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3058 to 2108 BC Noah Genesis 9:29

2165 BC - Birth of Abraham          Genesis 11:26 [1]

2161 BC – Birth of Abraham in lower Mesopotamia [2]

1900 BC – Birth of Abraham not known, but approximated [3]

1900 BC – Abraham [4]

1900 or 2100 BC – Abraham and Hammurabi  (Amraphel of Shinar-Gen. 14:1.)

2090 BC - Abraham enters Canaan          Genesis 12 [5]

2066 BC - Destruction of Sodom              Genesis 19 [6]
c.a. 1900 BC –Destruction of Sodom [7]

2065 BC - Birth of Isaac           Genesis 21 [8]

2025 BC - Marriage of Isaac & Rebecca           Genesis 24 [9]

2005 BC - Birth of Esau & Jacob           Genesis 25 [10]

1990 BC - Death of Abraham           Genesis 25 [11]

1928 BC – Jacob deceives his father Isaac and flees to Haran           Genesis 27 [12]

1920 BC – Marriage of Jacob to Leah and Rachel                   Genesis 29:28 [13]

1897 BC – Joseph is sold into Egypt           Genesis 37 [14]

1884 BC – Joseph is exalted by Pharaoh           Genesis 41 [15]

1875 BC – Jacob and his family enter Egypt          Genesis 46 [16]

1858 BC – Death of Jacob          Genesis 49 [17]

1804 BC – Death of Joseph; Israel enjoys prosperity for 75 years           Genesis 50, Exodus 1:1-7 [18]
1800 BC - Joseph died      English Stndard Verson

1730 BC – Egyptian oppression begins           Exodus 1:8 – 12:42[19]

1562 BC + or - 38 years, Jericho Burned, Hendrik J. Bruins and Johannes van der Plicht, Archaeologists

1550 BC - Jericho Fall & Burn -Kathleen Kenyon, Archaeologist

1525 BC – Birth of Moses          Exodus 2:1-4 [20]

1485 BC – Moses flees Egypt           Exodus 2:11-15 [21]

1445 BC – Moses returns to Egypt           Exodus 4:20 [22]
1445 BC - Genesis written     English Standard Version

1445 BC – The Exodus           Exodus 12-15 [23]
1445 BC --The Exodus - Believer's Bible Commentary
1446 BC - Nelson’s 
1448 BC - (Approximate) – The Exodus, (1 Kings 6:1), James Orr, ISBE

June 15, 1445 BC – Arrival at Mt. Sinai           Exodus 19:1 [24]

1440 BC + or - 40 years- Jericho Burned, Bryant Wood, Archaeologist

1444 – 1405 BC – Wandering in wilderness          Numbers 15:1 – Deuteronomy 34 [25]
1405 BC - Numbers, Book written     English Standard Version

October 7, 1405 BC – Death of Moses           Deuteronomy 34:1-7 [26]

1404 – 1397 BC – Conquest of Canaan           Joshua 6-12 [27]

1400 BCE Jericho Fall & Burn, John Garstang, Archeologist

1400 BCE Jericho Fall & Burn, Bryant G. Wood, Archaeologist

1390 BC – Death of Joshua           Joshua 23-24 [28]

1374 – 1334 BC - Judgeship of Othniel           Judges 3:7-11 [29]

1316 – 1236 BC - Judgeship of Ehud                 Judges 3:12-14 [30]

1216 – 1176 BC – Judgeship of Deborah and Barak           Judges 4-5 [31]

1169 – 1129 BC – Judgeship of Gideon           Judges 6-8 [32]

 c. 1150 ? BC – Life of Ruth  Ruth [33]

c. 1087 BC – Judgeship of Jephthah                     Judges 11-12 [34]

c. 1069 BC – Judgeship of Sampson                     Judges 13-16 [35]

c. 1107 BC – Judgeship of Eli                     I Samuel 1-4 [36]

1105 BC – Birth of Samuel           1 Samuel 1:19-20 [37]

1043 BC – Saul anointed first king of Israel by Samuel           1 Samuel 1-10 [38]
1053 to 1013 BC - Saul reigns

1025 BC – The anointing of David           1 Samuel 16 [39]

1011 BC – Death of Saul   1 Samuel 31 [40]

1011 BC – Reign of David over one tribe begins 2 Samuel 2:4 [41]

1011 to 971 BC - David ruled  probably with Solomon as co-regent during his final year (41a)

1005 BC – Jerusalem becomes the capital           2 Samuel 2:4 [42]

1004 BC – Reign of David over all Israel begins           2 Samuel 5:3 [43]

971 BC – Death of David           1 Kings 2:10 [44]

971 BC – Reign of Solomon begins           1 Kings 1:39 [45]
973 or 974 BC – Solomon begins reign, (1 Kings 6:1), James Orr, ISBE

969or 970 BC – Temple foundations laid, (1 Kings 6:1), James Orr, ISBE

959 BC – Completion of the Temple           1 Kings 6:38 [46]

933 BC – Solomon reign ends, James Orr, ISBE
931 BC – Kingdom splits into two kingdoms, Israel & Judah, after Solomon’s death           1 Kings 12 [47]

