Old Testament Events Map

Map of Old Testament events
 
DATE
(B.C.)
EVENT
3984Adam and Eve are created.
2328The Great Flood occurs
1975 - 1668Life of Abraham, Issac and Jacob (Israel)
1685Jacob 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.
1405Joshua leads the Children of Israel into the Promised Land.
1398The Land of Canaan (Promised Land) is divided, by lot, among the children of Israel.
1192 - 1152Deborah and Barak serve as Israel's Judges.
1145 - 1105Gideon serves as Israel's Judge.
1085 - 1065Samson serves as Israel's Judge in the South and West
1085 - 1053 Samuel serves as Israel's Judge (1Samuel 7:6, 15-17)
1053 - 1050Samuel'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 - 965Solomon begins building Jerusalem's temple. (1Kings 6:1)
959 - 958Solomon completes building Jerusalem's temple.
930Israel 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 - 723Period of the nineteen Kings of Israel.
 
DATE
(B.C.)
EVENT
930 - 586Period of the twenty rulers (19 Kings and 1 Queen) over Judah.
798 - c. 400The 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).
605King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon makes his first attack of Jerusalem. The prophet Daniel and his companions are taken captive.
597Jerusalem 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.
516The rebuilding of Jerusalem's temple is completed during the reign of Persian King Darius I.
500s - 400sEzra, priests and Levites known as The Great Assembly complete the canonization of the Old Testament.
175Antiochus IV Epiphanes becomes ruler of Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. He begins to force Greek culture into Judea.
164Judas Maccabeus leads an army of Jewish dissidents to victory over the Seleucids.
147Judea gains its independence.
63Roman troops occupy Palestine (Judea). Jerusalem falls.
40Herod the Great is appointed, by the Roman Senate, as King of the Jews in Judea
20Herod the Great begins work to rebuild Jerusalem's temple.
5Jesus is born in Bethlehem.
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