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Old Testament Timelines

BCE

2000 —

1650 —

1211 —

1170 —

1040 —

1028 —

1013 —

1006 —

973 —

962 —

933 —

738 —

722 —

693 —

620 —

605 —

597 —

586 —

538 —

516 —

333 —

306 —

198 —

142 —

104 —

79 —

63 —

40 —

37 —

4 —

 

RULERS OF JUDIA & ISRAEL

Abraham and Isaac

Israelites in Egypt

Moses and the Exodus

Israelites enter Canaan

Samuel and the Judges

King Saul rules

King David rules Judah

King David rules Israel and Judah

Solomon rules

Temple completed

Kingdom splits: Jeroboam is the king of Israel and Rehoboam is king of Judah

Israel is an Assyrian tributary

Israelites of the Northern Kingdom are exiled and eventually disappear

Judah now a tributary of Assyria

Yahvist reform

Babylon conquers Assyria

First exile of Jews go to Babylon

Babylon conquers Jerusalem, destroys the Temple, end of Dravidic dynasty, second exile to Babylon

Persian Empire conquers Baby loan. Some Jews are allowed to return to Jerusalem

The Second Temple is completed

Alexander the Great takes over Judea

Alexander's empire splits. Polemics takes over Judea

Seleucidian empire take over Judea

Judea temporarily independent

Aristobulus is king of Judea

Civil war

Kingdom ends, Rome conquers Jerusalem, Maccabeus fight Rome

Partheans occupy Judea

Herod the Great takes Jerusalem

Jesus born (maybe)

BCE

750 —

620 —

586 —

581 —

562 —

450 —

400 —

300 —

250 —

250 —

165 —

150 —

 

 

 

BIBLE TIMELINE

The "E" document was completed

The book of Deuteronomy was "discovered"

Laminations was written

The "J" document was completed

First six book completed

The book of Ruth written

Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah written

Song of Solomon and Jonah written

Ecclesiastes and Proverbs completed

The Septuagint completed in Alexandria (70 scholars translated the books into Greek)

The book of Daniel was written

Esther and Psalms completed