Ancient Israelite Calendar

In some texts of the Old Testament the names of the months of the ancient Israelite calendar are used. We see the following names:

1	Abib	March/April	Exodus 13:4
2	Ziv	April/May	1 Kings 6:1

7	Ethanim	September/October	1 Kings 8:2
8	Bul	October/November	1 Kings 6:38

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Ancient Israelite Calendar

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