Biblical Timeline

Major events from Creation to Revelation — 572 events

All 572 Battle 9 Beginning 140 Birth 86 Construction 4 Covenant 9 Death 57 Destruction 3 End 131 Jubilee 70 Marriage 7 Meeting 3 Message 6 Prophecy 9 Travel 18 Unique 17 Vision 3
3.961 BCE
Unique

The Creation

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness {was} upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. …

3.961 BCE
Birth

Birth of Adam

So God created man in his {own} image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. (Genesis 1:27) And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, {it was} very good. An…

West of Eden Genesis 1:27
3.831 BCE
Birth

Birth of Seth

And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat {a son} in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth: (Genesis 5:3)

3.726 BCE
Birth

Birth of Enosh

And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos: {Enos: Heb. Enosh} (Genesis 5:6)

3.636 BCE
Birth

Birth of Kenan

And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan: {Cainan: Heb. Kenan} (Genesis 5:9)

3.566 BCE
Birth

Birth of Mahalalel

And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel: {Mahalaleel: Gr. Maleleel} (Genesis 5:12)

3.501 BCE
Birth

Birth of Jared

And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared: {Jared: Heb. Jered} (Genesis 5:15)

3.339 BCE
Birth

Birth of Enoch

And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch: (Genesis 5:18)

3.274 BCE
Birth

Birth of Methuselah

And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: {Methuselah: Gr. Mathusala} (Genesis 5:21)

3.087 BCE
Birth

Birth of Lamech

And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech: (Genesis 5:25)

3.031 BCE
Death

Death of Adam

And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died. (Genesis 5:5)

2.974 BCE
Death

Death of Enoch

And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: (Genesis 5:23) And Enoch walked with God: and he {was} not; for God took him. (Genesis 5:24)

2.919 BCE
Death

Death of Seth

And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died. (Genesis 5:8)

2.905 BCE
Birth

Birth of Noah

And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son: And he called his name Noah, saying, This {same} shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground wh…

2.821 BCE
Death

Death of Enosh

And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died. (Genesis 5:11)

2.726 BCE
Death

Death of Kenan

And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died. (Genesis 5:14)

2.671 BCE
Death

Death of Mahalalel

And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died. (Genesis 5:17)

2.539 BCE
Death

Death of Jared

And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died. (Genesis 5:20)

2.402 BCE
Birth

Birth of Shem

And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Genesis 5:32)

2.310 BCE
Death

Death of Lamech

And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died. (Genesis 5:31)

2.305 BCE
Beginning

The Flood began

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.…

2.305 BCE
Death

Death of Methuselah

And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died. (Genesis 5:27)

2.304 BCE
End

The Flood ended

And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first {month}, the first {day} of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and …

2.304 BCE
Covenant

G-d makes a covenant with Noah

And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; And with every living creature that {is} with you, of the fowl…

2.302 BCE
Birth

Birth of Arpachshad

These {are} the generations of Shem: Shem {was} an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: (Genesis 11:10)

2.267 BCE
Birth

Birth of Shelah

And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: (Genesis 11:12)

2.237 BCE
Birth

Birth of Eber

And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: (Genesis 11:14)

2.203 BCE
Birth

Birth of Peleg

And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: {Peleg: Gr. Phalec} (Genesis 11:16)

2.173 BCE
Birth

Birth of Reu

And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: (Genesis 11:18)

2.141 BCE
Birth

Birth of Serug

And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug: {Serug: Gr. Saruch} (Genesis 11:20)

2.111 BCE
Birth

Birth of Nahor

And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: (Genesis 11:22)

2.082 BCE
Birth

Birth of Terah

And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: {Terah: Gr. Thara} (Genesis 11:24)

2.012 BCE
Birth

Birth of Haran*

And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. (Genesis 11:26) And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran. (Genesis 11:32) So Abram departed, as …

Ur of the Chaldeans Genesis 11:26
1.964 BCE
Unique

Tower of Babel and the dispersion of humanity*

They said, “Come, let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven, and let us make for ourselves a name, otherwise we will be scattered abroad over the face of the whol…

1.964 BCE
Death

Death of Peleg

And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. (Genesis 11:18-19)

1.963 BCE
Death

Death of Nahor

And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: {Terah: Gr. Thara} (Genesis 11:24)

1.954 BCE
Death

Death of Noah

And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. (Genesis 9:28)

1.952 BCE
Birth

Birth of Abram

And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. (Genesis 11:26) And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran. (Genesis 11:32) So Abram departed, as …

1.942 BCE
Birth

Birth of Sarai

Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall {a child} be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? (Genesis 17:17)

1.934 BCE
Death

Death of Reu

And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug: {Serug: Gr. Saruch} (Genesis 11:20)

1.911 BCE
Death

Death of Serug

And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: (Genesis 11:22)

1.882 BCE
Travel

Abram departed Ur*

And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of…

1.882 BCE
Death

Death of Haran*

And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. (Genesis 11:28)

Ur of the Chaldeans Genesis 11:28
1.878 BCE
Meeting

Abram Met Melchizedek

And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he {was} the priest of the most high God. (Genesis 14:18) After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, F…

1.877 BCE
Travel

Abram departed Haran

So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram {was} seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. (Genesis 12:4)

1.877 BCE
Unique

The Promise to Abram

After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I {am} thy shield, {and} thy exceeding great reward. (Genesis 15:1) And, behold, the word of the LORD {cam…

1.877 BCE
Beginning

Beginning of the 430 years between the promise and the covenant

Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. And this I say, {that} the covenant, that was confirmed bef…

1.877 BCE
Death

Death of Terah

And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran. (Genesis 11:32)

1.867 BCE
Marriage

Abram married Hagar

And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife. (Genesis 16:3)

