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===Dates===
===Dates===
To help put it into historical context, the events of each chapter begins with a date. In many chapters there are no dates; we don't know exactly when some of the Psalms, for example, were written down, and there are books (such as some of the prophets) and epistles that are essentially letters to a general audience, and dated for the time they were written down.
To help put it into historical context, the events of each chapter begin with a date. In many chapters there are no dates; we don't know exactly when some of the Psalms,<ref>In addition to the psalms of King David, the book contains psalms that David heard through his-Holy-Spirit from ten other people: Adam the First, Melchizedek, Abraham, Moses, Heman, Jeduthun, Asaph, and the three sons of Korah.</ref> for example, were written down, and there are books (such as some of the prophets) and epistles that are essentially letters to a general audience, and dated for the time they were written down.
For the purpose of this online study Bible there are two dates. The first date set down in black is that established by the compilations of Bishop [[James Ussher]], the archbishop of Armagh, Ireland, and creator of a chronology of the Bible which sets the date of the Creation to 4004 B.C. His dates of the various individuals and situations have been accepted material included in many translations of the Bible in the years since, and are included in only the Old Testament of the Conservapedia Study Bible as a matter of historical record.
For the purpose of this online study Bible there are two dates. The first date set down in black is that established by the compilations of Bishop [[James Ussher]], the archbishop of Armagh, Ireland, and creator of a chronology of the Bible which sets the date of the Creation to 4004 B.C. His dates of the various individuals and situations have been accepted material included in many translations of the Bible in the years since, and are included in only the Old Testament of the Conservapedia Study Bible as a matter of historical record.