Christian Family Services Ministry

1-6-2018 – A Word to the Wise: Here are some important references. I Maccabees 6:49 refers to the defeat at Beth-Zur occurring in the Sabbatical year 163/162 B.C. Josephus says the murder of Simon the Hasmonean happened in the Sabbatical year 135/134 B.C. Further Josephus tells us that Herod’s conquest of Jerusalem occurred in the latter part of the Sabbatical year 37/36 B.C. The dating is consistently every seven years.