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==Early date of 1441 B.C.==

==Early date of 1441 B.C.==

The early date of 1441 B.C. places the Exodus under the reign of Pharaoh Amenhotep II of the 18th Dynasty, and many scholars contend that this is the correct, Biblical date.  This has been denied by ''Exodus'' 1:11 and other evidence; however, a careful survey of the Biblical narrative for the Exodus up until the time of Solomon in addition to  extra-Biblical evidence places the Exodus event during the 18th Dynasty, rather than more than a century later.

The early date of 1441 B.C. places the Exodus under the reign of Pharaoh Amenhotep II of the 18th Dynasty, and many scholars contend that this is the correct Biblical date.  This has been denied by scholars citing ''Exodus'' 1:11 and other evidence; however, a careful survey of the Biblical narrative for the Exodus up until the time of Solomon, in addition to  extra-Biblical evidence, places the Exodus event during the 18th Dynasty, rather than more than a century later.

''1st Kings'' 6:1 states that Solomon began to build the Temple ''"in the 480th year after the children of Israel were come up out of the land of Egypt."''  Solomon had begun the Temple during the fourth year of his reign, or about 961 B.C.  This agrees with modern archaeologists who established a rough timeframe for Solomon's reign (Albright, 958 B.C.; Thiele, 967 B.C., etc), making the date of the Exodus to have been about 1441 B.C.  This date fits the timescheme as established by the Biblical narrative, and chronologists attempting to establish the later date of 1290 B.C. must thoroughly reject the ''1st Kings'' verse, and by extention reject the chronology of the narrative in ''Judges'' and the early kingships in Israel as not being able to fit within contemporary history of that time. (Unger, pg. 332)

''1st Kings'' 6:1 states that Solomon began to build the Temple ''"in the 480th year after the children of Israel were come up out of the land of Egypt."''  Solomon had begun the Temple during the fourth year of his reign, or about 961 B.C.  This agrees with modern archaeologists who established a rough timeframe for Solomon's reign (Albright, 958 B.C.; Thiele, 967 B.C., etc), making the date of the Exodus to have been about 1441 B.C.  This date fits the timescheme as established by the Biblical narrative, and chronologists attempting to establish the later date of 1290 B.C. must thoroughly reject the ''1st Kings'' verse, and by extention reject the chronology of the narrative in ''Judges'' and the early kingships in Israel as not being able to fit within contemporary history of that time. (Unger, pg. 332)

==Late date of 1290 B.C.==

==Late date of 1290 B.C.==