1.866 BCE
Birth

Birth of Ishmael

And Abram {was} fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram. (Genesis 16:16)

1.864 BCE
Death

Death of Arpachshad

And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. (Genesis 11:12-13)

1.853 BCE
Destruction

Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed

And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard {it} in the tent door, which {was} behind him. (Genesis 18:10) A…

1.853 BCE
Covenant

G-d makes a covenant with Abram and changes his name to Abraham

And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I {am} the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. {perfect: or, upright, or, sincere} And I wil…

1.853 BCE
Unique

Abraham and all his household circumcised

And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin…

1.852 BCE
Birth

Birth of Moab*

And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same {is} the father of the Moabites unto this day. (Genesis 19:37)

Cave near Zoar Genesis 19:37
1.852 BCE
Birth

Birth of Ben-ammi*

And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same {is} the father of the children of Ammon unto this day. (Genesis 19:38)

Cave near Zoar Genesis 19:38
1.852 BCE
Birth

Birth of Isaac

And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him. (Genesis 21:5)

1.847 BCE
Beginning

Beginning of the 400 years of oppression

And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land {that is} not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; (Genesis 15:13)

1.834 BCE
Death

Death of Shelah

And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. (Genesis 11:14-15)

1.815 BCE
Unique

Sacrifice of Isaac*

And he said, Take now thy son, thine only {son} Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee…

1.815 BCE
Death

Death of Sarai

And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: {these were} the years of the life of Sarah. (Genesis 23:1)

1.812 BCE
Marriage

Isaac married Rebekah

And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian. (Genesis 25:20)

1.802 BCE
Death

Death of Shem

These {are} the generations of Shem: Shem {was} an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: (Genesis 11:10) And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat…

1.792 BCE
Birth

Birth of Esau

And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau. And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: an…

1.792 BCE
Birth

Birth of Jacob

And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau. And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: an…

1.777 BCE
Death

Death of Abram

And these {are} the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years. (Genesis 25:7)

Cave of Machpelah Genesis 25:7
1.773 BCE
Death

Death of Eber

And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: {Peleg: Gr. Phalec} And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. (Genesis 11:16-17)

1.767 BCE
Covenant

G-d makes a covenant with Isaac*

And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and u…

1.752 BCE
Marriage

Esau married Judith and Basemath

When Esau was FORTY YEARS OLD he married Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite;

1.729 BCE
Death

Death of Ishmael

And these {are} the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people. (Genesis 25:17)

1.715 BCE
Unique

Jacob deceives Isaac for the blessing

And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing. And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, b…

1.715 BCE
Travel

Jacob departed to Paddan-aram

And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father;…

1.715 BCE
Marriage

Esau married Mahalath

And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; {pleased...: Heb. were evil in the eyes, etc} Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the …

1.708 BCE
Marriage

Jacob married Rachel

And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him {but} a few days, for the love he had to her. (Genesis 29:20)

1.708 BCE
Marriage

Jacob married Leah

And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him {but} a few days, for the love he had to her. (Genesis 29:20)

1.707 BCE
Birth

Birth of Reuben*

And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me. {Reuben: that is, See a son} (G…

Paddan-aram Genesis 29:32
1.706 BCE
Birth

Birth of Simeon*

And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I {was} hated, he hath therefore given me this {son} also: and she called his name Simeon. {Simeon: that is, Hearing…

Paddan-aram Genesis 29:33
1.705 BCE
Birth

Birth of Levi*

And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi. {Levi: that is, Joined} (Gen…

Paddan-aram Genesis 29:34
1.704 BCE
Birth

Birth of Judah*

And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing. {Judah: that is, Praise} {left...: Heb. stood from bearing} (G…

Paddan-aram Genesis 29:35
1.704 BCE
Birth

Birth of Dan*

And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan. {Dan: that is, Judging} (Genesis 30:6)

Paddan-aram Genesis 30:6
1.703 BCE
Birth

Birth of Naphtali*

And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son. And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali. {g…

Paddan-aram Genesis 30:7
1.703 BCE
Birth

Birth of Gad*

When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son. And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad. {Gad…

Paddan-aram Genesis 30:9
1.702 BCE
Birth

Birth of Asher*

And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son. And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher. {Happy...: Heb. In my happiness} {Asher: that is, Happ…

Paddan-aram Genesis 30:12
1.702 BCE
Birth

Birth of Issachar*

And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar. {Issachar: that is, An hire} (Genesis 30:18)

Paddan-aram Genesis 30:18
1.701 BCE
Birth

Birth of Zebulun*

And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son. And Leah said, God hath endued me {with} a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his n…

Paddan-aram Genesis 30:19
1.701 BCE
Birth

Birth of Dinah*

And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah. {Dinah: that is Judgment} (Genesis 30:21)

Paddan-aram Genesis 30:21
1.701 BCE
Birth

Birth of Joseph

And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son. {Joseph: that is, Adding} (Genesis 30:24)

Paddan-aram Genesis 30:24
1.695 BCE
Travel

Jacob (and family) return to Canaan

Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times. (Genesis 31:41)

1.695 BCE
Covenant

Jacob wrestles with the angel and has his name changed to Israel

And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. {breaking...: Heb. ascending of the morning} And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched th…

1.688 BCE
Death

Death of Deborah*

But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth. {Allonbachuth: that is, The oak of weeping} (Genesis 35:8)

1.687 BCE
Death

Death of Rachel*

And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin. {Benoni: that is, The son of my sorrow} {Benjamin: that is, The s…

Bethlehem Genesis 35:18
1.687 BCE
Birth

Birth of Benjamin*

And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin. {Benoni: that is, The son of my sorrow} {Benjamin: that is, The s…

Bethlehem Genesis 35:18
1.684 BCE
Unique

Joseph's dream

These {are} the generations of Jacob. Joseph, {being} seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad {was} with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's…

