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Created 5938[(??)] 02 02 2027 [2011-06-05]

Edited 5924[(*??*)] 06 09 2028 [2012-09-25]

Added 5925[(*??*)] 12 08 2029 [2013-03-21] Footnote re additional ancient maps, link to Chandler’s Wobble mapping…

Edited 5925[(*??*)] 01 18 2029 [2013-04-29] – Revised the section re the crossing of Jordan. Cf. prior version.

Edited 5926[(*??*)] 07 23 2029 [2013-10-28] – Correcting moonset time for Apr 25, 1423 BCE in a footnote.

 

 

Bridging the Gap?

Yes, but how can I find the correct latitude and longitude etc., if those data are not already built into my astronomy software?

 

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King Saul’s Death

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If it was not the Lunar Eclipse of

January 10, 1043 BCE, then which one was it?

 

Could it be that it was the eclipse of

 

March 23, 1028 BCE…

 

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The Similarities between the Language of the Babylonian Tablet VAT 4956 and that of 1 Samuel 28:13 still remains…

 

 

 

 

Considerations:

I’ve been toying with my Earth globe today (5938[(??)] 02 02 2027 [2011-06-05,]) and I’ve made some interesting discoveries. In particular I had been wondering about those 36 undefined units mentioned in the Hebrew Book of Jasher re what seems to be the length of time that the sun and the moon stood still…

 

 

Re the sun and the moon in the Valley of Ajalon

First I did what I could to identify the particulars re the location of Ajalon and the Valley of Ajalon. I learnt that the ancient Ajalon was located about 13 km WNW from Jerusalem and that the modern name for that place is Yalo. Furthermore I discovered that, from the vantage point of Yalo, the one and only direction towards the Valley of Ajalon is in the range of North and North East. The only thing is that given current geographical parameters and the path of the sun and the moon, I can find no time during the year when the moon could be said to be located in the Valley of Ajalon. Thus, I find reason for believing that this Scripture record is evidence for at least one significant pole shift since that point in time.

Furthermore, reviewing the book Pole Shift by John White I find (between pages 207 and 209) a map showing “the path of the north pole according to Charles Hapgood,” which map shows four different locations for the north pole:

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The following paragraph (including also the added picture of the Path of the South Pole) was modified on 5924[(*??*)] 09 27 2028 [2012-01-22]

I do not find the above map in any one of the three books[1] by Charles Hapgood that I’ve reviewed. The Spitsbergen area pole placement is consistent with Grid B in Figure 18 on page 36 of Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings, but notice also the latitudes as given in Figure 36 on page 60! Please notice also that Charles Hapgood’s forte and all absorbing interest was ancient maps, most especially the Piri Reis map (or at least that is true for the book published in 1966.) Upon studying Charles Hapgood’s book, Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings (1966,)[2] it becomes obvious to me that the above pole placements are based upon very precise and knowledgeable research and insight. Hapgood’s first book from 1958, does not contain such precise details based upon ancient, originally very precise, worldwide maps. However, the 2nd edition of that book, issued under the title Path of the Pole, does. In particular I notice Chapter 4 (pp. 89-124) which bears the title Evidence for the North Pole in Hudson Bay. Section 2 (pp. 90-92) of that chapter in entitled Remarkable Features of the Last North American Ice Cap, and Section 9 (pp. 111-122) of the same chapter is entitled: “The Evidence of an Ancient Map.” Section 9 of Path of the Pole (1970) is based upon, and giving reference to (cf. p. 111,) Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings (1966.)  On page 107 of the Path of the Pole I find the following map, and on page 106 I find that the placement of the last prior location of the pole is derived from the opposite pole being located in Hudson Bay:

 

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The very ancient maps discussed in Charles Hapgood’s work from 1966, Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings, I believe were originally drawn prior to the event being recorded in Joshua 10:12-13 and Book of Jasher 88:63-65 (cf. below!,) that is, while the pole was located at the Spitsbergen area location. Or, more likely, the most ancient maps, upon which Charles Hapgood’s 1966 work is based, were drawn even as early as when the pole was located in the South West Alaska area, or it would not be in Charles Hapgood’s works… I believe the Alaska area pole placement may likely correspond to a pre- or peri-Exodus situation. I do find it interesting that not until close to the end of his 1966 book is Charles Hapgood even mentioning his earlier work from 1958. However, on pages 185-190 in section 3 of Chapter XII of his book Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings, Charles Hapgood is briefly touching on his earlier work from 1958 in terms making his latter work from 1966 supportive of his earlier work from 1958. Furthermore, on pages 199-204 of the same work he is referencing some very strong support, in the form of C-14 dating, for the Cuicuilco pyramid in Mexico having been built several centuries prior to 2160 BC, which pyramid building era he suggests as being the time when these most ancient maps were originally drawn. (I believe Charles Hapgood, in spite of being a true pioneer and free thinker, was yet not able to disassociate himself from the grand errors inherent in the heresies within the teachings of evolution, that is, in contradistinction from the fundamentals of natural facts as they are found in nature and in real time.)

Marking each of the above three specified past locations of the North Pole upon my own globe and also each of the corresponding equators, I get a good tool for helping me better visualize and understand the nature of polar shifts of the ancient past.

One of the first things that strikes me while preparing my globe is that the pole shift from #2 to #3, (i.e. from Spitsbergen, Norway, to Hudson Bay, Canada) is very close to a 36 degree shift, that is, the pole shift most likely to be associated with the record found in Joshua 10:12-13 and the distance or time being specified in the Book of Jasher!:

 

63 And when they were smiting, the day was declining toward evening, and Joshua said in the sight of all the people, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon, and thou moon in the valley of Ajalon, until the nation shall have revenged itself upon its enemies.

64 And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Joshua, and the sun stood still in the midst of the heavens, and it stood still six and thirty moments, and the moon also stood still and hastened not to go down a whole day.

65 And there was no day like that, before it or after it, that the Lord hearkened to the voice of a man, for the Lord fought for Israel.

(Book of Jasher 88:63-65)

 

Furthermore, upon looking at the mechanics of that movement, by playing with my globe, it seems to me very likely that that 36 degree shift is also part and parcel of the west to east rotational movement of the core underneath the crust, which, if true, means that that entire movement would have taken less than two (2) hours to accomplish from start to finish. If that isn’t a movement of catastrophic proportions I don’t know what is! Makes me wonder as to whether or not such a movement wouldn’t be most likely initiated by means of a collision with an asteroid of good size, that is, as opposed to a wobbling gyro effect and/or unbalanced polar caps?