874 BC – The reign of Ahab begins in Israel           1 Kings 16-22 [48]

854 BC - Tribute paid to Shalmaneser II by Ahab, James Orr, ISBE

860 – 852 BC – The ministry of Elijah    1 Kings 17-19, 21; 2 Kings 1-2 [49]

852 – 795 BC – The ministry of Elisha           2 Kings 2-9, 13 [50]

843 BC - Jehu begins to reign, James Orr, ISBE

842 BC - Tribute paid to Shalmaneser II by Jehu, James Orr, ISBE

745 BC - The accession of Tiglath-pileser III, James Orr, ISBE

726 BC – Hezekiah begins to reign, James Orr, ISBE

721 BC – The capture of the northern kingdom by the Assyrians, 2 Kings 17 [51]
721 BC - The fall of Northern Kingdom of Israel, (2 Kings 17:6), James Orr, ISBE

716 BC – The reign of King Hezekiah begins           2 Kings 18-21 [52]

701 BC – Jerusalem saved from the Assyrians by the angel of the Lord          2 Kings 19 [53]

697 BC - Manasseh begins his long reign of 55 years, James Orr, ISBE
697 BC – Reign of Manasseh begins           2 Kings 21 [54]

639 BC - Josiah beginning of reign, James Orr, ISBE
641 BC – Josiah begins to reign  2 Kings 22-23 [55]

626 BC - Death of Ashurbanipal, the last great ruler of Assyria, James Orr, ISBE

612 BC – Fall of Nineveh [56]  

609 BC - Assyria invades Palestine, James Orr, ISBE

609 BC - Josiah’s death, James Orr, ISBE

606 BC - Fall of Nineveh and the end of the mighty Assyrian empire, James Orr, ISBE

605 BC – First siege of Jerusalem, Daniel taken 2 Kings 24 [57]

605 – 536 BC – The ministry of Daniel           Daniel [58]

604 BC - Nebuchadnezzar recalled from Egypt on death of his father, where he became sole ruler of Babylon, James Orr, ISBE

597 BC – Second siege of Jerusalem, Ezekiel taken           2 Kings 24 [59]

597 BC – Third siege of Jerusalem          2 Kings 24 [60]

593 – 560 BC – The ministry of Ezekiel          Ezekiel [61]

587 BC Summer – The fall of Jerusalem,  Leslie C. Allen [62]
587 BC – The fall of Jerusalem          to the Babylonians           2 Kings 25 [63]
586 BC - The fall of Jerusalem, James Orr, ISBE

562 BC – Death of Nebuchadnezzar, James Orr, ISBE

538 BC – Babylon falls to the Persians, James Orr, ISBE
October 29, 539 BC – The fall of Babylon to the Persians          Daniel 5 [64]

538 BC - Edict of Cyrus the Great permits Jews to return to homeland
538 BC – The edict of Cyrus for the Jews’ return to Judea           Ezra 1 [65]

536 BC – First return to Judea under Zerrubbabel           Ezra 1-6 [66]

June 535 BC – Work on the temple begun          Ezra 3 [67]

521 BC - Darius the Great began his reign, James Orr, ISBE

520 BC – Ministry of Haggai          Ezra 5:1, Haggai [68]
520 BC – Ministry of Zechariah           Ezra 5:1, Zechariah [69]

516 BC – Second Temple completed, James Orr, ISBE
February 18, 516 BC – Work on temple completed          Ezra 6:15 [70]

478 BC – Esther becomes queen of Persia           Esther 2 [71]

469 to 399 BC – Socrates

March 455 BC – Second return to Judea under Ezra   Ezra 7:10 [72]

September 444 BC – The walls of Jerusalem are completed          Neh. 6:15 [73]

437 BC – The ministry of Malachi [74]

425 BC – The completion of the Old Testament [75]

384 to 322 BC - Aristotle

356 - 323 BC - Alexander the Great
331 –323 BC – Career of Alexander the Great [76]

260 BC – Translation of the Old Testament into Greek, The Septuagint [77]
250 -- 150 BC - Translation of the Pentateuch into the Greek language at Alexandria

175 – 169 BC – Reign of Antiochus Epiphanes, who defiled the temple [78]

166 BC – Revolt of the Maccabees, Jewish freedom fighters [79]
166 BC - Revolt of Judas Maccabeus

164 BC – Roman General Pompey conquers Jerusalem [80]

40 BC – Herod the Great appointed king [81]

27 BC - Augustus Caesar made Roman Emperor

Augustus (27 BC to 14 AD) issued a decree for the registration of all persons within the bounds of the Roman Empire (Luke 2:1). This involved the province of Judea in Palestine, thus affecting the lives of Joseph and Mary, who traveled to Bethlehem to register. During this trip Jesus was born.

20/19 BC - Reconstruction of Herod's Temple Started
20 BC – Herod begins enlarging the second temple [82]

5 BC – Birth of John the Baptist          Luke 1:57-60 [83]

5 BC – Birth of Jesus Christ          Luke 2:1-20 [84]
4 BC - Birth of Jesus Christ

200 AD - The Mishnah brought to closure with formal canonization at the Council of Jamnia

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