1.672 BCE
Death

Death of Isaac

And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years. (Genesis 35:28)

1.671 BCE
Beginning

The seven years of plenty in Egypt began

And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls. (Genesis 41:47)

1.671 BCE
Beginning

Joseph made viceroy

And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, {there is} none so discreet and wise as thou {art}: Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my peop…

1.665 BCE
Birth

Birth of Manasseh*

And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him. {priest: or, prince} (Genesis 41:50) And Joseph called the name…

1.665 BCE
Birth

Birth of Ephraim*

And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him. {priest: or, prince} (Genesis 41:50) And the name of the second…

1.664 BCE
End

The seven years of plenty in Egypt ended

And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended. And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all …

1.664 BCE
Beginning

The seven years of famine in Egypt began

And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended. And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all …

1.662 BCE
Birth

Birth of Kohath*

Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, Jacob and his sons, who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn... The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. (GEN 46:8, 11)

1.662 BCE
Travel

Jacob went to Egypt

And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him: (Genesis 46:6) And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of…

1.657 BCE
End

The seven years of famine in Egypt ended

The seven years of famine in Egypt ended

Egypt
1.645 BCE
Birth

Birth of Amram*

And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath {were} an hundred thirty and three years. (Exodus 6:18)

1.645 BCE
Death

Death of Jacob

And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years. {the whole...: Heb. the days of the years of his life} (Genesis 47:28)

Goshen, Egypt Genesis 47:28
1.591 BCE
Death

Death of Joseph

So Joseph died, {being} an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. (Genesis 50:26)

1.568 BCE
Death

Death of Levi

And these {are} the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi {were} an hundred thirty and seven years. (Exodus 6:16)

1.530 BCE
Birth

Birth of Aaron

And Moses {was} fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh. (Exodus 7:7)

1.529 BCE
Death

Death of Kohath

And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath {were} an hundred thirty and three years. (Exodus 6:18)

1.527 BCE
Birth

Birth of Moses

And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water. {Moses: that is, Drawn out} (E…

1.508 BCE
Death

Death of Amram

Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses; and the length of Amram’s life was ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN YEARS. (Exodus 6:20)

Egypt
1.489 BCE
Birth

Birth of Joshua*

The birth of Joshua, Moses' successor.

Egypt
1.487 BCE
Travel

Moses fled from Pharaoh

And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel. And seeing one {of them} suffer wrong, he defended {him}, and avenged him that was oppressed,…

1.485 BCE
Birth

Birth of Caleb

Forty years old {was} I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as {it was} in mine heart. (Joshua 14:7)

1.447 BCE
End

End of the 400 years of oppression

And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land {that is} not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; (Genesis 15:13)

1.447 BCE
Unique

The Exodus

Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, {was} four hundred and thirty years. And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it cam…

1.447 BCE
Beginning

Israel began wandering in the wilderness

And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan. (Exodus 16:35) And your children …

1.447 BCE
Beginning

480-year Exodus-to-the-Temple period began

And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which {…

1.447 BCE
Covenant

G-d makes a national covenant with Israel at Sinai

Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth {is} mine: And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of p…

Mount Sinai Exodus 19:5
1.447 BCE
End

End of the 430 years between the promise and the covenant

Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. And this I say, {that} the covenant, that was confirmed bef…

Mount Sinai Galatians 3:16
1.447 BCE
Unique

Seventy-four Isralites see G-d

Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel: And they saw the God of Israel: and {there was} under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as…

Mount Sinai Exodus 24:9
1.446 BCE
Beginning

Tabernacle construction began

And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, {even} every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it: (Exodus 36:2)

Mount Sinai Exodus 36:2
1.445 BCE
End

Tabernacle construction ended

And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first {day} of the month, {that} the tabernacle was reared up. (Exodus 40:17)

Mount Sinai Exodus 40:17
1.445 BCE
Travel

Israel departed Sinai

And it came to pass on the twentieth {day} of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony. And the children of Israel took their journeys…

1.445 BCE
Unique

Twelve men sent to spy out the Land

Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them. (Numbers 13:2)

1.407 BCE
Covenant

G-d renews the national covenant with Israel

And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them. {keep...: Heb. keep to d…

1.407 BCE
Covenant

G-d makes a national covenant with Israel at Moab

These {are} the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb. (Deuteronomy 29:1)

1.407 BCE
Meeting

Rahab protected the two Israelite spies in Jericho

And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there. {sent: or,…

Jericho Joshua 2:1
1.407 BCE
End

Israel's wandering in the wilderness ended

Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying, Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over th…

Jericho Joshua 1:1
1.407 BCE
Travel

Israel entered the Land

Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying, Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over th…

Jericho Joshua 1:1
1.407 BCE
Beginning

Jephthah's period of 300 years began

While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that {be} along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover {them} with…

1.407 BCE
Travel

Israel set up the Tabernacle at Gilgal

And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth {day} of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho. (Joshua 4:19)

1.407 BCE
Beginning

Israel's conquest of the Land of Canaan began

So the people shouted when {the priests} blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down…

1.407 BCE
Battle

Israel's battle at Jericho

So the people shouted when {the priests} blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down…

1.407 BCE
Destruction

Jericho is destroyed

And they burnt the city with fire, and all that {was} therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD. (Joshua 6:24)

1.407 BCE
Beginning

Joshua's rule began

And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses. (Deuteronomy 34:9…

1.407 BCE
Message

The book of Deuteronomy delivered to Israel

And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first {day} of the month, {that} Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in comm…

1.407 BCE
Death

Death of Moses

And Moses {was} an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. {natural...: Heb. moisture} {abated: Heb. fled} (Deuteronomy 34:7)

1.407 BCE
Death

Death of Aaron

And Aaron {was} an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor. (Numbers 33:39)

Mount Hor Numbers 33:39
1.400 BCE
End

Israel's conquest of the Land of Canaan ended

Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel. And the name of Hebron before {was} Kirjatharb…

1.400 BCE
Beginning

Israel's division and apportioning of the Land of Canaan began

And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while {the children of} Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now…

1.396 BCE
Travel

The Tabernacle was moved to Shiloh*

And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them. (Joshua 18:1)

1.393 BCE
End

Israel's division and apportioning of the Land of Canaan ended

These {are} the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh bef…

1.393 BCE
Beginning

Start of Jubilees and Land-Sabbaths*

The year to begin counting Land Sabbaths and Jubilees starts after Israel conquers the Land (7 years) and apportions it (7 years).