 

 

Polar ice caps as a driving force for past and potential future pole shifts:

After having finished preparing my globe, by marking the before and after pole placement and the before and after equators, and while considering the pattern I am seeing, I seem to notice that the before and after positions of each shift seem to agree with the most likely polar ice cap distribution as a driving force, which if true could be helpful for predicting what type of movement might be associated with any future pole shift…

Realizing that, more than likely, the safest places, for survival of any sizeable sudden pole shift in our future, would be near the axis for the polar shift, I seem to find that one such location would be near Hawaii and the other would be near Axum, Ethiopia, that is, where the Ark of the Covenant reportedly has found a secure resting place for the last 1,600 years or so…

 

 

 

 

Added 5924[(*??*)] 11 12 2028 [2012-03-06] – [i.e. this section up to “Re pole shift #3 – King Hezekiah’s pole shift…”]

 

After having been considering these things now for some nine months, and after having been slowly but surely learning how to use a powerful Auto Cad software program, I have now been able to create what I believe are some fairly precise computer reconstructions of each of the last three pole shifts. Said reconstructions are primarily based upon Charles Hapgood’s findings re the last three locations of the poles. Adding the time factor, as evidenced by the Scripture record, to Charles Hapgood’s findings, little room is left for further speculation…

Yet, there were some things that had to be determined in order to satisfy the requirements given by those two sources, i.e. the Holy Scriptures and Charles Hapgood’s research findings re the precise position of the poles of the past. For instance: What about the exact paths of movement of the poles between one position and the next? Would those paths follow roughly the lines drawn in the above maps? Could it be that, on the contrary, each of those sudden pole shifts were in the nature of the entire crust of the Earth being tilted some 150 degrees, that is, such that the last prior north pole location came to be shifted to a position close to the prior south pole, and vice versa?

Given the particulars of the Scripture record I have found, by means of my computer models, that, when the poles are being moved some 150 degrees between the locations indicated by Charles Hapgood’s research, and when the polar movements are being fitted to the time of day indicated per the firsthand records provided by the Holy Scriptures, then there is a hand to glove fit between the events as recorded in the Scriptures and the locations of the poles as discovered by Charles Hapgood’s research. To me, this is strong confirmation indeed for my computer models being representations of the true scenario in real time not too long ago.

Furthermore, given the many details within the greater picture provided by my computer simulations of these past events, I seem to find excellent explanations for a number of heretofore unexplained geological and archeological findings. For instance:

1.      The muck of Alaska. Quoting from the beginning of Chapter One in Earth in Upheaval by Immanuel Velikovsky:

“In Alaska, to the north of Mount McKinley, the tallest mountain in North America, the Tanana Valley and the valleys of its tributaries gold is mined out of gravel and “muck.” This muck is a frozen mass of animals and trees.

“F. Rainey of the University of Alaska described the scene[3]; “Wide cuts, often several miles in length and sometimes as much as 140 feet in depth, are now being sluiced out along stream valleys tributary to the Tanana in the Fairbanks District… This ‘muck’ contains enormous numbers of frozen bones of extinct animals such as the mammoth, mastodon, super-bison and horse.”[4]

“These animals perished in rather recent times; present estimates place their extinction at the end of the Ice Age or in early post-glacial times. The soil of Alaska covered their bodies together with those of animals of species still surviving.

“Under what conditions did this great slaughter take place, in which millions upon millions of animals were torn limb from limb and mingled with uprooted trees?

“F. C. Hibben of the University of New Mexico writes: “Although the formation of he deposits of muck is not clear, there is ample evidence that at least portions of this material were deposited under catastrophic conditions. Mammal remains are for the most part dismembered and disarticulated, even though some fragments yet retain, in their frozen state, portions of ligaments, skin, hair, and flesh. Twisted and torn trees are piled in splintered masses. . . . At least four considerable layers of volcanic ash may be traced in these deposits, although they are extremely warped and distorted. . . . ”[5]

“Muck deposits like those of the Tanana River Valley are found in the lower reaches of the Yukon in the western part of the peninsula, on the Koyukuk River that flows into the Yukon from the north, on the Kuskokwim River that empties its waters into Bering Sea, and at several places along the Arctic coast, and so “may be considered to extend in greater or lesser thickness over all unglaciated areas of the northern peninsula.”[6]

“In various levels of the muck, stone artifacts were found “frozen in situ at great depths and in apparent association” with the Ice Age fauna, which implies that “men were contemporary with extinct animals in Alaska.”[7] Worked flints, characteristically shaped, called Yuma points, were repeatedly found in the Alaskan muck, one hundred and more feet below the surface. One such spear point was found there between a lion’s jaw and a mammoth’s tusk.[8] Similar weapons were used only a few generations ago by the Indians of the Athapascan tribe, who camped in the upper Tanana Valley.[9] “It has also been suggested that even modern Eskimo points are remarkably Yuma-like,”[10] all of which indicates that the multitudes of torn animals and splintered forests date from a time not many thousand years ago.”

(Velikovsky, Immanuel, Earth in Upheaval, p. 1-3 (1955.))

 

 

“Animals, torn and broken, many of which are of extinct forms, are found in enormous heaps in Alaska, their bones and skin still fresh…”

(Velikovsky, Immanuel, Earth in Upheaval, p. 203 (1955.))

 

 

2.      The pottery in the Mid-East showing evidence of being burnt in the oven at a time when the magnetic poles were inversed relative to their present positions:

“The position of the ancient vases during firing is known. They were fired in a standing position, as the flow of the glaze testifies. The magnetic inclination or the magnetic dip of the iron particles in the fired clay indicates which was the nearest magnetic pole, the south or the north.

“In 1896 Giuseppe Folgheraiter began his careful studies of Attic (Greek) and Etruscan vases of various centuries, starting with the eighth century before the present era. His conclusion was that in the eighth century the earth’s magnetic field was inverted in Italy and Greece.[11] Italy and Greece were closer to the south than to the north magnetic pole.”

(Velikovsky, Immanuel, Earth in Upheaval, p. 146 (1955.))

 

Well, it seems to me as though my computer simulations are suggesting that a horrific tsunami, possibly mixed with a polar ice cap in the process of breaking up while sweeping across all of Australia, and that these same waters, with all their contents, became deposited, within some six to ten hours, over Alaska. Please notice that all these masses of water, ice, and debris were largely staying put in their original place relative to the core of the Earth, that is, while the thin crust of the Earth made its sudden and very rapid polar shift. Indeed, this polar shift was way too sudden and way too fast for the vast waters of the ocean to follow along to any great extent. And certainly, in that kind of setting, the waters would be exceedingly turbulent, most especially near the bottom, with little or nothing settling to the bottom until the very end of the polar shift.

