Old Testament Chronology

DATES



Period of Beginnings
Ca. 2000 B.C.

to

Ca. 1800 B.C.

to

Ca. 1400 B.C.


to


Ca. 1100 B.C.


to

Ca. 931 B.C.






Ca. 875 B.C.

Ca. 790 B.C.

732 B.C.

722 B.C.

716 B.C.


640 B.C.

586 B.C.



539 B.C.


520-515 B.C.


457 B.C.


444 B.C.
BIBLE EVENTS



Genesis 1-11
The Patriarchs
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Joseph



Israelites reside
in Egypt

Moses
Joshua
The Judges

Samuel
Saul
David
Solomon
The Divided Kingdom
South North
Rehoboam

Jeroboam I

Jehoshaphat Ahab
Uzziah

Jeroboam II

  Fall of Samaria
Hezekiah

 
Josiah 

Fall of Jerusalem



Return of the Jews

Second Temple
Haggai
Zechariah

Ezra

Nehemiah
Malachi
CONTEMPORARY CULTURES


Prehistoric era

Patriarchal narratives
Define culture of
Mesopotamia and
Egypt



Egypt enslaves
Israelites

Palestine occupied
Various nations
oppress Israel




Surrounding nations
defeated by Israel




Syrian Kingdom
931-732




Fall of Syria




Assyrian domination of
Palestine 745-650





Babylonian supremacy
625-539
Medo-Persian rule
539-331