1.389 BCE
Death

Death of Caleb*

Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, dies.

Hebron
1.379 BCE
Beginning

Beginning of the period from the death of Joshua to the first judge*

So they forsook the LORD and served Baal and the Ashtaroth. The anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He gave them into the hands of plunderers who plundered them; and He sold them into the ha…

1.379 BCE
End

Joshua's rule ended

And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, {being} an hundred and ten years old. (Joshua 24:29)

1.379 BCE
Death

Death of Joshua

And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, {being} an hundred and ten years old. (Joshua 24:29)

1.369 BCE
Beginning

_oppression_begin*

And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves. Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them …

1.361 BCE
End

Ending of the period from the death of Joshua to the first judge*

Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them. {delivered: Heb. saved} (Judges 2:16)

1.361 BCE
End

_oppression_end*

And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves. Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them …

1.361 BCE
Beginning

Beginning of the era of the Judges of Israel

The beginning of the period of time Israel was governed by the judges.

1.361 BCE
Beginning

_judge_begin*

And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, {even} Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. {deliverer:…

1.343 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #1

Jubilee #1

1.321 BCE
End

_judge_end*

And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died. (Judges 3:11)

1.321 BCE
Death

Death of Othniel*

And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died. (Judges 3:11)

1.321 BCE
Beginning

_oppression_begin*

And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD. And he gathere…

1.313 BCE
Beginning

_oppression_begin*

And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead. And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host {…

1.303 BCE
End

_oppression_end*

And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD. And he gathere…

1.303 BCE
Beginning

_judge_begin*

But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Egl…

1.293 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #2

Jubilee #2

1.243 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #3

Jubilee #3

1.213 BCE
End

_judge_end*

So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years. (Judges 3:30)

1.213 BCE
Beginning

_judge_begin*

And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel. (Judges 3:31)

1.213 BCE
End

_judge_end*

And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel. (Judges 3:31)

1.203 BCE
Beginning

_judge_begin*

And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time. (Judges 4:4)

1.193 BCE
End

_oppression_end*

And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead. And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host {…

1.193 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #4

Jubilee #4

1.163 BCE
End

_judge_end*

And the land was undisturbed for FORTY years. JDG 5:31b

1.163 BCE
Beginning

_oppression_begin*

And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. (Judges 6:1)

1.161 BCE
Beginning

_judge_begin*

Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon. (Judges 8:28)

1.156 BCE
End

_oppression_end*

And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. (Judges 6:1)

1.143 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #5

Jubilee #5

1.124 BCE
Birth

Birth of Eli

Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see. {were dim: Heb. stood} (1 Samuel 4:15)

1.121 BCE
End

_judge_end*

Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon. (Judges 8:28)

1.121 BCE
Beginning

Beginning of Abimelech's rule over Israel*

When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel, (Judges 9:22)

1.118 BCE
End

End of Abimelech's rule over Israel*

When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel, (Judges 9:22)

1.118 BCE
Beginning

_judge_begin*

And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. {defend: or, deliver: Heb. save} And he judged Israe…

1.110 BCE
Beginning

_judge_begin*

And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. {defend: or, deliver: Heb. save} And he judged Israe…

1.107 BCE
Beginning

Beginning of Jephthah's judging Israel

Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh. (Judges 11:11)

1.107 BCE
End

Jephthah's period of 300 years ended

While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that {be} along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover {them} with…

1.102 BCE
Beginning

_oppression_begin*

And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children o…

1.101 BCE
End

End of Jephthah's judging Israel

And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in {one of} the cities of Gilead. (Judges 12:7)

1.101 BCE
Beginning

_judge_begin*

And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, {whom} he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven y…

1.095 BCE
End

_judge_end*

And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. {defend: or, deliver: Heb. save} And he judged Israe…

1.094 BCE
End

_judge_end*

And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, {whom} he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven y…

1.094 BCE
Beginning

_judge_begin*

And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years. (Judges 12:11)

1.093 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #6

Jubilee #6

1.087 BCE
End

_judge_end*

And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. {defend: or, deliver: Heb. save} And he judged Israe…

1.084 BCE
End

_oppression_end*

And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of Israel that {were} on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which {is} in Gilead. {oppre…

1.084 BCE
End

_judge_end*

And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years. (Judges 12:11)

1.084 BCE
Beginning

_judge_begin*

And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel. And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years. {nephews: He…

1.076 BCE
End

_judge_end*

And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel. And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years. {nephews: He…

1.076 BCE
Beginning

_judge_begin*

And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years. (Judges 15:20)

1.071 BCE
Birth

Birth of Saul*

And he had a son, whose name {was} Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and {there was} not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward {he was} higher tha…

1.066 BCE
Beginning

_judge_begin*

And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he …

1.066 BCE
Beginning

_oppression_begin*

And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years. {did evil...: Heb. added to commit, etc} (Judges 13:1)

1.064 BCE
Birth

Birth of Barzillai the Gileadite*

And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan. Now Barzillai was a very aged man, {even} fourscore years old: and he had provided t…

1.056 BCE
End

_judge_end*

And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years. (Judges 15:20)