Re said Attic and Etruscan pottery, well, Italy (or more specifically Tuscany, in the mid to upper part of Italy, where the Etruscans lived,) and Greece (specifically Athens,) per my computer simulations, were at that time, prior to the time of Hezekiah, located at latitude 38 and 27 degrees South, respectively.

– If someone proficient in French would be willing and able to look up Velikovsky’s references[12] and find out some more exact particulars re the orientation of the magnetism in those Attic and Etruscan vases, I would find such information quite valuable for purposes of seeing this scenario even more clearly. Thanks!

 

 

 

Re pole shift #3 – King Hezekiah’s pole shift (from Hudson Bay, Canada to present placement in the Arctic Sea:)

Eventually I get to a major object of this little globe project of mine, that is, to learn something about how to reckon the timing of any pre-Hezekiah recordings of ancient celestial events. Realizing that by knowing the pre and post positions of any two sequential polar locations I can identify also a corresponding axis for that shift. Using that axis and then rotating the point of observation accordingly it should be possible to identify, fairly accurately, the pre and post geographical coordinates for most any location of observation. Being a little unsure of myself re these somewhat unfamiliar things, I nevertheless seem to find an approximate position for Mt. Tabor in Galilee, from where I believe, most likely, the woman in En-Dor made her observations. My findings (realizing that for the solar shadow to reverse, the polar shift must necessarily have been on the order of 180 ±30 degrees and such that, from the point of view of the ancient observer, east and west would have traded places!) were as follows:

Approximate axis of Hezekiah’s pole shift in terms of current latitude and longitude: 175 degrees W / 0 degree N; and 5 degrees E / 0 degree N.

Post pole shift location for Mt. Tabor, Israel, (i.e. the current location:) 32 deg 48 min N; 35 deg 23 min E

Pre pole shift location for Mt. Tabor, Israel: 13 degrees South; 41 degrees W.

 

Given those last coordinates I should now be prepared for reviewing once again the same era of eclipses previously considered for King Saul’s visit with the woman at En-Dor, however this time using different geographical coordinates, which coordinates will seem to correspond closely to the current coordinates for a point west of Salvador and north of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in S. America:

                                                       

 

Legend:

 

Assessing the Words of the Woman at Endor to King Saul vs. a Pre-Hezekiah Pole Shifted Horizon of Mt Tabor

 

Assessing each of all 91 lunar eclipses that were at all visible from 13 S; 41 W

from 1083 BCE through 1000 BCE

 

Identifying one most likely eclipse date out of 21 possible candidates (cf. column #1:)

 

March 23, 1028 BCE

 

Legend:

Not possible

Not possible

Possible, but less likely

Possible, but less likely

Good fit

Good fit

#

Year

Date

(color coding added after all other color coding)

Weekday

 (at local solar time of maximum eclipse)

Type of eclipse

(& maximum umbral magnitude)

Eclipse visibility

from the 13 S; 41 W horizon (local SNB solar time)

Maximum eclipse time

(UT time)

Maximum eclipse time

Pre-Hezekiah Mt Tabor

solar time

(13 S; 41 W)

AM                     PM

Sunrise time

Pre-Hezekiah Mt Tabor solar time

(13 S; 41 W; 2011)

Sunset time

Pre-Hezekiah Mt Tabor solar time

(13 S; 41 W; 2011)

Assessment

for each eclipse re its potential for being the eclipse seen by the woman at En-dor

1

-1082

Aug 26

Tue

Total

 

06:56

04:13

 

06:08

 

 

2

-1081

Aug 15

Sat

Partial (0.8401)

Moonrise: 17:41:27 while 75% penumbra eclipsed; umbral: 18:00-20:56; penumbral: ‑22:02

22:16

 

19:33

 

17:55

 

SNB sunset: 17:50:35

This penumbral eclipse was not likely noticeable at the time of sunset. Thus it is not a good fit for the words of the woman at En-dor. Nor is it a 1st sunrise fullmoon as suggested by the record of the Babylonian clay tablet VAT 4956.

3

-1080

Dec 29

Thu

Partial

 

18:27

 

15:44

 

18:29

 

4

-1079

June 24

Sat

Partial (0.5019)

Moonrise: 17:31:06 while 24% umbral eclipsed and waning; umbral: ‑17:57; penumbral: ‑19:23

19:12

 

16:29

 

17:43

 

SNB sunset: 17:35:02

This sunset lunar eclipse could have been visible on the evening of Saul’s visit with the woman at En-dor. It’s main drawback is that it is 47 years off from my prior calculations based upon the kings of Israel and Judah

5

-1079

Dec 19

Tue

Total

 

10:18

07:35

 

05:30

18:24

 

6

-1078

June 13

Wed

Total

 

21:37

 

18:54

 

17:41

 

7

-1078

Dec 8

Sat

Partial (0.6852)

Moonrise: 18:11:33 while 41% penumbral eclipsed and growing; umbral: 19:02-21:44; penumbral: ‑22:58

23:11

 

20:28

 

18:18

 

SNB sunset: 18:21:52

This penumbral eclipse was not likely noticeable at the time of sunset. Thus it is not a good fit for the words of the woman at En-dor. Nor is it a 1st sunrise fullmoon as suggested by the record of the Babylonian clay tablet VAT 4956.

8

-1077

June 3

Mon

Partial

 

06:51

04:08

 

06:16

 

 

9

-1076

Oct 17

Sat

Partial (0.0022)

Penumbral: 04:28‑; moonset: 05:41:29 while 76% penumbral eclipsed and growing

09:22

06:39

 

05:34

 

SNB sunrise: 05:41:39

 

This lunar eclipse was not likely visible, seeing that it was, from the 13 S; 41 W horizon, only a penumbral eclipse, and also that the sun and the moon was not above the horizon at the same time.

