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The question is; who was Pharaoh during the Exodus? While the OT mentions names of other Pharaohs it is silent on this one and it brings up a big question, why isnt this Pharaoh named? The most popular theory is that it was Ramesses II, but this doesnt quite add up according to the Bible.
There is no absolute dating for Ramesses, but for the sake of argument to try and align his reign with the Exodus lets say his reign started in 1290 BCE. The Temple of Solomon is also stated by scholars to have been completed between 953 and 957 BCE. If this is true it would put the Exodus at 1440 to 1444BCE. This is a full 150 to 154 years before Ramesses II took his throne.
(1Kings 6:1)
I spent a lot of time doing a timeline that was back dated from the Babylonian captivity which has been generally dated at 598 BCE. There were a few discrepancies but the cross references of the Kings of Israel made in the books of Kings and Chronicles give us a chronology that dates the Temple as being started in 1004 BCE. This places the Exodus at 1484 BCE, which is 194 years before Ramesses took the throne. This would actually put the Exodus as being during the reign of Thutmose III, 1490-1450 or 36 BCE.
One cant help but see that Moses is a derivative of Thutmose. Is this the reason that the Pharaoh of the Exodus is not named? Did the writers of Kings and Chronicles leave this blank so as to avoid linking Moses directly to the Pharaoh? The Exodus is a decisive defeat of the Pharaoh, so why not name him and declare the victory? What do you think about this?
Craig
There is no absolute dating for Ramesses, but for the sake of argument to try and align his reign with the Exodus lets say his reign started in 1290 BCE. The Temple of Solomon is also stated by scholars to have been completed between 953 and 957 BCE. If this is true it would put the Exodus at 1440 to 1444BCE. This is a full 150 to 154 years before Ramesses II took his throne.
(1Kings 6:1)
I spent a lot of time doing a timeline that was back dated from the Babylonian captivity which has been generally dated at 598 BCE. There were a few discrepancies but the cross references of the Kings of Israel made in the books of Kings and Chronicles give us a chronology that dates the Temple as being started in 1004 BCE. This places the Exodus at 1484 BCE, which is 194 years before Ramesses took the throne. This would actually put the Exodus as being during the reign of Thutmose III, 1490-1450 or 36 BCE.
One cant help but see that Moses is a derivative of Thutmose. Is this the reason that the Pharaoh of the Exodus is not named? Did the writers of Kings and Chronicles leave this blank so as to avoid linking Moses directly to the Pharaoh? The Exodus is a decisive defeat of the Pharaoh, so why not name him and declare the victory? What do you think about this?
Craig