Month
58 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
43 sections
- (Number Only Mentioned): Aaron Died on the First Day of
- (Number Only Mentioned): Ezra Arrived at Jerusalem In
- (Number Only Mentioned): Temple Destroyed In
- (The Number Only Appears in the Bible): Jerusalem Taken by Nebuchadnezzar In
- Abib (April): After the Captivity Called Nisan
- Abib (April): Decree to Put the Jews to Death In
- Abib (April): Israelites Arrive at Zin In
- Abib (April): Israelites Left Egypt In
- Abib (April): Passover Instituted and Celebrated In
- Abib (April): Tabernacle Set up In
- Abib (April): The Death of Jesus In
- Abib (April): The Israelites Cross the Jordan River In
- Abib (April): The Jewish Calendar Began With
- Abib (April): The Jordan River Overflows In
- Adar (March)
- Adar (March): Feast of Purim In
- Adar (March): Months in Prophecy
- Adar (March): Second Temple Finished In
- Ancient Use of
- Bul (November): Jeroboam's Idolatrous Feast In
- Bul (November): The Temple Finished In
- Chisleu (December)
- Elul (September): The Temple Built In
- Elul (September): The Wall of Jerusalem Finished In
- Ethanim (October)
- Ethanim (October): Altar Rebuilt and offerings Renewed In
- Ethanim (October): Feasts Held In
- Ethanim (October): Jubilee Proclaimed In
- Ethanim (October): Solomon's Temple Dedicated In
- Passover to be Observed In
- Sebat (February)
- Sebat (February): Moses Probably Died In
- Sivan: (June)
- Sivan: (June): Asa Renews the Covenant of Himself and People In
- Tebeth (January)
- Tebeth (January): Nebuchadnezzar Besieges Jerusalem In
- Twelve Months Reckoned to a Year
- Zif (May)
- Zif (May): An Celebrated In
- Zif (May): Israel Departed from the Wilderness of Zin In
- Zif (May): Israel Numbered In
- Zif (May): Rebuilding of the Temple Begun In
- Zif (May): Temple Begun In
(Number Only Mentioned): Aaron Died on the First Day of
- Numbers 33:38 At the LORD’s command, Aaron the priest climbed Mount Hor and died there on the first day of the fifth month, in the fortieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt.
(Number Only Mentioned): Ezra Arrived at Jerusalem In
- Ezra 7:8–9 Ezra arrived in Jerusalem in the fifth month of the seventh year of the king. …
(Number Only Mentioned): Temple Destroyed In
- 2 Kings 25:8–10 On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem. …
- Jeremiah 1:3 and through the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, until the fifth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, when the people of Jerusalem went into exile.
- Jeremiah 52:12–30 On the tenth day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem. …
(The Number Only Appears in the Bible): Jerusalem Taken by Nebuchadnezzar In
- Jeremiah 39:2 And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city was breached.
- Jeremiah 52:6–7 By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food. …
Abib (April): After the Captivity Called Nisan
- Nehemiah 2:1 Now in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,
- Esther 3:7 In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the Pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman to determine a day and month. And the lot fell on the twelfth month, the month of Adar.
Abib (April): Decree to Put the Jews to Death In
- Esther 3:12 On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of …
Abib (April): Israelites Arrive at Zin In
- Numbers 20:1 In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.
Abib (April): Israelites Left Egypt In
- Exodus 13:4 Today, in the month of Abib, you are leaving.
Abib (April): Passover Instituted and Celebrated In
- Exodus 12:1–28 Now the LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, …
- Exodus 23:15 You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread as I commanded you: At the appointed time in the month of Abib you are to eat unleavened bread for seven days, because that was the month you came out of Egypt. No one may appear …
Abib (April): Tabernacle Set up In
- Exodus 40:2 “On the first day of the first month you are to set up the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.
- Exodus 40:17 So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year.
Abib (April): The Death of Jesus In
- Matthew 26:1 When Jesus had finished saying all these things, He told His disciples,
- Matthew 27:1 When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.
Abib (April): The Israelites Cross the Jordan River In
- Joshua 4:19 On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.
Abib (April): The Jewish Calendar Began With
- Exodus 12:2 “This month is the beginning of months for you; it shall be the first month of your year.
- Exodus 13:4 Today, in the month of Abib, you are leaving.
- Deuteronomy 16:1 Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
Abib (April): The Jordan River Overflows In
- 1 Chronicles 12:15 These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing all its banks, and they put to flight all those in the valleys, both to the east and to the west.
