פלשׁתים׃^H6430

1 Samuel 28:19 KJV Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.

1 Samuel 28:25 ותגשׁ^H5066 לפני^H6440 שׁאול^H7586 ולפני^H6440 עבדיו^H5650 ויאכלו^H398 ויקמו^H6965 וילכו^H1980 בלילה^H3915 ההוא׃^H1931

1 Samuel 28:25 KJV And she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night.

The above passages certainly makes it quite clear that Saul and his sons were to die the very next day… That is, they would die within the light and hot portion following immediately upon the night when Saul left the woman in Endor.

1 Samuel 29:10 ועתה^H6258 השׁכם^H7925 בבקר^H1242 ועבדי^H5650 אדניך^H113 אשׁר^H834 באו^H935 אתך^H854 והשׁכמתם^H7925 בבקר^H1242 ואור^H215 לכם ולכו׃^H1980

1 Samuel 29:10 KJV Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master's servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart.

1 Samuel 29:11 וישׁכם^H7925 דוד^H1732 הוא^H1931 ואנשׁיו^H582 ללכת^H1980 בבקר^H1242 לשׁוב^H7725 אל^H413 ארץ^H776 פלשׁתים^H6430 ופלשׁתים^H6430 עלו^H5927 יזרעאל׃^H3157

1 Samuel 29:11 KJV So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

Given that Aphek (verse 29:1,) located near Joppa and about half way between Jezreel in the north east and Ziklag in the south, it seems that the time for the two parties, i.e. David vs. the Philistine princes, to travel to their respective destinations, i.e. Ziklag and Jezreel, would be about the same. Considering the distance one may question whether such a distance could be traveled by either party within one day only, that is, within the Second Day of the week, as may seem indicated by these passages of Chapter 29, or else that both parties began their traveling upon the First Day of the week or even earlier, each arriving at their respective destinations upon the Third Day of the week (1 Samuel 30:1.)

Or else, if Aphek is a place located some 5 miles west south west of Endor (Map No 7 of my KJV of Orville Eros,) then the time of travel for David and his men to Ziklag would likely have been considerably longer than for the Philistines to Jezreel, considering the distance from Endor to Ziklag (120 miles as the crow flies,) yet it may be well to remember (1 Samuel 30:10) the exhaustion of the 1/3 of David’s 600 men, who couldn’t make it and who had to stay behind and rest. On the other hand, before arriving to Ziklag and the destruction there discovered, what would have been their incentive for exhausting themselves by a hurried march all that distance?

1 Samuel 30:1 ויהי^H1961 בבא^H935 דוד^H1732 ואנשׁיו^H376 צקלג^H6860 ביום^H3117 השׁלישׁי^H7992 ועמלקי^H6003 פשׁטו^H6584 אל^H413 נגב^H5045 ואל^H413 צקלג^H6860 ויכו^H5221 את^H853 צקלג^H6860 וישׂרפו^H8313 אתה^H853 באשׁ׃^H784

1 Samuel 30:1 KJV And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;

1 Samuel 30:1 TLT And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the Third Day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;

1 Samuel30:12 ויתנו^H5414 לו פלח^H6400 דבלה^H1690 ושׁני^H8147 צמקים^H6778 ויאכל^H398 ותשׁב^H7725 רוחו^H7307 אליו^H413 כי^H3588 לא^H3808 אכל^H398 לחם^H3899 ולא^H3808 שׁתה^H8354 מים^H4325 שׁלשׁה^H7969 ימים^H3117 ושׁלשׁה^H7969 לילות׃^H3915

1 Samuel 30:13 ויאמר^H559 לו דוד^H1732 למי^H4310 אתה^H859 ואי^H335 מזה^H2088 אתה^H859 ויאמר^H559 נער^H5288 מצרי^H4713 אנכי^H595 עבד^H5650 לאישׁ^H376 עמלקי^H6003 ויעזבני^H5800 אדני^H113 כי^H3588 חליתי^H2470 היום^H3117 שׁלשׁה׃^H7969

1 Samuel 30:12 KJV And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.

1 Samuel 30:13 KJV And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.

1 Samuel 30:12 TLT And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.

1 Samuel 30:13 TLT And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because on the Third Day I fell sick.

Thus counting, based upon the above given facts, I find that the young man of Egypt fell sick during the dark portion, the night, of the Third Day (v. 13,) and reckoning the first of three days as being the day portion of the Third Day, and the first of three nights as being the night portion of Day Four, that the “three days and three nights” are complete by Friday morning. Thus, this is an event that took place some time during the Day of Preparation, possibly even late afternoon and before that special day of reflection of the events of the week, the Sabbath.

