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be treated as a parable that has no base in history. But even
if the Pharaohs of the Bible were to be identified, this evidence
would scarcely serve to fix their dates; the computation of
the various periods being so confused and contradictory that
the numerals appear to be corrupt.

The invasion of Shishak in year 5 of Rehoboam is placed
41 years after the founding of the Temple in year 4 of
Solomon, that king's reign being reckoned as 40 years11. And
the founding of the Temple is placed 480 years after the
Exodusb. Yet no less than 533 years are allotted to events
between the Exodus and the founding of the Temple, besides
the years required for the government of Joshua and the
elders, of Shamgar, and of Saulc. And even if the Exodus
could actually be placed 521 years before the invasion of
Shishak, no definite result would be obtained, the date of
that invasion being so uncertain1'.

0 Chronicles, ii. 3. 2, 9. 30, 12. 2; Kings, i. 6. 1, 11. 42, 14. 25.
h Kings, i. 6. 1.

0 Deuteronomy, i. 3 ; Judges, 3. 8, 11, 14, 30, 31, 4. 3, 5. 31, 6. 1, 8. 28, 9.
22, 10. 2, 3, 8, 12. 7, 9, 11, 14, 13. 1, 16. 31; Samuel, i. 4. 18; Kings, i. 2.
ii, 6. 1.

a See above, pp. 19-21.