1 Kings 6:1
By Daniel Gregg
וַיְהִי בִשְׁמוֹנִים שָׁנָה וְאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה לְצֵאת בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאֶרֶץ־מִצְרַיִם בַּשָּׁנָה הָרְבִיעִית בְּחֹדֶשׁ זִו הוּא הַחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי לִמְלֹךְ שְׁלֹמֹה עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּבֶן הַבַּיִת לַיהוָה׃
Then it be in the eightieth year and four hundreds year for the going out of the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, in the year the fourth, in the renewing cycle of Ziv (it is the renewing cycle the second), of Solomon's ruling over Israel; then he builds the house of Yahweh.
Egypt is called "the house of slaves" (בֵּית עֲבָדִים) nine times in the Torah; Exodus 13:3; 13:14; 20:2; Deut. 5:6; 6:12; 7:8; 8:14; 13:5; 13:10. Additionally, the phrase is used in Joshua 24:17; Judges 6:8; Jeremiah 34:13, and Micah 6:4.
Later Jerusalem is figuratively condemned because it became a "house of slaves" (Jer. 34:13). Egypt was originally called an "iron furnace" (Deut. 4:20; Jer. 11:4). Subsequently this is applied to Jerusalem (Ezekiel 22:18-22).
In Revelation 11:8, we see a further figurative reference to Egypt applied to Jerusalem. That is Jerusalem is described as a place of slavery at this time. Indeed, Paul also describes Jerusalem as a place of slavery in Gal. 4:24-25. So we see that "Egypt" is a metaphor for slavery.
"From the land of Egypt" is explicitly used in Exodus 20:2 parallel to "from the house of slaves", מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם מִבֵּית עֲבָדִים, "from the land of Egypt, from the house of slaves"; The first part of this equation is used in 1 Kings 6:1, מֵאֶרֶץ־מִצְרַיִם, "from the land of Egypt."
The 1 Kings 6:1 text is a concealment text. Upon first reading without considering the internal chronology of the book of Judges, it does appear to say that there were only 480 years from the Exodus to the 4th year of Solomon. However, if we find out that the period of the Judges, Saul, and David exceeds this number of years, then the figurative sense becomes natural.
It just so happens that the numbers supplied by Scripture for the Eras between the Exodus and Solomon exceed the 480 by exactly 134 years of slavery to other nations.
So what the text is really saying is that the sum of years that Israel was not in bondage during this period was 480.
Starting with the Exodus, the chart lays out these 480 years in column 6. In 1566 BC this column is interrupted by enslavement by the King of Mesopotamia, the Kashu. For 8 years the servitude is counted, and then after the servitude the 480 years resume with year no. 67, right next to the first year of Othniel.
The continuance of the 480 years and the interruptions by national enslavements continue down the center column until the 4th year of Solomon.
Furthermore, the book of Judges has a statement forbidding overlapping of Judges and Servitudes, except in the case of Samson.
Finally, the Jubilee cycle resynchronizes with the 2nd year of King Saul, and the longer chronology is necessary to complete the 390 years from Ezekiel 4 for the sin of Israel, which are also in the charts.