Thematic Bible: Names of the twelve
Thematic Bible
Months » Names of the twelve » First, nisan or abib
Then in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was brought to me, I took the wine and gave it to the king. Previously I had not been depressed in the king's presence.
Months » Names of the twelve » Second, zif
In the month Ziv of the fourth year of Solomon's reign the foundation was laid for the Lord's temple.
In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, during the month Ziv (the second month), he began building the Lord's temple.
Months » Names of the twelve » Twelfth, adar
They finished this temple on the third day of the month Adar, which is the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.
In the first month (that is, the month of Nisan), in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus' reign, pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman in order to determine a day and a month. It turned out to be the twelfth month (that is, the month of Adar).
Months » Names of the twelve » Fourth, thammuz
"The Lord who rules over all says, 'The fast of the fourth, fifth, seventh, and tenth months will become joyful and happy, pleasant feasts for the house of Judah, so love truth and peace.'
Months » Names of the twelve » Eleventh, sebat
On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month Shebat, in Darius' second year, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah son of Iddo, as follows:
Months » Names of the twelve » Ninth, chisleu
In King Darius' fourth year, on the fourth day of Kislev, the ninth month, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah.
Months » Names of the twelve » Sixth, elul
So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in just fifty-two days.
Months » Names of the twelve » Fifth, ab
by asking both the priests of the temple of the Lord who rules over all and the prophets, "Should we weep in the fifth month, fasting as we have done over the years?"
Months » Names of the twelve » Eighth, bul
In the eleventh year, in the month Bul (the eighth month) the temple was completed in accordance with all its specifications and blueprints. It took seven years to build.
Months » Names of the twelve » Seventh, ethanim
All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival in the month Ethanim (the seventh month).
Months » Names of the twelve » Tenth, tebeth
Then Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus at his royal residence in the tenth month (that is, the month of Tebeth) in the seventh year of his reign.
Months » Names of the twelve » Third, sivan
The king's scribes were quickly summoned -- in the third month (that is, the month of Sivan), on the twenty-third day. They wrote out everything that Mordecai instructed to the Jews and to the satraps and the governors and the officials of the provinces all the way from India to Ethiopia -- a hundred and twenty-seven provinces in all -- to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, and to the Jews according to their own script and their own language.