Meaning of Numbers: The Number 130
The English phrase "hundred and thirty," used for the number 130, is recorded 33 times in 33 King James Bible verses.
The possible meaning of the number 130 is derived from Biblical and secular history.
Adam, at the age of 130, has Seth. This was the son his mother Eve felt was given her to replace her murdered son Abel. Adam would go on to live to age 930.
And Adam knew (had sex with) his wife again, and she bore a son and called his name Seth, for she said, "God has appointed me another seed in place of Abel, whom Cain killed" (Genesis 4:25, HBFV).
And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years (130), and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth . . . And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died (Genesis 5:3, 5, KJV).
The influence of the Maccabees, who fought for Judea's independence then later ruled the people, ran about 130 years from 167 to 37 B.C. It was in 37 B.C. that Herod the Great, with the backing of Rome, conquered Jerusalem.
King David and his men battle the Philistines an astonishing thirteen times (1Samuel 17, 18:17 - 27, 19:8, 23:1 - 5, etc.). His victories destroy their ability to make war (1Chronicles 18:1) for at least 130 years.
Appearances of Number One Hundred Thirty
Jehoiada the High Priest was 130 years old when he died.
But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died (2Chronicles 24:15, KJV).
Jehoiada is noteworthy for hiding baby Joash when Judah's Queen Athaliah sought to purge all males of royal blood (2Chronicles 22).
Jehoiada, when Joash turned seven, succeeded in overthrowing the evil queen and having him rightfully placed on the throne (2Kings 11). Jehoiada's godly service earned him the rare privilege of burial among Judah's kings in Jerusalem (2Chronicles 24:16).
The Herodian dynasty begins when Herod the Great is appointed King of Judea by the Roman Senate in 40 B.C. Herod Agrippa II, the great-grandson of Herod the Great, rules various parts of his grandfather's kingdom until he dies around 92 A.D. His death ends the Herodian dynasty that roughly lasted 130 years.
The English word "cubits" is written 213 times in 130 King James Bible verses. It is recorded the most in Ezekiel (77) followed by Exodus (41) and 1Kings (39). It appears only twice in the New Testament.
A cubit was used in Scripture as a measurement of length. It is based on the distance between the tip of a person's middle finger to their elbow. Although it is an easy to understand method of calculated length, it wasn't accurate as body measurements vary from person to person. The ancient cubit was therefore roughly 44.5 to 52 centimeters (17.5 to 20.4 inches) long.
And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of (Noah's Ark): The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits (Genesis 6:15, KJV).
Migration and the Number 130
In 1670 B.C. the patriarch Jacob was 130 years old. It was at this age that he and sixty-six family members migrated to Egypt (Genesis 46:1 - 47:9).
The migration of Jacob and his family is caused by a severe famine that struck the land of Canaan. They travel to the country at the behest of Joseph who is Egypt's second most powerful person. Jacob, upon arrival in the country, is introduced to Pharaoh.
And Joseph brought in Jacob his father and set him before Pharaoh. And Jacob blessed Pharaoh. And Pharaoh said to Jacob, "How many are the years of your life?" And Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years (130). Few and evil have been the years of my life . . . (Genesis 47:7 - 9, HBFV).
Jacob, renamed Israel by God, will live to the ripe old age of 147.
For Our Health
The English word "fat" is found 130 times in 105 King James verses. Its found the most in Leviticus (51 times) followed by Isaiah (14) and then Ezekiel (8). The fat of animals was commonly used, along with other parts, in sacrifices made to God. The Lord's dietary laws, given for our health and wellbeing, forbids eating animal fat.
And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the Lord; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards (Leviticus 3:3, KJV).
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat. And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye shall in no wise eat of it.
For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people (Leviticus 7:23 - 25, KJV).
More Info on Biblical Meaning of 130
The English phrase "hundred and thirty," used for the number 130, is found the most in the book of Numbers (16 times) followed by Genesis (6) and Exodus (4).
God commanded ancient Israel to keep a Sabbatical year, also known as the year of release (Deuteronomy 31:10). This year was the seventh in every seven-year cycle. Seven cycles of these sets of seven years (49 years total) were needed before the Jubilee year (50th year) could be celebrated.
September 5 in 130 B.C. (Tishri 1 on the Hebrew calendar) began a Sabbatical year. This special year ended on September 22 in 129 B.C.
Coincidently, a Sabbatical year also began in 130 A.D. It started on September 22 and ended on September 11 in 131 A.D.
The English word "hope" is found 130 times in 121 King James Bible verses. It occurs the most in the book of Psalms (22 times) followed by Job (16) and the book of Romans (15). Out of its 130 occurrences it is recorded 61 times in the New Testament.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life (Proverbs 13:12, KJV).
And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost (Holy Spirit) which is given unto us (Romans 5:5, KJV).
Damascus, the capital of modern Syria, is located roughly 130 miles (209 kilometers) from Jerusalem.
The patriarch Abraham is born in 1960 B.C. when his father, Terah, was 130 years old.
130 is the product of 2 x 5 x 13. 2, 5 and 13 are all prime numbers.
130 is also equal to (1 x 1) + (2 x 2) + (5 x 5) + (10 x 10).