Thales of Miletus Consider the astronomer Thales of Miletus. Thales is credited by peers in his age to predict an Eclipse of the Sun that stopped the war between the Nations of Lydia and Media. Apparently, Lydia and Media were engaged in battle when there was a solar eclipse. These Nations, who were worshippers of heavenly bodies, realized that the solar eclipse could be an omen potentially "bad", so they negotiated an end to military engagement. This Eclipse conventional eminent dated year 585 BC. This date is only a year other than the conventional date proposed by eminent for the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 b.c. As Lydia (modern Turkey) is in the same part of the world as Jerusalem, the Eclipse was described by Thales who stopped the war between Lydia and visible in Jerusalem near the time of the siege of Nebuchadnezzar Media? If it was visible in Jerusalem was documented in the Bible this Eclipse?
The solar eclipse in Turkey (Lydia) in 585 BC was visible on Israel. No other solar eclipse occurred in Turkey or Israel from 558 BC until 634 BC Therefore this Eclipse could be seen in Israel and was the only Eclipse who might have witnessed in Israel during this period. So the Bible makes mention of a solar eclipse near the time of the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar? I think it does.
Consider the following verses (Jeremiah 6: 4-5):
"Prepare ye war against her; rise and climb at midday. Woe to us! The day goes on, to the shadows of evening are strained. Arise and allow us to go out at night and we have to destroy her palaces ". Many theologians believe this verse describes a conversation between generals of Nebuchadnezzar, on the day that they had to attack Jerusalem. These theologians believe that Nebuchadnezzar's forces were preparing to attack at noon and found that their attack had been extended until the end of the day so that they would continue their attack at night. I have a different interpretation. I believe that these verses describe an Eclipse of the Sun. I think that Nebuchadnezzar's forces began to attack at noon, when there was a solar eclipse. His generals realized that a "bad omen" was occurring in the sky (maybe due to some God angry) and so have exclaimed, "Woe to us" and stop the attack. (It is interesting that the forces of Lydia and Media reacted similarly during the Eclipse itself that was predicted by Thales). Note also that the characteristics of an Eclipse of the Sun, day, and the distortion of the shadows, are mentioned in the verse to clarify that the solar event took place. The generals of Nebuchadnezzar attacked then by night to avoid the possibility that another solar eclipse would occur and obstruct their attack.
The wording of the verse indicates also the uniqueness of the event. Note that the phrase "shadows of the evening are elongated". This is the only place in the entire Bible uses this description of shadows. There are two different ways used by Solomon to describe the appearance of shadows, as the night turned to day, song of songs 2: 17 and 4: 6: "until the break of day and the shadows flee away ...". The phrase "the shadows flee away" literally means that the shadows is a reasonable way to describe the phenomena of the Sun turning night into day has disappeared. The phrase "shadows of the evening are elongated" from the book of Jeremiah is better translated "shadows of the evening were distorted". During a solar eclipse shadows show the appearance of many strange behaviors. As the sun approaches solar eclipses, the shadows of the trees seem to have many boundaries Crescent, shadows across the land seems to stretch and shadows. I think this is what describes Jeremiah when he wrote "shadows of the evening are elongated".
If this was a solar eclipse because not Jeremiah write "the day becomes night at noon"? I think this was a special type of eclipse, an annular eclipse. A total solar eclipse will result in total darkness for some area on Earth, however, will not be an annular eclipse. So what is an annular eclipse? Is an Eclipse where it is eclipsed only about 97% of the surface of the Sun. Total darkness does not occur; However the luminosity of the Sun is diminished as went behind a cloud. Consequently, the description of the solar eclipse in Jeremiah 6: 4-5 is consistent with the description of an annular solar eclipse.
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If the Eclipse Jeremiah 6: 4-5 is an annular eclipse and the Eclipse itself is described by Thales of Miletus, so it may not be the Eclipse that occurred in 585 BC. Why? The Eclipse was a total eclipse of the Sun.
So what are eclipses? According to the timeline that I propose in my book "The fourth day: because the Bible is historically accurate," the destruction of Jerusalem it happens very close to 390 BC, rather than the year 586 BCE as many historians. The solar eclipse is closest to Israel at the time that I have proposed took place on August 14, 39 3 BC and was an annular eclipse.
While a Solar Eclipse provides very useful information when it comes to dating an event it seems that God provides further clarification to remove all doubt as to which he refers to solar eclipse (Jeremiah 15: 9): "she who has born seven languisheth: she gave the soul; the Sun has gone down while it's still day ... "Note that it is much clearer in this verse that a solar eclipse took place:" ....her Sun went down, while it is still day ... ". Also, can you imagine a woman who has her own "Sun"? What kind of woman is this? If you read that chapter XII in the book of revelations of a woman in heaven was associated with Israel and his name is a Virgin. It is possible that Jeremiah refers to the constellation Virgo? According to this verse he bore Virgo "seven". I've mentioned elsewhere in my book, "The fourth day: because the Bible is historically accurate" that the sign in heaven described in Revelation 12: 3 regarding the heavenly sign of the Dragon with seven crowns was the constellation Hydra and seven bodies (Sun, Moon and five planets) located in the sky during a solar eclipse. It is possible that Jeremiah 15: 9 is describing a heavenly sign similar? An Eclipse of the Sun occurred on Israel on August 14, 39 3 BC During this solar eclipse Virgo constellation is in the midst of heaven, and seven celestial bodies, the Sun and Moon and five planets, would have been in heaven. So I think Jeremiah 15: 9 is a description of the appearance of the sky during the solar eclipse that occurs at the beginning of the siege that Nebuchadnezzar conducted on Jerusalem, the solar eclipse that Thales predicted a Solar Eclipse and that he stop the war between Lydia and Media.
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