1 Samuel 30:17 ויכם^H5221 דוד^H1732 מהנשׁף^H5399 ועד^H5704 הערב^H6153 למחרתם^H4283 ולא^H3808 נמלט^H4422 מהם^H1992 אישׁ^H376 כי^H3588 אם^H518 ארבע^H702 מאות^H3967 אישׁ^H376 נער^H5288 אשׁר^H834 רכבו^H7392 על^H5921 הגמלים^H1581 וינסו׃^H5127

1 Samuel 30:17 KJV And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.

1 Samuel 30:17 TLT And David smote them from the twilight of night even unto the darkness following the next morning: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.

Consistent with the above, re Sabbath, David is here recognized as observing the Sabbath hours before setting out upon his venture against the Amalekites, which venture is here recorded as having occupied most all of the First Day of the week.

1 Samuel 31:1 ופלשׁתים^H6430 נלחמים^H3898 בישׂראל^H3478 וינסו^H5127 אנשׁי^H376 ישׂראל^H3478 מפני^H6440 פלשׁתים^H6430 ויפלו^H5307 חללים^H2491 בהר^H2022 הגלבע׃^H1533

1 Samuel 31:1 KJV Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.

1 Samuel 31:1 TLT And the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.

1 Samuel 31:6 וימת^H4191 שׁאול^H7586 ושׁלשׁת^H7969 בניו^H1121 ונשׂא^H5375 כליו^H3627 גם^H1571 כל^H3605 אנשׁיו^H376 ביום^H3117 ההוא^H1931 יחדו׃^H3162

1 Samuel 31:6 KJV So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.

1 Samuel 31:6 TLT So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same First Day.

1 Samuel 31:8 ויהי^H1961 ממחרת^H4283 ויבאו^H935 פלשׁתים^H6430 לפשׁט^H6584 את^H853 החללים^H2491 וימצאו^H4672 את^H853 שׁאול^H7586 ואת^H853 שׁלשׁת^H7969 בניו^H1121 נפלים^H5307 בהר^H2022 הגלבע׃^H1533

1 Samuel 31:8 KJV And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.

1 Samuel 31:8 TLT And it came to pass after the following morning, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.

1 Samuel 31:12 ויקומו^H6965 כל^H3605 אישׁ^H376 חיל^H2428 וילכו^H1980 כל^H3605 הלילה^H3915 ויקחו^H3947 את^H853 גוית^H1472 שׁאול^H7586 ואת^H853 גוית^H1472 בניו^H1121 מחומת^H2346 בית שׁן^H1052 ויבאו^H935 יבשׁה^H3003 וישׂרפו^H8313 אתם^H853 שׁם׃^H8033

1 Samuel 31:12 KJV All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.

1 Samuel 31:12 TLT All the valiant men arose, and walked all of that night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.

1 Samuel 31:13 ויקחו^H3947 את^H853 עצמתיהם^H6106 ויקברו^H6912 תחת^H8478 האשׁל^H815 ביבשׁה^H3003 ויצמו^H6684 שׁבעת^H7651 ימים׃^H3117

1 Samuel 31:13 KJV And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

1 Samuel 31:13 TLT And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days [OR ELSE (?) covered them completely with hot ashes.]

Considering the distance (120 mi as the crow flies) from Jezreel to Ziklag (cf. my comments above re 1 Samuel 29:11,) the KJV translation “fasted seven days…” may well be the correct translation, and that, accordingly, the death of Saul and his sons preceded David’s arrival in Ziklag by a number of days…

2 Samuel 1:1 ויהי^H1961 אחרי^H310 מות^H4191 שׁאול^H7586 ודוד^H1732 שׁב^H7725 מהכות^H5221 את^H853 העמלק^H6002 וישׁב^H3427 דוד^H1732 בצקלג^H6860 ימים^H3117 שׁנים׃^H8147

2 Samuel 1:1 KJV Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;

2 Samuel 1:1 TLT Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode [through the remainder of the first] two days [of the week] in Ziklag;

