DATE (B.C.) | EVENT | | | | | | 3984 | Adam and Eve are created. | | | | | 2328 | The Great Flood occurs | | | | | 1975 - 1668 | Life of Abraham, Issac and Jacob (Israel) | | | | | 1685 | Jacob and his entire household enter the land of Egypt. | | | | | c. 1660s | The earliest book included in the Bible, the Book of Job, is written. | | | | | 1445 | Exodus of the children of Israel out of Egyptian bondage. | | | | | 1405 | Joshua leads the Children of Israel into the Promised Land. | | | | | 1398 | The Land of Canaan (Promised Land) is divided, by lot, among the children of Israel. | | | | | 1192 - 1152 | Deborah and Barak serve as Israel's Judges. | | | | | 1145 - 1105 | Gideon serves as Israel's Judge. | | | | | 1085 - 1065 | Samson serves as Israel's Judge in the South and West | | | | | 1085 - 1053 | Samuel serves as Israel's Judge (1Samuel 7:6, 15-17) | | | | | 1053 - 1050 | Samuel's sons serve as Israel's Judge (1Samuel 8:1-5) | | | | | 1050 - 1010 | King Saul, anointed by Samuel, reigns as Israel's first human king. | | | | | 1010 - 930 | King David and King Solomon reign over a united kingdom of Israel. | | | | | 966 - 965 | Solomon begins building Jerusalem's temple. (1Kings 6:1) | | | | | 959 - 958 | Solomon completes building Jerusalem's temple. | | | | | 930 | Israel splits into two distinct kingdoms:
Israel: Composed of ten tribes. Referred to as the Northern Ten Tribes of Israel. Their capital is Samaria. The kings of Israel are descendents of King Jeroboam. Judah: Composed of the tribes of Judah, Benjamin and Levi. Jerusalem is their capital. The kings of Judah are descendents of Kings David and Solomon. | | | | | 930 - 723 | Period of the nineteen Kings of Israel. | | |
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DATE (B.C.) | EVENT | | | | | 930 - 586 | Period of the twenty rulers (19 Kings and 1 Queen) over Judah. | | | | | 798 - c. 400 | The books of the Minor Prophets (Jonah, Amos, Hosea, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Joel, Obadiah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi) are written. | | | | | 723 | Samaria (capital of the Northern Ten Tribes or Israel) is conquered by Assyrian King Shalmaneser V. Israel is taken captive to Assyria | | | | | 701 | Sennacherib, King of Assyria, threatens to destroy Jerusalem. God has the Angel of the Lord kill 185,000 troops as they prepare to enter city (2Kings 18-19). | | | | | 605 | King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon makes his first attack of Jerusalem. The prophet Daniel and his companions are taken captive. | | | | | 597 | Jerusalem falls to King Nebuchadnezzar. He takes Judah's king as prisoner to Babylon and sets up Zedekiah as King | | | | | 586 | King Nebuchadnezzar destroys Jerusalem and burns its temple. People of Judah are taken captive to Babylon | | | | | 539 | King Cyrus of Persia issues decree letting Jews go to Jerusalem. | | | | | 516 | The rebuilding of Jerusalem's temple is completed during the reign of Persian King Darius I. | | | | | 500s - 400s | Ezra, priests and Levites known as The Great Assembly complete the canonization of the Old Testament. | | | | | 175 | Antiochus IV Epiphanes becomes ruler of Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. He begins to force Greek culture into Judea. | | | | | 164 | Judas Maccabeus leads an army of Jewish dissidents to victory over the Seleucids. | | | | | 147 | Judea gains its independence. | | | | | 63 | Roman troops occupy Palestine (Judea). Jerusalem falls. | | | | | 40 | Herod the Great is appointed, by the Roman Senate, as King of the Jews in Judea | | | | | 20 | Herod the Great begins work to rebuild Jerusalem's temple. | | | | | 5 | Jesus is born in Bethlehem. | | |
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