10

-1075

Apr 13

Tue

Total

 

07:50

05:07

 

06:06

 

 

11

-1074

Apr 2

Sat

Partial (0.8856)

Moonrise: 18:08:52 while 23% umbral eclipsed and waning; umbral: ‑18:23; penumbral: ‑19:31

19:36

 

16:53

 

18:03

 

SNB sunset: 18:09:38

This borderline visibility sunset lunar eclipse could have been visible on the evening of Saul’s visit with the woman at En-dor. It’s main drawback, besides being borderline visible, is that it is 42 years off from my prior calculations based upon the kings of Israel and Judah

12

-1074

Sep 26

Sun

Total

 

00:08

 

21:25

 

17:56

 

13

-1072

Feb 10

Sat

Partial (0.2303)

Penumbral: 02:53‑; umbral: 04:39‑; moonset: 06:04:17 while 8% umbra eclipsed and waning

07:55

05:12

 

05:57

 

SNB sunrise: 05:57:53

 

This sunrise lunar eclipse would have been visible on the morning of the day of Saul’s visit with the woman at En-dor. It’s main drawback is that it is 40 years off from my prior calculations based upon the kings of Israel and Judah

14

-1072

Aug 5

Mon

Partial

 

20:47

 

18:04

 

17:54

 

15

-1071

Jul 26

Sat

Total

Penumbral: 23:09-05:07; umbral: 00:18-03:57; total: 01:14-03:00; moonset: 06:31:33

04:48

02:05

 

06:22

 

SNB sunrise: 06:17:50

 

This late night lunar eclipse was not visible at sunrise, although the full moon was, and is thus not a good fit to the words of the woman at En-dor.

16

-1070

Jan 19

Mon

Partial

 

04:07

01:24

 

05:47

 

 

17

-1070

Jul 15

Wed

Partial

 

06:28

03:45

 

06:23

 

 

18

-1069

Nov 29

Mon

Partial

 

20:03

 

17:20

 

18:13

 

19

-1068

May 24

Wed

Partial

 

06:03

03:20

 

06:13

 

 

20

-1068

Nov 17

Fri

Total

Moonrise: 17:59:40; penumbral: 18:14-00:24; umbral: 19:28-23:09; total: 20:28-22:09

23:59

 

21:16

 

18:07

 

SNB sunset: 18:10:55

This evening lunar eclipse was not visible while the sun was up, though the full moon was. It would have taken place about 24 hours prior to Saul’s visit with the woman at En-dor.

21

-1067

May 13

Sun

Total

 

22:28

 

19:45

 

17:42

 

22

-1067

Nov 6

Tue

Partial

 

23:10

 

20:27

 

18:03

 

23

-1065

Sep 16

Tue

Partial

 

22:58

 

20:15

 

17:56

 

24

-1064

Mar 12

Fri

Total

Moonrise: 18:23:06 while 14% umbral eclipsed: umbral: ‑18:34; penumbral: ‑19:44

19:18

 

16:35

 

18:16

 

SNB sunset: 18:24:53

This sunset lunar eclipse would have taken place more than 24 hour prior to Saul’s visit with the woman at En-dor. It is not a standard 1st sunrise full moon such as is suggested by the Babylonian VAT 4956 clay table record…

25

-1063

Mar 1

Tue

Partial

 

19:44

 

17:01

 

18:23

 

26

-1063

Aug 26

Fri

Partial (0.9110)

Penumbral: 00:50‑06:01; umbral: 01:57-04:55; moonset:  06:20:03

06:12

03:29

 

06:08

 

This late night lunar eclipse would have taken place more than 36 hours prior to Saul’s visit with the woman at En-dor…

27

-1061

Jan 10

Wed

Partial

 

03:12

00:29

 

05:42

 

 

28

-1061

Jul 5

Thu

Partial (0.3557)

Penumbral: 20:33‑; umbral: 22:11-;

13:45

 

23:02

 

17:47

 

29

-1061

Dec 30

Sun

Total

 

19:07

 

16:24

 

18:29

 

30

-1060

Jun 24

Tue

Total

 

04:25

01:42

 

06:22

 

 

31

-1060

Dec 19

Fri

Partial (0.6862)

Penumbral: 02:24‑; umbral: 03:42-; moonset: 05:40:20 while 51% umbral eclipsed and waning

07:48

05:05

 

05:30

 

This sunrise lunar eclipse would have taken place more than 36 hours prior to Saul’s visit with the woman at En-dor…

32

-1057

Oct 17

Mon

Total

 

21:26

 

18:43

 

17:58

 

33

-1056

Apr 13

Thu

Total

 

02:41

 

23:58

 

17:56

 

34

-1056

Oct  6

Sat

Total

Penumbral: 03:23‑; umbral: 04:28-; total: 05:43-; totally eclipsed moonset: 05:53:13

08:44

06:01

 

05:40

 

SNB: 05:48:06

 

The sun and the moon were not visible at the same time above the horizon, albeit the totally eclipsed (and therefore invisible) moon had not yet set at the time of sunrise…

35

-1054

Aug 17

Sun

Partial (0.2722)

Penumbral: 23:38-04:17; umbral: 01:09-02:48; moonset: 06:27:12

04:30

01:47

 

06:14

 

This midnight lunar eclipse would not have taken place while the sun was also visible, and also this 1st sunrise full moon would not have been visible until the morning after Saul’s visit to the woman at En-dor, that is, on the morning of Day One of the week…

36

-1053

Feb  9

Mon

Total

 

22:51

 

20:08

 

18:32

 

37

-1053

Aug 6

Thu

Total

 

11:55

09:12

 

06:19

17:54

 

38

-1051

Dec 10

Sun

Partial (0.3390)

Penumbral: 23:35-04:32; umbral: 01:08-03:01; moonset: 05:44:10

04:36

01:53

 

05:27

 

This midnight lunar eclipse would not have taken place while the sun was also visible, and also this 1st sunrise full moon would not have been visible until the morning after Saul’s visit to the woman at En-dor, that is, on the morning of Day One of the week…

39

-1050

Nov 29

Thu

Total

 

08:11

05:28

 

05:24

 

 

40

-1049

May 25

Sat

Total

Penumbral: 00:38-05:51; umbral: 01:34-04:55; total: 02:26-04:03; moonset: 06:16:25

05:58

03:15

 

06:14

 

This eclipse was all over well before sunrise, and is therefore not a perfect fit to the words of the woman in En-dor.

41

-1049

Nov 18

Mon

Partial

 

07:18

04:35

 

05:23

 

 

42

-1048

May 13

Wed

Partial

 

23:00

 

20:17

 

17:42

 

43

-1047

Apr 3

Sat

Partial (0.0642)

Moonrise: 18:01:45; penumbral: 18:56-23:34; umbral: Not seen on SNB!

23:46

 

21:03

 

18:02

This eclipse was, for all practical purposes a penumbral eclipse only, and was therefore not very noticible!