2 Samuel 1:2 ויהי^H1961 ביום^H3117 השׁלישׁי^H7992 והנה^H2009 אישׁ^H376 בא^H935 מן^H4480 המחנה^H4264 מעם^H5973 שׁאול^H7586 ובגדיו^H899 קרעים^H7167 ואדמה^H127 על^H5921 ראשׁו^H7218 ויהי^H1961 בבאו^H935 אל^H413 דוד^H1732 ויפל^H5307 ארצה^H776 וישׁתחו׃^H7812

2 Samuel 1:2 KJV It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.

2 Samuel 1:2 TLT It came even to pass on the Third Day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.

Thus we find that this event took place on the Third Day of the week, and that accordingly, David arrived back to Ziklag on the Second Day of the week. Thus, apparently the camp of the Amalekites was located within less than 48 hours of travel from Ziklag (days #2 and #3.) Thus, also it is clear that this last event occurred one week after David first arrived back in Ziklag on the Third Day and after leaving the Philistines and Aphek some days prior to that, apparently early on Day One, the day when Saul and his sons died. If that is true, then it took them three days or less to travel from Aphek to Ziklag, and the same would likely be true also for the messenger out of the camp of Saul, who should have been able to arrive in Ziklag by the Fourth Day, six days before delivering his report to David. However, the records of the Scriptures seem to bear evidence of the ordinances of Numbers 19:11-12, 14, 16 having been followed. Thus it seems as though the above messenger of Saul’s death observed the seven day cleansing process such that by the end of the Seventh Day of the week (cf. Numbers 19:12 and 1 Sam 31:13) they were all considered clean. Thus, it would follow that this messenger of Saul’s death left Jabesh-Gilead early on Day One, like David exactly one week before him, and that, like David, he also arrived in Ziklag on the Third Day of the week; the traveling distance from Jabesh-Gilead being much the same as the traveling distance from Aphek, 5 miles west of Endor.

It follows then also that Saul’s visit to the woman in Endor took place on the eve of Day One, “Saturday night,” and if there was indeed a lunar eclipse associated with that visit of Saul as discussed above, then, most likely, that eclipse would have occurred in the morning of Day Seven or in the evening of Day One, that is, on a Saturday. If that is true, I find only one solution [1]: That Saturday was January 10, 1043 BCE, king Saul was killed on January 11, 1043 BCE, and the eclipse that the woman in Endor was describing had taken place near sunrise, and with a maximum eclipse at 6:13 AM local Jerusalem time, January 10, 1043 BCE:

Per my Starry Night Backyard astronomy software, as seen from the Endor horizon (32° 40’ N; 35° 24’ E; 200 m elevation,) that total lunar eclipse lasted from 5:22 AM (3:35 for beginning of penumbral shadow; 4:33 for beginning of total shadow, the umbra) – 6:59 AM local solar time in Endor (sunrise being at 7:07 AM and moonset being at 7:14 AM.)

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An important word study re the word ‘Endor:’

H5874

עין־דּר עין דּור עין־דּאר

‛êyn-d'ôr ‛êyn dôr ‛êyn-dôr

ane-dore', ane dore, ane-dore'

From H5869 and H1755; fountain of dwelling; Endor, a place in Palestine: - Endor.

H5869

עין

‛ayin

ah'-yin

Probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

H1755

דּר דּור

dôr dôr

dore, dore

From H1752; properly a revolution of time, that is, an age or generation; also a dwelling

Now, please compare that with this word ‘calves’ as in “golden calves” as found in 1 Kings 12:28; 2 Kings 10:29; and 2 Chronicles 13:8:

H5695

עגל

‛êgel

ay'-ghel

From the same as H5696; a (male) calf (as frisking round), especially one nearly grown (that is, a steer)

H5696

עגול עגל

‛âgôl ‛âgôl

aw-gole', aw-gole'

From an unused root meaning to revolve, circular

Last, please consider the impact of those words in the Hebrew! Or aren’t both of the above words, especially as highlighted in red font, very much words that may be applied also on a calendar, that is, the annual revolution of time around the year?!!!

Jeroboam used his powers for obscuring the appointed seasons of our Creator for meeting with His people on a regular basis, and he did so by setting up “two golden calves,” that is, a different calendar such that the people would be less inclined for frequent traveling to Jerusalem. Accordingly, Jeroboam became known as the pattern and example of an evil king.