1.051 BCE
Birth

Birth of Jonathan*

Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchishua: and the names of his two daughters {were these}; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal: (1 Samuel 14:49)

1.050 BCE
Birth

Birth of Ishvi*

Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchishua: and the names of his two daughters {were these}; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal: (1 Samuel 14:49)

1.049 BCE
Birth

Birth of Malchi-shua*

Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchishua: and the names of his two daughters {were these}; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal: (1 Samuel 14:49)

1.048 BCE
Birth

Birth of Merab*

Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchishua: and the names of his two daughters {were these}; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal: (1 Samuel 14:49)

1.047 BCE
Birth

Birth of Michal*

Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchishua: and the names of his two daughters {were these}; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal: (1 Samuel 14:49)

1.046 BCE
Birth

Birth of Ish-bosheth*

Ishbosheth Saul's son {was} forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David. (2 Samuel 2:10)

1.045 BCE
Beginning

_judge_begin*

And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured {it} out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Is…

1.043 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #7

Jubilee #7

1.041 BCE
Birth

Birth of David

David {was} thirty years old when he began to reign, {and} he reigned forty years. (2 Samuel 5:4)

1.026 BCE
End

_judge_end

And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he …

1.026 BCE
Battle

The Philistines capture the ark in battle

And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen. And the ark of God wa…

1.026 BCE
Beginning

Beginning of the period the Philistines held the ark

And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen. And the ark of God wa…

1.026 BCE
Death

Death of Eli

And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he …

1.025 BCE
End

End of the period the Philistines held the ark

And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months. (1 Samuel 6:1)

1.025 BCE
End

_oppression_end*

And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years. {did evil...: Heb. added to commit, etc} (Judges 13:1)

1.025 BCE
Unique

The ark was in Beth-shemesh after it was returned by the Philistines*

And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us? And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjathjearim, saying, The Philistin…

1.024 BCE
Battle

David slays Goliath*

And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight wit…

Ephes-dammim 1 Samuel 17:32
1.024 BCE
Beginning

The ark is moved to Kiriath-jearim from Beth-shemesh

And the men of Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD. (1 Samuel 7:1)

1.023 BCE
Beginning

Saul's reign as king began*

Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel, {reigned one...: Heb. the son of one year in his reigning} (1 Samuel 13:1)

1.016 BCE
Birth

Birth of Mephibosheth

And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son {that was} lame of {his} feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to …

1.013 BCE
End

_judge_end

And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran. (1 Samuel 25:1)

1.011 BCE
End

Saul's reign as king ended

Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sor…

1.011 BCE
Death

Death of Saul

Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sor…

1.011 BCE
Beginning

David's reign as king began

David {was} thirty years old when he began to reign, {and} he reigned forty years. (2 Samuel 5:4)

1.011 BCE
Beginning

David's reign over Judah in Hebron began*

In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah. (2 Samuel 5:5)

1.011 BCE
Death

Death of Jonathan

And when the men of Israel that {were} on the other side of the valley, and {they} that {were} on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they for…

1.010 BCE
Birth

Birth of Amnon*

And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; (2 Samuel 3:2)

1.009 BCE
Birth

Birth of Chileab*

And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; {Chileab: or, Daniel} (2 Samuel 3:3)

1.008 BCE
Birth

Birth of Absalom*

And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; {Chileab: or, Daniel} (2 Samuel 3:3)

1.007 BCE
Birth

Birth of Adonijah*

And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital; (2 Samuel 3:4)

1.006 BCE
Birth

Birth of Shephatiah*

And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital; (2 Samuel 3:4)

1.006 BCE
Beginning

Ish-bosheth's reign over Israel began

Ishbosheth Saul's son {was} forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David. (2 Samuel 2:10)

1.005 BCE
Birth

Birth of Ithream*

And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron. (2 Samuel 3:5)

1.004 BCE
Death

Death of Uzzah

And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for {his} error; and there he died by the ark of God. {error: or, rashness} (2 Samuel 6:7)

1.004 BCE
End

David's reign over Judah in Hebron ended

In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah. (2 Samuel 5:5)

1.004 BCE
Beginning

David's reign over all Israel in Jerusalem began

In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah. (2 Samuel 5:5)

1.004 BCE
End

David moves the ark to Jerusalem from Kiriath-jearim*

And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD. (1 Samuel 7:2)

1.004 BCE
Covenant

G-d makes a covenant with David*

Although my house {be} not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all {things}, and sure: for {this is} all my salvation, and all {my} desire, although he make {it} …

1.004 BCE
End

Ish-bosheth's reign over Israel ended

Ishbosheth Saul's son {was} forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David. (2 Samuel 2:10)

994 BCE
Meeting

Amnon violated his sister Tamar

And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar. And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers…

Baal-hazor 2 Samuel 13:22
993 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #8

Jubilee #8

992 BCE
Travel

Absalom fled to Geshur

But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And {David} mourned for his son every day. {Ammihud: or, Ammihur} So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three yea…

992 BCE
Death

Death of Amnon*

Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageou…

Baal-hazor 2 Samuel 13:28
991 BCE
Birth

Birth of Solomon*

And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him. (2 Samuel 12:24)

990 BCE
Birth

Birth of Nathan*

And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel: {Shimea: or, Shammua} {Bathshua: or, Bathsheba} {Ammiel: or, Eliam} (1…

989 BCE
Birth

Birth of Shobab*

And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel: {Shimea: or, Shammua} {Bathshua: or, Bathsheba} {Ammiel: or, Eliam} (1…

989 BCE
Travel

Absalom is brought back from Geshur

And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again. (2 Samuel 14:21)

989 BCE
Beginning

Absalom denied King David's countenance began*

So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face. (2 Samuel 14:28)