44

-1047

Sep 27

Mon

Partial

 

07:31

04:48

 

05:47

 

 

45

-1046

Mar 23

Tue

Total

 

02:08

 

23:25

 

18:09

 

46

-1046

Sep 16

Fri

Total

Moonrise: 17:45:08; penumbral: 18:24-23:38; umbral: 19:22-22:40; total: 20:17-21:46

23:41

 

20:58

 

17:56

This eclipse did not begin until well after sunset and therefore is not a good fit to the words of the woman at En-dor. Neither is it a 1st sunrise full moon as suggested by the VAT 4956 Babylonian clay record. And it would have taken place 24 hours prior to the time of the week of Saul’s visit to the woman at En-dor. Not a good fit by any token!

47

-1045

Mar 13

Mon

Partial

 

02:50

00:07

 

06:04

 

 

48

-1043

July 16

Wed

Partial

 

08:23

05:40

 

06:23

 

 

49

-1042

Jan 9

Fri

Total

Moonrise: 18:17:32; penumbral: 22:30-03:51; umbral: 23:28-02:52; total: 00:20-02:00

03:52

01:09

 

05:42

 

SNB: First rays at 05:43:12

SNB: 18:38:31

At the 13 S; 41 W location, this 7th Day of the week eclipse was a midnight eclipse, and by no means an eclipse visible at sunrise as suggested by the words of the woman of En-dor.

50

-1042

Jul 5

Sun

Total

 

11:18

08:35

 

06:23

 

 

51

-1041

June 24

Thu

Partial

 

21:22

 

18:39

 

17:43

 

52

-1039

May  4

Fri

Total

Moonrise: 17:36:19 while 31% penumbra eclipsed; umbral: 18:22-21:33; total: 19:29-20:28; penumbral: ‑22:36

22:36

 

19:53

 

17:45

This penumbral sunset eclipse would have taken place 24 hours before Saul’s visit to the woman at En-dor, that is, on the evening of Day Six of the week… and was not likely noticeable until the umbral eclipse began some 35 minutes after sunset. Again, this would not be standard observation of the full moon such as was regularly recorded on the Babylonian clay tablet VAT 4956

53

-1039

Oct 28

Sun

Total

Penumbral: 00:26‑; umbral: 01:33-05:01; total: 03:34-04:01; moonset: 05:44:34 while 61% penumbra eclipsed and waning

05:55

03:12

 

05:28

 

This penumbral sunrise eclipse would have taken place the morning after Saul’s visit to the woman at En-dor, that is, on the morning of Day One of the week…

54

-1038

Apr 24

Wed

Partial

 

09:39

06:56

 

06:07

 

 

55

-1036

Mar 2

Tue

Partial

 

22:47

 

20:04

 

18:22

 

56

-1035

Feb 20

Sun

Total

Penumbral: 01:22‑; umbral: 02:25-05:55; total: 03:20-04:56; moonset: 06:10:12 while 76% penumbra eclipsed and waning

06:48

04:05

 

06:00

 

SNB sunrise: 06:00:59

 

This penumbral sunrise eclipse would have taken place the morning after Saul’s visit to the woman at En-dor, that is, on the morning of Day One of the week…

57

-1035

Aug 16

Tue

Total

 

19:10

 

16:27

 

17:55

 

58

-1034

Feb 9

Thu

Partial

 

21:00

 

18:17

 

18:32

 

59

-1034

Aug 5

Sat

Partial (0.8123)

Moonrise: 17:43:35 while 70% eclipsed & waning; umbral: ‑18:50; penumbral: ‑20:10

20:04

 

17:21

 

17:54

If the woman at En-dor was observing either of these two eclipses on the night of King Saul’s visit to her, then they are both good fits. However, the observation practice suggested by VAT 4956 indicates that the standard observation looked for was the 1st full moon seen at sunrise, that is, after the completed astronomical full moon, not the last prior full moon at sunset. Thus, I consider these eclipses less likely…

60

-1032

Jun 14

Sat

Partial (0.6485)

Moonrise: 17:29:29 while 49% eclipsed & growing; umbral: ‑19:23; penumbral: ‑20:32

20:41

 

17:58

 

17:41

61

-1030

May 25

Tue

Partial

 

06:21

03:38

 

06:14

 

 

62

-1028

Apr  3

Tue

Total

 

08:52

06:09

 

06:05

 

 

63

-1028

Sep 27

Thu

Total

 

08:14

05:31

 

05:47

 

 

64

-1027

Mar 23

Sat

Total

Penumbral 04:10-; umbral: 05:24-; moonset: 06:05:15 while 56% eclipsed!

09:51

07:08

 

06:04

 

SNB: 06:03:29

 

This eclipse seems to be the one perfect fit, that is:

  1. Lunar eclipse at sunrise, as suggested by the words of the woman at En-dor;
  2. 1st visible full moon of the month after sunrise, as suggested by the VAT 4956 Babylonian clay tablet record.
  3. This eclipse is also perfectly fitting the traditional time when “kings go to war…”
  4. Additionally, this eclipse is interesting due to its possible coincidence with the Passover full moon and Abib 14, and, with King Saul’s death on Abib 15…[13], however, such an interpretation would be in conflict with my understanding of the words “a year and four months” of 1 Samuel 27: 7 (an indication of the different set of seasons associated with a different geographical pre-Hezekiah placement.)
  5. It took place within six year of my prior calculations based upon the reigns of the kings of Israel and Judah, that is, even closer than the 1043 BCE eclipse, which was ten years off.
  6. It is consistent with my present understanding of the Hezekiah solar event.

65

-1027

Sep 16

Mon

Total

 

22:28

 

19:45

 

17:56

 

66

-1025

Jan 31

Sat

Partial (0.4325)

Moonrise: 18:41:01 while 12.5% umbra eclipsed and waning; umbral: ‑18:54; penumbral: ‑20:04

20:23

 

17:40

 

18:34

 

SNB sunset:

18:41:40

It is highly questionable that the moon became visible over the horizon before sunset, even though the SNB flat horizon allows 39 seconds of simultaneous visibility… Also this is an evening eclipse, and as such not fitting the observation practice indicated by the VAT 4956 Babylonian clay tablet.

67

-1024

Jul 15

Fri

Total

Moonrise: 17:42:04 while 85% penumbra eclipsed and waning; penumbra: ‑18:36

18:20

 

15:37

 

17:49

As penumbral eclipses are not very noticeable events, from the 13 S; 41 W horizon, this eclipse was not likely to be noticed… Besides, this eclipse took place 24 hour prior to Saul’s visit to the woman at En-dor.