Now, at this point I find, as it may appear at this time, that Endor, is set up for us in the Scriptures as a door of entry back into lost time and into lost time reckoning, seeing that we are indeed on the wrong side of that door, that is, on the side of the wicked witch who has been, and still is, bewitching most all of us, in our modern society, such that we’ve almost totally lost track of God’s own time reckoning and of the true Scriptural Calendar!!!

Thus, the very name ‘Endor’ should have alerted us to the fact that that event is indeed the key to the true fountain of God’s time and of our Creator’s calendar!

Praise the Lord for opening each our minds towards the darkness and blindness of each our own ignorant minds!!!

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At this point in time it came to me that, what if indeed the woman in Endor was describing an eclipse, but that it was not a total, but merely a partial, eclipse? Well, here are all the partial eclipses for the same era:

-1081 Feb 19  12:28 UT p + 2:21 = 14:49 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1326272, Thursday

-1081 Aug 15  22:16 UT p + 2:21 = 00:37 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1326449, Saturday/Sunday

-1080 Dec 29  18:27 UT p + 2:21 = 20:48 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1326941, Monday

-1079 Jun 24  19:12 UT p + 2:21 = 21:33 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1327128, Saturday

– Moonrise at 18:53; penumbra beginning 18:55; sunset 18:59; penumbra complete 20:15; umbra beginning 20:32; U.Mag.:0.5019 at 21:33; umbra gone 22:59; penumbra leaving 23:06; gone 00:24. – Only penumbral eclipse while sun still visible!

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-1078 Dec  8  23:11 UT p + 2:21 = 01:32 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1327660, Saturday/Sunday

-1077 Jun  3  06:51 UT p + 2:21 = 09:12 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1327837, Monday

-1076 Apr 23  15:15 UT p + 2:21 = 17:36 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1328162, Thursday

-1074 Apr  2  19:36 UT p + 2:21 = 21:57 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1328871, Saturday.

– Moonrise 17:57; sunset 18:09; penumbra beginning 19:07; penumbra complete 20:13; umbra beginning 20:20; U.Mag.:0.8856 at 21:57; umbra gone 23:21; penumbra leaving 23:27; gone 00:33. – No eclipse while sun and moon both seen simultaneously.

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-1072 Feb 10  07:55 UT p + 2:21 = 10:16 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1329550, Saturday.

– Moonset 06:52; sunrise 06:59; [U.Mag.:0.2303 at 10:16 – not visible behind the horizon!]; sunset 17:33; moonrise 17:48.

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-1072 Aug  5  20:47 UT p + 2:21 = 23:08 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1329727, Monday

-1070 Jan 19  04:07 UT p + 2:21 = 06:28 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1330259, Monday

-1070 Jul 15  06:28 UT p + 2:21 = 08:49 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1330436, Wednesday

-1069 Nov 29  20:03 UT p + 2:21 = 22:24 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1330938, Monday

-1068 May 24  06:03 UT p + 2:21 = 08:24 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1331115, Wednesday

-1067 Nov  6  23:10 UT p + 2:21 = 01:31 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1331646, Tuesday/Wednesday

-1066 May  3  15:36 UT p + 2:21 = 17:57 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1331824, Friday

-1065 Mar 24  16:43 UT p + 2:21 = 19:04 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1332149, Monday

-1065 Sep 16  22:58 UT p + 2:21 = 01:19 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1332325, Tuesday/Wednesday

-1063 Mar  1  19:44 UT p + 2:21 = 22:05 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1332857, Tuesday

-1063 Aug 26  06:12 UT p + 2:21 = 08:33 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1333035, Friday

-1061 Jan 10  03:12 UT p + 2:21 = 05:33 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1333537, Wednesday

-1061 Jul  6  01:45 UT p + 2:21 = 04:06 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1333714, Friday

-1060 Dec 19  07:48 UT p + 2:21 = 10:09 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1334246, Friday

-1059 Jun 13  14:04 UT p + 2:21 = 16:25 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1334422, Saturday.

U.Mag.:0.5105 at 16:25; sunset 18:54; moonrise 18:55. Eclipse not visible from Endor… unless located far more SE.

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-1054 Feb 20  15:25 UT p + 2:21 = 17:46 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1336135, Thursday

-1054 Aug 17  04:30 UT p + 2:21 = 06:51 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1336313, Sunday

-1052 Jan 30  12:38 UT p + 2:21 = 14:59 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1336844, Saturday.

