277 BC · AM 3727 · Intertestamental
The Septuagint translation begun in Alexandria
In the seventh year of Ptolemy Philadelphus, the king commissioned the holy writings of the Jews to be translated from Hebrew into Greek at Alexandria by seventy-two translators, the work known as the Septuagint.
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Ussher row 2775, AM 3727, 277 BC
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Sources: BradyStephenson/bible-data
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