WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -One theory takes literally the statement in I Kings 6:1 that the Exodus from Egypt occurred 480 years before Solomon began building the Temple in Jerusalem. This occurred in the fourth year of his reign, about 960 bce; therefore, the Exodus would date about 1440 bce.

Detailed explanation-2: -If 1446 B.C. be accepted as the approximate date of the exodus, then the entry of the Israelites into Egypt must have taken place about 1876 B.C. (1446-430=1876), 430 years being the length of the sojourn in Egypt (Exodus xii, 40, 41; Galatians iii, 17).

Detailed explanation-3: -During the transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age-probably about 1250 bce-the Israelites entered Canaan, settling at first in the hill country and in the south.