U.Mag.:0.8353 at 14:59; sunset 17:25; moonrise 17:26. Neither eclipse, nor sun and moon visible from Endor… unless located far more NE.

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-1052 Jul 25  13:12 UT p + 2:21 = 15:33 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1337021, Monday

-1051 Dec 10  04:36 UT p + 2:21 = 06:57 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1337523, Saturday.

Penumbra beginning 04:37; penumbra complete 05:57; umbra beginning 06:06; sunrise 06:48:49; moonset complete 06:50:56. U.Mag. 0.3390 at 06:57. ~0.25 covered at simultaneous sunrise/moonset.

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-1050 Jun  4  13:21 UT p + 2:21 = 15:42 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1337700, Monday

-1049 Nov 18  07:18 UT p + 2:21 = 09:39 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1338232, Monday

-1048 May 13  23:00 UT p + 2:21 = 01:21 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1338409, Wednesday/Thursday

-1047 Apr  3  23:46 UT p + 2:21 = 02:07 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1338734, Saturday/Sunday

-1047 Sep 27  07:31 UT p + 2:21 = 09:52 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1338911, Monday

-1045 Mar 13  02:50 UT p + 2:21 = 05:11 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1339443, Monday

-1045 Sep  6  14:17 UT p + 2:21 = 16:38 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1339620, Wednesday

-1043 Jan 20  11:52 UT p + 2:21 = 14:13 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1340122, Monday

-1043 Jul 16  08:23 UT p + 2:21 = 10:44 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1340298, Tuesday

-1042 Dec 30  16:21 UT p + 2:21 = 18:42 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1340831, Wednesday

-1041 Jun 24  21:22 UT p + 2:21 = 23:43 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1341007, Thursday

-1036 Mar  2  22:47 UT p + 2:21 = 01:08 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1342720, Tuesday/Wednesday

-1036 Aug 27  12:20 UT p + 2:21 = 14:41 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1342898, Friday

-1034 Feb  9  21:00 UT p + 2:21 = 23:21 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1342898, Thursday

-1034 Aug  5  20:04 UT p + 2:21 = 22:25 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1343606, Saturday.

Moonrise 18:49; sunset 18:57; penumbra beginning 19:23; penumbra complete 20:34; umbra beginning 20:52; U.Mag.:0.8123 at 22:25; – No eclipse while sun and moon both still visible.

(13)

-1033 Dec 21  13:05 UT p + 2:21 = 15:26 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1344109, Friday

-1032 Jun 14  20:41 UT p + 2:21 = 23:02 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1344285, Saturday.

Moonrise 18:38; sunset 18:55; penumbra beginning 20:44; penumbra complete 21:51; umbra beginning 21:54; U.Mag.

0.6485 at 23:02

; umbra gone 00:27; penumbra leaving 00:27; penumbra gone 01:34. – Sun and moon not simultaneously visible at time of eclipse.

(14)

-1031 Nov 28  15:28 UT p + 2:21 = 17:49 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1344817, Saturday.

Moonrise 16:54 w. 0.6 umbra covering; sunset 17:00; U.Mag.: 0.8320 at 17:50. Umbra gone 19:15, penumbra gone 20:37.

 (15)

-1030 May 25  06:21 UT p + 2:21 = 08:42 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1344995, Tuesday

-1029 Oct  8  16:11 UT p + 2:21 = 18:32 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1345496, Saturday.

At sunset 17:48 moon barely rising above horizon while 0.9 covered by penumbra; umbra becoming visible 18:01; U.Mag.: 0.1713 at 18:41; gone 19:13; penumbra gone 20:47. – Not a likely candidate since sun and moon barely visible together and even then, albeit at that time, with only the penumbral shadow!

(16)

-1025 Jan 31  20:23 UT p + 2:21 = 22:44 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1346707, Saturday.

Moonrise at 17:04; sunset at 17:25; penumbra beginning 20:45; penumbra complete & umbra beginning at 21:49; U.Mag.: 0.4325 at 22:44; umbra gone 23:50, penumbra leaving 23:50; penumbra gone 01:04. – Sun and moon not simultaneously visible during eclipse.