988 BCE
Birth

Birth of Shammua*

And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel: {Shimea: or, Shammua} {Bathshua: or, Bathsheba} {Ammiel: or, Eliam} (1…

987 BCE
End

Absalom denied King David's countenance ended*

So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom. (2 Samuel 14:…

984 BCE
Unique

Absalom's rebellion against King David*

And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron. (2 Samuel 15:7)

Jerusalem 2 Samuel 15:7
984 BCE
Death

Death of Absalom

Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he {was} yet alive in the midst of the oak. {with...: Heb. befo…

Forest of Ephraim 2 Samuel 18:14
984 BCE
Travel

David fled Jerusalem as Absalom rebels

And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom. And David said unto all his servants that {were} with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we s…

984 BCE
Battle

Battle of the forest of Ephraim

And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, {Deal} gently for my sake with the young man, {even} with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concer…

Forest of Ephraim 2 Samuel 18:5
980 BCE
Travel

David returned to Jerusalem after Absalom's death

And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan. Now Barzillai was a very aged man, {even} fourscore years old: and he had provided t…

972 BCE
Birth

Birth of Rehoboam

And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam {was} forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of …

971 BCE
Beginning

Solomon's reign as king began

And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon. (1 Kings 1:39)

971 BCE
End

David's reign over all Israel in Jerusalem ended

In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah. (2 Samuel 5:5)

971 BCE
End

David's reign as king ended

Then David slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David. (1KI 2:10

971 BCE
Death

Death of David

So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David. (1 Kings 2:10)

967 BCE
Beginning

480-year Exodus-to-the-Temple period ended

And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which {…

967 BCE
Beginning

First Temple construction began

Now it came about in the four hundred and eightieth year after the sons of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv which is the sec…

960 BCE
Unique

G-d's promise to Solomon*

And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes…

960 BCE
End

First Temple construction ended

In the ELEVENTH YEAR [of Solomon's reign], in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished throughout all its parts and according to all its plans. So he was SEVEN YEARS in buil…

943 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #9

Jubilee #9

936 BCE
Beginning

Ahijah the Shilonite's first prophecy to Jereboam*

And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two {were} alone …

Jerusalem 1 Kings 11:29
931 BCE
Death

Death of Solomon

And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel {was} forty years. {time: Heb. days} And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his…

931 BCE
End

Solomon's reign as king ended

And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel {was} forty years. {time: Heb. days} (1 Kings 11:42)

931 BCE
Beginning

_reign

And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house …

931 BCE
Beginning

Judah began to walk in the way of David and Solomon

And Bethzur, and Shoco, and Adullam, (2 Chronicles 11:7)

931 BCE
Beginning

_reign

And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead. {Rehoboam: Gr. Roboam} (1 Kings 11:43)

928 BCE
End

Judah stops walking in the way of David and Solomon

And Bethzur, and Shoco, and Adullam, (2 Chronicles 11:7)

926 BCE
End

Ahijah the Shilonite's second prophecy to Jereboam*

Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel, And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, …

925 BCE
Battle

Shishak, the King of Egypt, attacks Jerusalem*

And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, {that} Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem: And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's…

Jerusalem 1 Kings 14:25
913 BCE
Beginning

_reign

And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess. And Abijam his son became king in his place. Now in the EIGH…

Jerusalem 1 Kings 14:31
913 BCE
Death

Death of Rehoboam

And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam {was} forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of …

913 BCE
End

_reign*

And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam {was} forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of …

910 BCE
End

_reign*

Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. {Maachah...: also called, Michaiah the daughter of Uriel} {Abishalom: also called, Absalom} (1 King…

910 BCE
End

_reign*

And the days which Jeroboam reigned {were} two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead. {slept: Heb. lay down} (1 Kings 14:20)

910 BCE
Beginning

_reign*

And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. (1 Kings 15:9)

Jerusalem 1 Kings 15:9
910 BCE
Beginning

_reign*

And the days which Jeroboam reigned {were} two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead. {slept: Heb. lay down} (1 Kings 14:20)

909 BCE
End

_reign*

And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years. {began...: Heb. reigned} (1 Kings 15:25)

909 BCE
Beginning

_reign*

In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years. (1 Kings 15:33)

904 BCE
Birth

Birth of Jehoshaphat

Jehoshaphat {was} thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. (1 Kings 22:42)

895 BCE
Prophecy

Azariah son of Oded prophesied to Asa*

And {David} made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath…

894 BCE
Covenant

Asa tears down idols and Judah enters into the covenant

So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil {which} they had brought, se…

893 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #10

Jubilee #10

887 BCE
Beginning

_prophet_begin*

Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the wa…

Israel (Northern Kingdom) 1 Kings 16:1
887 BCE
Beginning

Jehu prophesies against Baasha*

Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the wa…

Israel (Northern Kingdom) 1 Kings 16:1
886 BCE
End

_reign*

In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years. (1 Kings 15:33)

886 BCE
Beginning

_reign*

In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years. (1 Kings 16:8)

885 BCE
End

_reign*

In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years. (1 Kings 16:8)

885 BCE
Birth

Birth of Jehoram

Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. (2 Kings 8:17)

884 BCE
Beginning

_reign*

In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people {were} encamped against Gibbethon, which {belonged} to the Philistines. (1 Kings 16:15)

884 BCE
End

_reign

In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people {were} encamped against Gibbethon, which {belonged} to the Philistines. (1 Kings 16:15)

884 BCE
Beginning

_reign

Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri. (1 Kings 16:21)

884 BCE
Beginning

Omri's disputed reign began

Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri. (1 Kings 16:21)

880 BCE
End

_reign*

But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned. (1 Kings 16:22)

880 BCE
End

Omri's disputed reign ended

But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned. (1 Kings 16:22)

880 BCE
Beginning

_reign*

In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah. (1 Kings 16:23)