68

-1023

Jan 10

Mon

Partial

 

00:46

 

22:03

 

18:33

 

69

-1023

Jul 5

Wed

Partial

 

16:44

02:01

 

06:23

 

 

70

-1021

May 16

Thu

Partial

 

05:52

03:09

 

06:11

 

 

71

-1020

Oct 28

Tue

Total

 

02:16

 

23:33

 

18:00

 

72

-1018

Sep 7

Wed

Partial

 

20:17

 

17:34

 

17:56

 

73

-1017

Aug 28

Sun

Total

 

02:32

 

23:49

 

17:56

 

74

-1016

Feb 21

Wed

Partial

 

05:15

02:32

 

06:00

 

 

75

-1016

Aug 16

Fri

Partial

 

03:06

00:23

 

06:14

 

 

76

-1014

Dec 31

Thu

Partial

 

21:28

 

18:45

 

18:30

 

77

-1014

Jun 26

Fri

Partial

 

04:07

01:24

 

06:22

 

 

78

-1014

Dec 21

Sun

Total

 

00:27

 

21:44

 

18:25

 

79

-1013

Jun 15

Tue

Total

 

20:57

 

18:14

 

17:42

 

80

-1013

Dec 9

Thu

Partial

 

23:36

 

20:53

 

18:19

 

81

-1011

Oct 19

Thu

Partial

 

00:58

 

22:15

 

17:58

 

82

-1009

Sep 28

Sun

Total

Penumbral: 01:20‑; umbral: 02:27-05:38; total: 03:41-04:19; moonset: 05:59:46 while 70% eclipsed and waning

06:47

04:04

 

05:46

 

This sunrise lunar eclipse would have taken place the morning after Saul’s visit to the woman at En-dor, that is, on the morning of Day One of the week…

83

-1007

Feb 11

Fri

Partial

 

04:47

02:04

 

05:58

 

 

84

-1006

Jan 31

Tue

Total

 

20:55

 

18:12

 

18:34

 

85

-1006

Jul 27

Thu

Total

 

01:31

 

22:48

 

17:52

 

86

-1005

Jan 21

Sun

Partial

 

09:02

06:19

 

05:49

 

 

87

-1003

Nov 18

Wed

Total

 

23:06

 

20:23

 

18:08

 

88

-1002

May 15

Sat

Total

Moonrise: 17:30:40; penumbral: 17:39-23:28; umbral: 18:47-22:21; total: 19:47-21:22

23:18

 

20:35

 

17:42

 

SNB: 17:40:46

This eclipse was not likely visible until about one hour past sunset, when the umbral shadow began, and is therefore not a perfect fit to the words of the woman in En-dor.

89

-1000

Sep 18

Tue

Partial

 

04:22

01:39

 

05:53

 

 

90

-999

Mar 13

Wed

Total

 

22:21

 

19:38

 

18:16

 

91

-999

Sep 7

Sat

Total

Penumbral: 04:24‑; umbral: 05:35-; moonset 06:06:45 while 47% eclipsed and growing.

10:02

07:19

 

06:01

 

SNB sunrise: 06:05:31

 

While this eclipse fits the record of the woman in En-dor, it may be a little far off target re the year (i.e. 34 years off my reckoning of the kings of Israel and Judah…)

Notice: For a comparison between the real time looks of a penumbral eclipse and an umbral eclipse, please look at this 4 hour plus Google YouTube video of the entire June 15, 2011 CE total lunar eclipse!

 

 

Conclusion:

Having worked with and carefully considered each of the above 91 lunar eclipses, at the end I find only one solution that seems to fit all the data thus far available, that is, March 23, 1028 BCE (item #64.) Having found all together 16 Saturday lunar eclipses, in addition to a number of Friday and Sunday eclipses, I was happily surprised to be able to rule out all but 21 (cf. the color coding of column #1) out of these 91 eclipses totally, all but 4 (item ##4, 11, 13, & 64) with high probability, and all but one (#64) as less likely. Please find my specific assessments in the rightmost column!

 

For the present I conclude that King Saul’s lunar eclipse, as described to him, in Hebrew, by the woman in En-dor, was none other than the March 23, 1028 BCE lunar eclipse.

 

 

 

 

 

Further considerations – Looking for confirmation of the above:

 

How may the above findings be confirmed or refuted? What can I glean from the Scriptures re this issue?

 

 

 

The following section was extensively modified and added to on 5924[(*??*)] 06 09 2028 [2012-09-25] – in order to challenge my prior apparent confirmation of the 1423 BCE placement of the crossing of the Jordan, which prior confirmation I did find being based upon errors of mine re the geographical coordinates of Jerusalem at the time of the crossing of the Jordan… which error somehow caused me to mix up the crossing of the Jordan, a pre Joshua’s Long Day event, with a post Joshua’s Long Day geographical placement of Jerusalem, thus also my prior (flawed) acceptance of a February Aviv 1 event…

 

Re the placement of the Omer Sabbath after crossing the Jordan

How about the placement of the Omer Sabbath within the Feast of Unleavened Bread immediately after the crossing of the Jordan? Per these new findings the crossing of the Jordan took place in the spring of 1423 BCE, the year beginning with Tishri 22, 1424 BCE. Per the NASA Phases of the Moon tables in conjunction with my Starry Night Backyard astronomy software and my Julian Day and Civil Date Calculator, I find that Aviv 1, 1423 BCE began at sunset Saturday March 27[14], which means that Aviv 15 began at sunset Saturday April 10…

Oooops… I almost forgot! Aren’t we now, that is, wasn’t Israel at that time, per my within findings, located on the Northern Hemisphere at 47° N 99° E [after Joshua’s day 14° S; 37° W,] more or less? How would that affect these dates? Given that I see no calendar change, sanctioned by the Creator Himself, such that the timing of the Leviticus 23 feasts were ever shifted by half a year, I believe we may still use the February through May season as the Passover season. Given also that 47° N (a more northerly location than the current one; and that we could be dealing now with a different grain than barley?,) in addition to the much lower altitude of the Jordan river than that of Jerusalem, I find it proper to consider carefully also an Aviv 1, 1423 BCE one month either side of March 27. That is, 1) beginning sunset (Thu Feb 25 or) Fri Feb 26 (in case of inclement weather or too difficult a sighting,) 1423 BCE, or 2) Sun Apr 25, 1423 BCE:[15]

 

Per Joshua 4:19, the crossing of the Jordan took place on Aviv 10, which day was also, per Joshua 3:2, the Third Day of the week:

 

Joshua 3:1 CEV  Early the next morning, Joshua and the Israelites packed up and left Acacia. They went to the Jordan River and camped there that night.

Joshua 3:1 BBE  Then Joshua got up early in the morning, and, moving on from Shittim, he and all the children of Israel came to Jordan and were there for the night before going over.