(17)

-1025 Jul 27  15:10 UT p + 2:21 = 17:31 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1346884, Monday

-1023 Jan 10  00:46 UT p + 2:21 = 03:07 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1347417, Tuesday

-1023 Jul  5  04:44 UT p + 2:21 = 07:05 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1347593, Wednesday

-1021 May 16  05:52 UT p + 2:21 = 08:13 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1348273, Thursday

-1018 Sep  7  20:17 UT p + 2:21 = 22:38 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1349483, Wednesday

-1016 Feb 21  05:15 UT p + 2:21 = 07:36 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1350015, Wednesday

-1016 Aug 16  03:06 UT p + 2:21 = 05:27 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1350192, Friday

-1014 Dec 31  21:28 UT p + 2:21 = 23:49 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1351059, Thursday

-1014 Jun 26  04:07 UT p + 2:21 = 06:28 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1350871, Friday

-1013 Dec  9  23:36 UT p + 2:21 = 01:57 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1351402, Thursday/Friday

-1012 Jun  4  13:42 UT p + 2:21 = 16:03 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1351580, Sunday

-1011 Oct 19  00:58 UT p + 2:21 = 03:19 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1352082, Friday

-1007 Feb 11  04:47 UT p + 2:21 = 07:08 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1353293, Friday

-1005 Jan 21  09:02 UT p + 2:21 = 11:23 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1353293, Sunday

-1005 Jul 16  12:15 UT p + 2:21 = 14:36 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1354178, Monday

-1003 May 26  13:07 UT p + 2:21 = 15:28 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1354797, Thursday

-1000 Sep 18  04:22 UT p + 2:21 = 06:43 Jerusalem solar time - Julian day 1356069, Tuesday

Notice that out of these eleven (11) Saturday partial eclipses only three[2] were eclipsing while the sun and the moon were both yet visible together, as seemingly described by the words of the woman at Endor. Yet, this provides more options in addition to the previously described total eclipses.

Adding another piece of the puzzle defining the month of the year

Interestingly, I was shown the answer to the above dilemma even before analyzing each of these added options. That is, upon opening up my Bible at bedtime early Sabbath, Av 11, 2026, [Friday July 24, 2010,] and Sabbath morning, to these same last chapters of 1 Samuel, I rediscovered 1 Samuel 27:7, which several years ago I was also carefully considering, though unsuccessfully, with a view to finding a firm anchor point in time for a more distant Old Testament event… Well, adding these two pieces of the puzzle together, it seems such an anchor point may indeed be found!

1 Samuel 27:7 ויהי^H1961 מספר^H4557 הימים^H3117 אשׁר^H834 ישׁב^H3427 דוד^H1732 בשׂדה^H7704 פלשׁתים^H6430 ימים^H3117 וארבעה^H702 חדשׁים׃^H2320

1 Samuel 27:7 KJV And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.

1 Samuel 27:7 TLT And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was one summer plus four months.

You see, these words “a full year and four months…,”to the Hebrew way of thinking and per Scriptural usage, is a whole lot more specific than may at first be realized by someone steeped in Greek, Latin and modern thinking. Indeed, the plural word “ימים,”translated in KJV “a full year,” pertains to a Scriptural calendar year, that is, from one Tishri 22 unto the next Tishri 22, were the plural is used for indicating additional time beyond the cut-off of that year, that is, anything more than exactly one year! Or else, I believe more likely, the word “ימים” pertains to the “hot days” of summer, which summer season likewise ends (in the Northern hemisphere) at the end of the Scripture year. Either way, it follows that the added phrase “and four months…,” “וארבעה חדשׁים,”points to the 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, and 11^th New Moons of the Scriptural year. It follows from that that the end of David’s stay in Ziklag, before his moving to Hebron (cf. 2 Samuel 2:1-3,) was reckoned past the time of the full moon, the time when the moon turned “old” (cf. 1 Samuel 28:14 and the words translated “An old man cometh up…,” that is, in reference to the full moon!,) of said 11^th month. Thus, we have one more constraint that we may use for selecting between the above given options. Considering each and all of those total and partial eclipses falling on a Saturday, that is, six total eclipses and eleven partial eclipses, I find, using NASA’s Phases of the Moon tables, the following:

1. The January 10, 1043 BCE eclipse, #4 above, would fit, provided only that David reckoned his move from Ziklag to Hebron to a point in time after the New moon of February 24, 1043 BCE and before the New Moon of March 26, 1043 BCE. Or else, if he reckoned it to a point within the month prior, that the aviv of the year prior was quite early, such that Month #1, Abib, was reckoned from March 7, 1044 BCE, which is a possible event, though quite rare, especially considering that the summer solstice at that time would have occurred about 11 days later than it does presently, i.e. about July 2 or July 3.