874 BCE
End

_reign*

In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah. (1 Kings 16:23)

874 BCE
Construction

Baasha fortifies Ramah

In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. (2 Chronicl…

874 BCE
Beginning

_reign*

And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years. (1 Kings 16:29)

873 BCE
Beginning

_prophet_begin*

And Elijah the Tishbite, {who was} of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, {As} the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to …

872 BCE
Beginning

Jehoshaphat's regency under Asa begins

And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat {being} then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign. {began...: Heb. reigned} (2 Kings 8:…

Jerusalem 2 Kings 8:16
871 BCE
Beginning

Asa's feet become diseased

And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease {was} exceeding {great}: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians. (2 Chronicle…

869 BCE
End

_reign

And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. {mother's: that is, grandmother's} (1 Kings 15:10)

869 BCE
End

Jehoshaphat's regency under Asa ends

Jehoshaphat's regency under his father ended when his father dies and he began to reign.

869 BCE
Beginning

_reign

And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. (1 Kings 22:41)

Jerusalem 1 Kings 22:41
865 BCE
Travel

Jehoshaphat sent teachers into Judah

Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, {even} to Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah. (2 Chronicles 17:7)

863 BCE
Construction

Hiel the Bethelite rebuilds Jericho*

In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest {son} Segub, according to the word of the LORD, w…

863 BCE
Birth

Birth of Ahaziah

Two and twenty years old {was} Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel. {daughter: or, granddaug…

854 BCE
Beginning

_prophet_begin*

And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, {There is} yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evi…

853 BCE
End

_prophet_end*

And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you. (1 Kings 22:28)

853 BCE
Battle

Battle at Ramoth-gilead

And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead {is} ours, and we {be} still, {and} take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria? {still...: Heb. silent from taking it…

853 BCE
Death

Death of Ahab

So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria. {was brought: Heb. came} (1 Kings 22:37)

853 BCE
End

_reign*

And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years. (1 Kings 16:29)

853 BCE
Prophecy

Jehu prophesies to Jehoshaphat

And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore {is} wrath upon thee from before th…

853 BCE
End

_prophet_end*

And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore {is} wrath upon thee from before th…

853 BCE
Beginning

_reign*

And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. (1 Kings 22:51)

853 BCE
Beginning

Jehoram's regency under Jehoshaphat begins

Jehoram was a regent of Judah under his father, Jehoshaphat. This reconciles 2KI 1:17 and 2KI 3:1. (see notes)

852 BCE
End

_reign*

And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. (1 Kings 22:51)

852 BCE
Beginning

_reign*

Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years. (2 Kings 3:1)

852 BCE
Beginning

_prophet_begin

The LORD said to him, “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus, and when you have arrived, you shall anoint Hazael king over Aram; and Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint king over Is…

852 BCE
End

_prophet_end

So Ahaziah died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And because he had no son, Jehoram became king in his place in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Jud…

851 BCE
Prophecy

Elisha prophesies success for Jehoram and Jehoshaphat against Moab

For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts. And this is {but} a…

851 BCE
Battle

Jehoram and Jehoshaphat battle against Moab

But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel. And he went and sent to…

848 BCE
End

Jehoram's regency under Jehoshaphat ends

Jehoram was a regent of Judah under his father, Jehoshaphat. This reconciles 1KI 22:51 and 2KI 1:17. His regency ended when he becomes king.

848 BCE
Beginning

_reign

And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat {being} then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign. {began...: Heb. reigned} (2 Kings 8:…

Jerusalem 2 Kings 8:16
848 BCE
Death

Death of Jehoshaphat

Jehoshaphat {was} thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. (1 Kings 22:42)

848 BCE
End

_reign

Jehoshaphat {was} thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. (1 Kings 22:42)

843 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #11

Jubilee #11

843 BCE
Message

Jehoram received Elijah's letter

And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa…

841 BCE
Death

Death of Jehoram

And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot. {drew...: Heb. filled his hand with a bow} {sunk: …

841 BCE
End

_reign*

Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years. (2 Kings 3:1)

841 BCE
Beginning

_reign

And they said, {It is} false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then they hasted, and took every man his garme…

841 BCE
Beginning

Athaliah's reign over Judah begins

And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal. {seed...: Heb. seed of the kingdom} (2 Kings 11:1)

841 BCE
Beginning

_reign

In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign. (2 Kings 8:25)

841 BCE
End

_reign*

Two and twenty years old {was} Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel. {daughter: or, granddaug…

841 BCE
Death

Death of Ahaziah

But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw {this}, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. {And they did so} at the going up to Gur, w…

841 BCE
End

_reign*

Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. (2 Kings 8:17)

Jerusalem 2 Kings 8:17
835 BCE
End

Athaliah's reign over Judah ends

In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Zibiah of Beersheba. (2 Kings 12:1)

835 BCE
Beginning

_reign*

In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Zibiah of Beersheba. (2 Kings 12:1)

Jerusalem 2 Kings 12:1
821 BCE
Birth

Birth of Amaziah

He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. (2 Kings 14:2)

814 BCE
End

_reign*

And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria {was} twenty and eight years. {the time: Heb. the days were} (2 Kings 10:36)

814 BCE
Beginning

_reign*

In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, {and reigned} seventeen years. {three...: Heb. twentieth year …

812 BCE
Construction

Joash (Jehoash) repairs the Temple

But it was {so, that} in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house. {three...: Heb. twentieth year and third year} (2 Kings 12:6)

808 BCE
Birth

Birth of Azariah (Uzziah)

And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which {was} sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. {Azariah: also called, Uzziah} (2 Kings 14:21)

798 BCE
End

_reign*

In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, {and reigned} seventeen years. {three...: Heb. twentieth year …

798 BCE
Beginning

Joash's (Jehoash's) reign as king over Israel begins

In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, {and reigned} sixteen years. (2 Kings 13:10)

