Date
(B.C.) | | Significant Event(s) |
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1491 | | The Exodus |
| | | God through Moses frees Israelites from Egyptian slavery. See Picture of Israel's Wilderness Camp After Leaving Egypt. |
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1451 | | Joshua leads Israelites into the Promised Land |
| | | See Map of Promised Land
View Map showing Division of Promised Land to Twelve Tribes of Israel. |
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1410 to 1050 | | Period of the Judges in Israel |
| | | See Map of Israel during the Judges. |
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c. 1050 to 930 | | Israel's First Kings |
| | | Period of King Saul, King David and King Solomon. View Map showing King David's Military Victories |
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c. 960 | | Solomon's Temple Built in Jerusalem |
| | | See Model of what Second Temple looked like. |
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928 | | Division of the Kingdom |
| | | After the death of Solomon the united Hebrew (Israel) kingdom was divided into two separate nations (see Map of greatest extent of Israel's Empire): -
Israel: Composed of ten of Israel's tribes and often referred to as the Northern Ten Tribes of Israel. The capital city is Samaria. The kings of Israel are descendents of Jeroboam, the first king of the northern ten tribes. Judah: Composed of two of the tribes of Israel, Judah and Benjamin, plus the priestly tribe of Levi. Jerusalem is the capital (see map of ancient Jerusalem). The kings of Judah are descendents of King David and Solomon. |
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928 to 722 | | Period of the Kings of Israel
(Ruling over Ten Tribes of Israel) |
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| | | From King Jeroboam I to King Hoshea. See Detailed listing of Kings of Israel and Judah. |
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928 to 587 | | Period of the Kings of Judah
(Ruling over Tribes of Judah, Benjamin and Levi) |
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| | | From King Rehoboam to King Zedekiah (Mattariah). See Detailed listing of Kings of Israel and Judah. |
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884 to 612 | | Period when Assyria was a World Ruling Empire |
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840 to 400 | | Period of the "Minor Prophets"
(Obadiah, Joel, Jonah, etc.). |
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| | | See List of minor prophets and the prophecies they delievered. |
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721 | | Fall of Israel |
| | | Assyria completes its conquest of the northern ten tribes of Israel and their capital city of Samaria. See Map of where Israel taken captive.
View Map of where Israel migrated to AFTER captivity. |
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612 to 539 | | Period when Neo-Babylonian Empire Ruled the World |
| | | See Detailed list of World Ruling Empires
View Map showing the GREATEST extent of the Babylonian empire. |
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585 | | Destruction of Solomon's Temple |
| | | Jerusalem and Solomon's Temple (known as the first temple) are destroyed by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar. The destruction of the temple was started on the 9th of Ab ( Hebrew month) and completed on the 10th. See Model of what Second Temple looked like.
How was the interior of the temple designed? |
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536 to 331 | | Period when Persian (Medo-Persian) Empire Ruled World |
| | | See Detailed list of World Ruling Empires |
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515 | | Jerusalem's Temple Rebuilt |
| | | The rebuilding of Jerusalem's (Solomon's) temple was completed. This is commonly referred to as the second or Herod's temple. See Model of what Second Temple looked like. |
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63 | | Roman troops, led by Pompeius, occupy Palestine (Judea) |
| | | See Map of Rome's empire when Jesus was a teenager. |
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37 | | Herod the Great is appointed ruler of Judea by Rome |