2. The March 23, 1028 BCE eclipse, #6 above, might have been considered so far as timing is concerned, but it wasn’t even possibly visible from the Endor horizon.

3. The April 2, 1075 BCE eclipse, #8 above, might be considered so far as timing is concerned, provided a) the aviv of 1076 BCE was later than March 30, 1076 BCE, and b) David reckoned his stay in Ziklag as having ended prior to the partial eclipse of April 2, 1075 BCE, that is, before the time when Ziklag was burnt down by the Amalekites (or at the very least, before the next New Moon on April 16, 1075, that is, to before a point in time within seven days of his learning of Saul’s and Jonathan’s deaths.) c) As to the eclipse event itself, however, I do not find this option consistent with the woman’s of Endor words re the sun and the moon having been seen together while at the same time there was a lunar eclipse. Considering the unlikeliness of any, much less all, of these three conditions being true, I do not find this a viable option. In addition 1075 BCE seems too far off…

4. The February 10, 1073 BCE eclipse, #9 above, might have been considered so far as timing is concerned, but it wasn’t even possibly visible from the Endor horizon.

5. The January 30, 1053 BCE eclipse, #11 above, might have been considered so far as timing is concerned, but it wasn’t even possibly visible from the Endor horizon.

6. The January 31, 1026 BCE partial eclipse, #17 above, might be considered so far as timing is concerned, provided a) the aviv of 1027 BCE was ripe enough before March 29, 1027 BCE, and b) David reckoned his stay in Ziklag as having ended after the partial eclipse of January 31, 1026 BCE, that is, after the time when Ziklag was burnt down by the Amalekites, and before the next full moon on March 2, 1026 BCE, or, at the very least, before the next New Moon on March 18, 1026, that is, to before a point in time within seven days of his learning of Saul’s and Jonathan’s deaths.) c) As to the eclipse event itself, however, I do not find this option consistent with the woman’s of Endor words re the sun and the moon having been seen together while at the same time there was a lunar eclipse. Furthermore, if this option were to be true anyhow, then the woman at Endor would have had to have made a double observation in the evening, first having observed the sun and the moon being simultaneously above the horizon before sunset, and then, much later at night (between 10:15 PM and 11:15 PM,) perhaps even while being visited by Saul, again observing the actual eclipse, an eclipse that indeed wasn’t all that impressive, having no more than 43.25% of its diameter shadowed by the umbra. Although conditions a) and b) above do not seem unlikely, I do not find c) a likely possibility, most especially considering that I’ve not seen any such evening observations of the sun and the moon being seen together, being recorded on VAT 4956, the Babylonian clay tablet from Nebuchadnezzar’s 37^th year of reign.

All six options having been considered, I find that only item #1, my originally perceived and accepted(?) option, remains as a likely event consistent with all constraints I’ve thus far found. Thus, I find in the words of 1 Samuel 27:7, “a full year and four months…,”a confirmation of Saul’s death having taken place on Day One of the week, Tevet (the 10^th moon) 15, 1043 BCE.

And again, I do find confirmation for this line of reasoning, re the words of the woman of Endor pertaining to an eclipse, also from the very meaning inherent in the Hebrew word ‘Endor.’

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[1] That is, initially, before looking into the possibility of partial eclipses… – Which triggered my discovery of an oversight re near midnight eclipses such as had different UT and Jerusalem horizon dates… though for various reasons all of those oversights turned out to be less likely candidates due to the fact that none of those added eclipses were visible while the sun and the moon were visible together. My partial eclipse investigation, however, revealed an additional 11 Saturday eclipses… out of which two, actually three though one of the three pertained only to the penumbral shadow which is essentially invisible, were eclipses visible while the sun and the moon were both visible at the same time: 1) December 10, 1052 BCE, 2) Nov 28, 1032 BCE [and 3) June 24, 1080 BCE, the one with only the penumbral shadow.]

Thus the matter became a bit more complicated. How can one be certain re which one, if any?