Show me the Scripture that states the age of the earth.
Bishop James Ussher wrote what is called the Ussher Chronology which dates the creation as occuring On Sunday, October 23, 4004 BC. In calculating that he used the cronological ages given in Exodus which took him up to Solomon. During the age of Kings from Solomon to the birth of Jesus, Ussher cross-referenced Biblical records with known historical information. He arrived at the Sunday because God rested on the 7th day, and the Jewish Sabbath is Saturday, so creation started on Sunday. He deduced October 23rd because that was the Sunday before the Autumnal Equinox in 4004. Some people claim he also gave 9AM as the beginning of Creation, but in his writings Bishop Ussher never stated a time.