Adar (March)
- Esther 3:7 In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the Pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman to determine a day and month. And the lot fell on the twelfth month, the month of Adar.
Adar (March): Feast of Purim In
- Esther 9:1–26 On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king’s command and edict were to be executed. On this day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but their plan was overturned and the Jews …
Adar (March): Months in Prophecy
- Revelation 11:2 But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.
Adar (March): Second Temple Finished In
- Ezra 6:15 And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.
Ancient Use of
- Genesis 7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
- Genesis 8:4 On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
Bul (November): Jeroboam's Idolatrous Feast In
- 1 Kings 12:32–33 And Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had set up, and he …
- 1 Chronicles 27:11 The eighth, for the eighth month, was Sibbecai the Hushathite, a Zerahite. There were 24,000 men in his division.
Bul (November): The Temple Finished In
- 1 Kings 6:38 In the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, the eighth month, the temple was finished in every detail and according to every specification. So he built the temple in seven years.
Chisleu (December)
- Ezra 10:9 So within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem, and on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling regarding this matter and because of …
- Jeremiah 36:9 Now in the ninth month of the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, a fast before the LORD was proclaimed to all the people of Jerusalem and all who had come there from the cities of Judah.
- Jeremiah 36:22 Since it was the ninth month, the king was sitting in his winter quarters with a fire burning before him.
- Zechariah 7:1 In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev.
Elul (September): The Temple Built In
- Haggai 1:14–15 So the LORD stirred the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as the spirit of all the remnant of the people. And they came and began the …
Elul (September): The Wall of Jerusalem Finished In
- Nehemiah 6:15 So the wall was completed in fifty-two days, on the twenty-fifth of Elul.
Ethanim (October)
- 1 Kings 8:2 And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim.
Ethanim (October): Altar Rebuilt and offerings Renewed In
Ethanim (October): Feasts Held In
- Leviticus 23:24 “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly announced by trumpet blasts.
- Leviticus 23:27 “The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. You shall hold a sacred assembly and humble yourselves, and present a food offering to the LORD.
- Nehemiah 8:13–15 On the second day of the month, the heads of all the families, along with the priests and Levites, gathered around Ezra the scribe to study the words of the Law. …
Ethanim (October): Jubilee Proclaimed In
- Leviticus 25:9 Then you are to sound the horn far and wide on the tenth day of the seventh month, the Day of Atonement. You shall sound it throughout your land.
Ethanim (October): Solomon's Temple Dedicated In
- 1 Kings 8:2 And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim.
Passover to be Observed In
- Numbers 9:10–11 “Tell the Israelites: ‘When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a dead body, or is away on a journey, he may still observe the Passover to the LORD. …
Sebat (February)
- Zechariah 1:7 On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo.
Sebat (February): Moses Probably Died In
- Deuteronomy 1:3 In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses proclaimed to the Israelites all that the LORD had commanded him concerning them.
Sivan: (June)
- Esther 8:9 At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from …
Sivan: (June): Asa Renews the Covenant of Himself and People In
- 2 Chronicles 15:10 So they gathered together in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.
Tebeth (January)
- Esther 2:16 She was taken to King Xerxes in the royal palace in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
Tebeth (January): Nebuchadnezzar Besieges Jerusalem In
- 2 Kings 25:1 So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
- Jeremiah 52:4 So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
Twelve Months Reckoned to a Year
- 1 Chronicles 27:1–15 This is the list of the Israelites— the heads of families, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in every matter concerning the divisions on rotating military duty each month …
Zif (May)
- 1 Kings 6:1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the house of the LORD.
- 1 Kings 6:37 The foundation of the house of the LORD was laid in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, in the month of Ziv.
Zif (May): An Celebrated In
- 2 Chronicles 30:1–27 Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel. …
Zif (May): Israel Departed from the Wilderness of Zin In
- Numbers 10:11 On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle of the Testimony,
Zif (May): Israel Numbered In
- Numbers 1:1 On the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai. He said:
- Numbers 1:18 and on the first day of the second month they assembled the whole congregation and recorded their ancestry by clans and families, counting one by one the names of those twenty years of age or older,
Zif (May): Rebuilding of the Temple Begun In
- Ezra 3:8 In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their associates including the priests, the Levites, and all who …
Zif (May): Temple Begun In
- 1 Kings 6:1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the house of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 3:2 Solomon began construction on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.
Related topics
MonthsNebuzaradanAbibThe Feast of the PassoverDerision
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.