 

 

 Joshua 3:2  ויהיH1961  מקצהH7097  שׁלשׁתH7969  ימיםH3117  ויעברוH5674  השׁטריםH7860  בקרבH7130  המחנה׃H4264  

 

Joshua 3:2 TLT  And it came to pass after the beginning[16] of Day Three, that the officers went through the host;

 

Joshua 3:2 KJV  And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host;

 

 Jos 3:5  ויאמר יהושׁע אל־העם התקדשׁו כי מחר יעשׂה יהוה בקרבכם נפלאות׃

Joshua 3:5 TLT  And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for in the morning[17] the LORD will do wonders among you.

Joshua 3:5 KJV  And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.

 Jos 4:14  ביום ההוא גדל יהוה את־יהושׁע בעיני כל־ישׂראל ויראו אתו כאשׁר יראו את־משׁה כל־ימי חייו׃

Joshua 4:14 KJV  On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.

 

 Jos 4:19  והעם עלו מן־הירדן בעשׂור לחדשׁ הראשׁון ויחנו בגלגל בקצה מזרח יריחו׃

Joshua 4:19 KJV    So on the tenth day of the first month the people came up out of Jordan, and put up their tents in Gilgal, on the east side of Jericho.

 

 

This double dated event within the record of Joshua should serve us well for purposes of dating this event more exactly. Thus, if Aviv 10 was Day Three of the week [a Tuesday, beginning Monday at sunset,] then it follows that Aviv 1, was Day One of the week [a Sunday, beginning at sunset on a Saturday.] That agrees nicely with the New Moon of Aviv 1 beginning on Sat March 27, 1423.[18]

This places Aviv 15, 1423 BCE, on Day One of the week [beginning at sunset Sat Apr 10, 1423 BCE.]

 

 Joshua 5:11  ויאכלוH398  מעבורH5669  הארץH776  ממחרתH4283  הפסחH6453  מצותH4682  וקלויH7033  בעצםH6106  היוםH3117  הזה׃H2088  

 

Joshua 5:11 TLT  And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow of the Passover Feast of Unleavened Bread and parched old corn, on that very day [that is, on the Seventh Day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which coincided that year with the Seventh Day of the week.]

Joshua 5:11 KJV  And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day.

 

Joshua 5:12 KJV  And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.

 

 

Based upon the strength of the double date provided for us in Joshua 3:2, Day Three of the week, and Joshua 4:19, day ten of the month, it follows that Aviv 15 must necessarily have fallen on the First Day of the week that year. But that means that Hag HaOmer did not fall out until the Seventh Day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and that, accordingly, the prohibition of Leviticus 23:14 was in effect until the sunrise of the morning of Aviv 21. KJV’s term “parched corn,” is identically one and the same in Joshua 5:11 and in Leviticus 23:14. Not so in the Hebrew text. There is a subtle but distinct difference between the words “קלי” (Lev 23:14) and “קלוי” (Joshua 5:11!) I find sufficient reason for perceiving that added “ו” as an indication that the corn used for parching was from the old crop, not from the crop of that year. To further emphasize this distinction I notice that the “green ears” of Lev 23:14 find no correspondence within Joshua 5:11, that is, none of the prohibited items of Lev 23:14 find an exact correspondence in Joshua 5:11!  Neither do I find any compelling reason for translating the last words of Joshua 5:12 in terms of “the fruit of that year.” On the contrary, and as implied also by the language of KJV, the words “that year” must apply to all of that which the Israelites ate once the manna ceased, that is, whether the old crop or the new crop, whether before Hag HaOmer or after Hag HaOmer.

Accordingly, I find a scenario that agrees well with Joshua 5:11 re the Omer Shabbat concurring, not with Aviv 15, but with Aviv 21 of the year of the crossing of the Jordan River. (Cf. also Nehemia Gordon’s teachings re this issue, where Nehemia identifies the Omer Shabbat with Aviv 15. Although I have been, until now - 5924[(*??*)] 06 09 2028 [2012-09-25] - a supporter of Nehemia’s teaching regarding this particular, I find that, given the strength of the above double dated event as recorded per Joshua 3:2 and 4:19 (and the alternative TLT translation of Joshua 5:11 re “parched old corn,”) I am presently being forced to part with Nehemia’s teaching on this issue.

 

Perhaps that bit of insight might thus serve, at least, as a weak bit of confirmation for Saul’s lunar eclipse being the March 23, 1028 BCE total lunar eclipse…? Nevertheless, until such time as I can more certainly determine the particulars re a possible pole shift in connection with the passage across Jordan, there remains a certain degree of uncertainty re beginning of Aviv 1 in that year, 1423 BCE.

 

 

 

 


Added on 5924[(*??*)] 08 09 2028 [2011-12-05]

Re the cause for the fall of Tyrus and the prior demise of the Phoenician worldwide Empire and that of Atlantis…

Here is another bit of Scripture confirmation in support of a pole shift having taken place at the time of King Hezekiah:

Ezekiel 26:3 KJV  Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up.

 

Psalms 96:11 KJV Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.

 

Psalms 98:7 KJV  Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

 

 

Notice the reference in Ezekiel, and the comparison, to that which in this passage seems to indicate a prior event caused by the waves of the sea, that is as in a giant tsunami swallowing the center of the Empire of which Tyrus was merely an outpost and which out Tyrus could not likely sustain for very long is power and influence over the Middle East area!

I became aware of this passage recently after having read Chapter Two, the Jewel That Grants All Desires (pp. 15-33) in Frank Joseph’s and Laura Beaudoin’s book Opening the Ark of the Covenant. Said Chapter is pointing to a number of archeological finds worldwide, but most particularly in the Pacific Ocean area, indicating that an ancient kingdom named Mu or Lemuria was lost due to a major catastrophe where the major portion of said country was being swallowed up by the sea.

 

 

 

Re David’s “year and four months”

Now, reviewing my considerations within my prior article re Saul’s eclipse I am reminded of one more important constraint that I had not thus far considered within my above table, that is the “year and four months…” of 1 Samuel 27:7, which once again is coming forth as a confirmation of my prior findings as above recorded:

 

 

 1 Samuel 27:7  ויהיH1961  מספרH4557  הימיםH3117  אשׁרH834  ישׁבH3427  דודH1732  בשׂדהH7704  פלשׁתיםH6430  ימיםH3117  וארבעהH702  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.

