Bible Chronology of the Old Testament



Bible Chronology of the Old Testament

The following chronological list is adapted from The Chronological Bible. Its purpose is to help you develop an overall understanding of the order of the major people and events of the Bible. The dates are disputed here and there; but overall, they can give you a reference in time and order.

 

 

|The Pre-existent Christ |John 1 |From the Creation |

|Creation |Gen. 1:1 |to the Flood |

|Satan cast out of heaven |Isaiah 14:12-17 | |

|Six days of creation |Gen. 1:3-26 | |

|Garden of Eden |Gen. 2:8-17 | |

|Fall of Adam and Eve |Gen. 3:1-7 | |

|Expulsion from Eden |Gen. 3:21-24 | |

|Cain kills Abel |Gen. 4 | |

|Noah is born |Gen. 5:28-29 | |

|The Flood |Gen. 7:10-24 | |

|The Tower of Babel |Gen. 11 |The Flood |

|Abram (Abraham) is born |Gen. 11:27 |to the Patriarchs |

|Job |Job 1 | |

|Abram becomes Abraham |Genesis 17 | |

|Birth of Isaac, then Jacob, then |Genesis 21-30 | |

|     Joseph | | |

|Joseph sold into slavery to Egypt |Genesis 27- 28 |The Patriarchs |

|Famine and move of Hebrews to |Gen. 41 |to the Exodus |

|     Egypt | |1606 - 1462 B.C. |

|The Hebrew population grows |Genesis 47:27 | |

|Their bondage and oppression |Exodus 8 | |

|Moses is born |Exodus 6:20 | |

|The 10 plagues against Egypt |Exodus 7 - 11 |The Exodus to |

|The Hebrews are freed then pursued |Exodus 12 |Entering Canaan |

|Crossing the Red Sea |Exodus 13 - 15 |1462 - 1422 B.C. |

|Receiving the 10 Commandments |Exodus 20 | |

|Israel wanders in the desert for 40 years |Numbers 14 | |

|The conquest and division of Canaan |Joshua 6 - 12 |Canaan to the Reign of King Saul |

|Israel becomes a world power |1200 - 750 B. C. |1422 - 1065 B. C. |

|Samson is born |Judges 13 | |

|Saul becomes first King |1 Samuel 9 | |

|David and Goliath |1 Samuel 17 |The Reign of |

|David becomes King |2 Samuel 5 |King David |

|David with Bathsheba |2 Samuel 11 |1025 - 985 B. C. |

|Absalom's rebellion |2 Samuel 15-18 | |

|David prepares temple materials |1 Chronicles 22 | |

|Solomon becomes King |1 Kings 1 |The Reign of |

|Solomon asks God for wisdom |1 Kings 3 |King Solomon |

|The building of the Temple |1 Kings 6 |985 - 945 B. C. |

|Solomon's downfall |1 Kings 11 | |

|The nation of Israel divided into two:   Israel to the north and Judah to the south.  |The Divided Kingdom |

|This period was full of kings, who ruled each realm.  Many of the kings were evil.  |(Israel and Judah) |

|Other gods were worshiped occasionally.  During this time Elijah has his ministry.  |From Solomon |

|Hosea preached.  Jonah dealt with Nineveh.  Rome was founded.  The temple was restored. |to the Fall of Israel |

| |945 - 586 B. C. |

|Both Israel and Judah fall to foreign powers.  Micah prophesies.  Isaiah is martyred.  |The Fall of Israel |

|Jeremiah is born.   Daniel is born.  Zephaniah prophesies.  Ezekiel is born.  Jeremiah |to the Fall of Judah |

|preaches. |721 - 586 B. C. |

|Ezekiel prophesies as Jerusalem falls |Ezekiel 33 |Israel is taken |

|Nebuchadnezzar's image |Daniel 3 |into Captivity |

|Daniel's vision of the four beasts |Daniel 7 |586 - 516 B.C. |

|Daniel's vision of the 70 weeks |Daniel 9 | |

|Fall of Babylon to Persians |Isaiah 13, Jer. 25 | |

|Dedication of the Temple |Ezra 6 |The Restoration |

|Deliverance of the Jews |Esther 8 |from Captivity |

|Ezra prepares to return to Jerusalem |Ezra 7 |516 -400 B. C. |

|Building of the wall of Jerusalem |Nehemiah 2 | |

|Malachi's Prophecies |Malachi | |

|Greece is the world power from |331 - 168 B. C. |Time Between |

|Rome is the world power from |168 B. C. - 476 A.D. |the Testaments |

|God does not speak for about 400 years | |400 B. C. - 5. A.D. |

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