 

Again, reckoning said four months as the 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th Scripture months, I find that Saul’s eclipse must have fallen in either the 11th or the 12th Scripture month, and that, accordingly, Saul’s eclipse must be found within either January, February, or March, thus adding one more helpful constraint to the table above (cf. the color coding now added to column #,) while also serving as, I believe rather strong, confirmation of my earlier conclusions…

 

 

Modifying my prior table to include also my latest finding per the within article (cf. the column to the far left!:)

 

King Saul’s Death

Detailed Chronology of Events

Dates

Summary

Quotes re King Saul and his men

Quotes re David and his men

Polar shift scenario: 1028 BCE

Non-polar shift scenario: 1043 BCE

Named Day

10th Moon

TLT ©

KJV

 

TLT ©

KJV

 

March 22/23

January 9/10

7th 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

 

 

 

March 23

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

March 24

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

March 24/25

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

 

 

 

March 25/26

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

March 26/27

January 13/14

Day Four

Tevet 18

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 27/28

January 14/15

Day Five

Tevet 19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 28/29

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

March 29/30

January 16/17

7th 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

March 30/31

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

March 31 / April 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

April 1/2

January 20/21

Day Four

Tevet 25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reckoning from a point in time after the New moon of January 25, 1043 BCE and before the New Moon of March 26, 1043 BCE, the 12th New moon beginning at sunset February 24. Cf. this link.

 

Reckoning from between a point in time prior to Saul’s death and a point in time when David entered Hebron, that is, a point in time within Shebat (the 11th month,) or else within Adar (the 12th month.)

·  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

 

 

 

 

 

References re current polar wobbling etc:

 

1.      Official reporting and mapping of Chandler’s Wobble

2.      Charts and much info

3.      Earth Changes Bulletin

4.      IERS – Primary data files

5.      Polar Motion 1861-2006

6.      WobbleTracker software by Davis Chapman

7.      Earth Systems Monitor – Polar Motion

8.      Background on Chandler’s Wobble

9.      2006 Wobble Anomaly

10.  An Offer re a Deal…

 

                                                                                                                                                                                      

 

 

 

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[1] The 1st edition of Earth’s Shifting Crust was published by Pantheon Books (1958, hardcover.)  A free electronic version is available at archive.org.

The 2nd publication of Charles Hapgood was issued as a 2nd extensively revised edition of Earth’s Shifting Crust. This second edition was given the new title The Path of the Pole and was published by Chilton Book Company (1970, hardcover;) and by Adventures Unlimited Press (1999, paperback and a Kindle edition (including one free chapter.))

The 1st edition of Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings was published by Chilton Book Company (1966; hardcover,) but the book I am looking at is the 1999 edition publised by Adventures Unlimited Press (paperback.)

[2] Having just now (5925[(*??*)] 12 08 2029 [2013-03-21]) discovered the works of Hendon M. Harris and of his daughter Charlotte Harris Rees, I wish to add this note re their discoveries of ancient Chinese maps, reportedly from 1400-2000 BCE, and Charlotte’s book Secret Maps of the Ancient World. Her website is asiaticfathers.com [formerly HarrisMaps.com.]

To me, this ancient Chinese-American connection is a clear indication that the Chinese migrated to China from the east as indicated by the names of their weekdays, e.g. the Chinese name for Monday means “the First Day.”

[3] Original footnote: F. Rainey, “Archaeological Investigation in Central Alaska,” American Antiquity, V (1940), 305.

[4] Original footnote: The horse became extinct in pre-Columbian America; the present horses in the Western Hemisphere are descendants of imported animals.

[5] Original footnote: F. C. Hibben, “Evidence of Early Man in Alaska,” American Antiquity, VIII (1943), 256.

[6] Original footnote: Ibid.

[7] Original footnote: Rainey, American Antiquity, V, 307.

[8] Original footnote: Hibben, American Antiquity, VIII, 257.

[9] Original footnote: Rainey, American Antiquity, V, 301.

[10] Original footnote: Hibben, American Antiquity, VIII, 256.

[11] Original footnote: “G. Folgheraiter in Rendi Conti dei Licei, 1896, 1899; Archives des sciences physiques et naturelles (Geneva), 1899; Journal de physique, 1899; P. L. Mercanton, “La method de Folgheraiter et son rôle en géophysique,” Archives des sciences physiques et naturelles, 1907.”

[12] Cf. footnote #11.

[13] Starry Night Backyard, Mt Tabor, pre-Hezekiah horizon at 13 S; 41 W, Mar 9, 1028 BCE sunset: 18:26:53; moonset: 18:49:41; lag: 22 min 29 sec; illum.: 0.44%; è Abib 1 beginning on Mar 10, 1028 BCE.

[14] Starry Night Backyard, Jericho, pre-Hezekiah horizon at 13 S; 41 W, Mar 27, 1423 BCE sunset: 18:16:04; moonset: 19:29:33; lag: 70 min 29 sec; illum.: 3.12%; è Abib 1 beginning on Mar 27, 1423 BCE.

 

[15] Starry Night Backyard, pre-Joshua’s Long Day east of Jordan horizon at 47.16 N; 99.7 E, Thu Feb 25, 1423 BCE sunset: 17:21:47; moonset: 18:08:23; lag: 46 min 36 sec; illum.: 1.22%; è Abib 1 beginning on (Thu Feb 25 or) Fri Feb 26, 1423  BCE.

Starry Night Backyard, pre-Joshua’s Long Day east of Jordan horizon at 47.16 N; 99.7 E, Sat March 27, 1423 BCE sunset: 18:01:47; moonset: 19:03:46; lag: 61 min 59 sec; illum.: 1.99%; è Abib 1 beginning on Sat Mar 27 (or Sun Mar 28,) 1423  BCE.

Starry Night Backyard, pre-Joshua’s Long Day east of Jordan horizon at 47.16 N; 99.7 E, Sun April 25, 1423 BCE sunset: 18:39:11; moonset: 19:17:05; lag: 37 min 54 sec; illum.: 0.69%; è Abib 1 beginning on Mon Apr 26, 1423  BCE.

[16] Per my Hebrew word study, the Hebrew word “מקצה” may be literally translated “after the point of the beginning…” The prefix “-מ”means “after” or “following.”

[17] The word “מחר” is singular in this passage. Given the statement in Joshua 3:2 re the beginning of Day Three having already begun, it follows that there is only one cutoff left before the morning of the Third Day. Thus, the singular.

[18] Cf. footnote #15! The KJV translation “after tree days” is not likely to be correct. That is, given the importance of date stamps as obviously provided for us throughout the Holy Scriptures. Considering my findings re the word “מקצה” (Joshua 3:2) I find it untenable to translate this passage in terms of “after Day Three.”