798 BCE
End

_prophet_end*

And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. (2 Kings 13:20)

796 BCE
End

_reign

In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Zibiah of Beersheba. (2 Kings 12:1)

Jerusalem 2 Kings 12:1
796 BCE
Beginning

_reign

In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah. (2 Kings 14:1)

793 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #12

Jubilee #12

793 BCE
Beginning

_prophet_begin*

He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amit…

793 BCE
Beginning

Jeroboam's co-reign with Jehoash began*

In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign. {Azariah: also called, Uzziah} (2 Kings 15:1)

792 BCE
Beginning

Azariah's co-reign with Amaziah began*

And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which {was} sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. {Azariah: also called, Uzziah} (2 Kings 14:21)

792 BCE
Battle

Jehoash captures Amaziah in battle

And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto …

782 BCE
End

Joash's (Jehoash's) reign as king over Israel ends*

In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, {and reigned} sixteen years. (2 Kings 13:10)

782 BCE
End

Jeroboam's co-reign with Jehoash ended

In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, {and reigned} forty and one years. (2 Kings 14:23)

782 BCE
Beginning

_reign

In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, {and reigned} forty and one years. (2 Kings 14:23)

782 BCE
Beginning

_prophet_begin*

The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, {and} Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. (Hosea 1…

775 BCE
Birth

Birth of Jotham

Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok. (2 Kings 15:33)

767 BCE
End

_reign

Amaziah {was} twenty and five years old {when} he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. (2 Chronicles 25:1)

767 BCE
End

Azariah's co-reign with Amaziah ended*

In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign. {Azariah: also called, Uzziah} (2 Kings 15:1)

767 BCE
Beginning

Azariah's (Uzziah's) reign as king over Judah begins*

In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign. {Azariah: also called, Uzziah} (2 Kings 15:1)

767 BCE
Death

Death of Amaziah

And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. (2 Kings 14:17)

765 BCE
Beginning

Amos' time as prophet begins*

The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before…

763 BCE
End

Amos' time as prophet ends*

Amos' time as prophet ends

755 BCE
Birth

Birth of Ahaz

Twenty years old {was} Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not {that which was} right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father. (2 Kings 16:2)

753 BCE
End

_reign*

In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, {and reigned} forty and one years. (2 Kings 14:23)

753 BCE
End

_prophet_end*

Jonah's time as prophet ends

753 BCE
Beginning

_reign*

In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months. (2 Kings 15:8)

752 BCE
End

_reign*

In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months. (2 Kings 15:8)

752 BCE
Beginning

_reign*

Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria. {Uzziah: Gr. Ozias} {a full...: Heb. a month of days} (2 Kings …

752 BCE
End

_reign*

Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria. {Uzziah: Gr. Ozias} {a full...: Heb. a month of days} (2 Kings …

752 BCE
Beginning

_reign*

In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, {and reigned} ten years in Samaria. (2 Kings 15:17)

752 BCE
Beginning

Pekah's rival reign with Menachem as king over Israel begins*

Pekah's rival reign with Menachem began in the THIRTY-NINTH YEAR of Azariah.

750 BCE
Beginning

_coregency

In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign. (2 Kings 15:32)

Jerusalem 2 Kings 15:32
743 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #13

Jubilee #13

741 BCE
End

_reign*

In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, {and reigned} ten years in Samaria. (2 Kings 15:17)

741 BCE
End

Pekah's rival reign with Menachem as king over Israel ends*

Pekah's rival reign with Menahem ended with the death of Menachem and the end of his reign.

741 BCE
Beginning

_reign*

In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, {and reigned} two years. (2 Kings 15:23)

741 BCE
Beginning

Pekah's rival reign with Pekahiah as king over Israel begins*

In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, {and reigned} twenty years. (2 Kings 15:27)

741 BCE
Birth

Birth of Hezekiah

Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also {was} Abi, the daughter of Zachariah. {Abi: also called, Abijah} (2 K…

739 BCE
End

_reign*

In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, {and reigned} two years. (2 Kings 15:23)

739 BCE
End

Pekah's rival reign with Pekahiah as king over Israel ends*

In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, {and reigned} twenty years. (2 Kings 15:27)

739 BCE
Beginning

Pekah's sole reign as king over Israel begins*

In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, {and reigned} twenty years. (2 Kings 15:27)

739 BCE
Beginning

_prophet_begin*

In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. {his...: or, the skirts thereof} (Isaiah 6:1)

739 BCE
Beginning

_prophet_begin*

The word of the LORD that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel: (JOE 1:1)

739 BCE
Beginning

_prophet_begin*

The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, {and} Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. (Micah 1:1)

739 BCE
End

_coregency

Jotham's co-regency with Azariah over Judah ended with Azariah's death and the end of his reign

739 BCE
Beginning

Jotham's sole reign over Judah begins

Jotham's sole reign over Judah began with Azariah's death and the end of his reign

Jerusalem
739 BCE
Death

Death of Azariah*

Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Jecholiah of Jerusalem. (2 Kings 15:2)

739 BCE
End

Azariah's (Uzziah's) reign as king over Judah ends*

Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Jecholiah of Jerusalem. (2 Kings 15:2)

Jerusalem 2 Kings 15:2
738 BCE
End

_prophet_end*

Joel's time as prophet ends

735 BCE
Beginning

_coregency

In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign. (2 Kings 16:1)

Jerusalem 2 Kings 16:1
735 BCE
Beginning

_coregency

And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah. (2 Kings 15:30…

Jerusalem 2 Kings 15:30
735 BCE
End

Jotham's sole reign as king over Judah ends

Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok. (2 Kings 15:33)

Jerusalem 2 Kings 15:33
731 BCE
End

_reign*

In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, {and reigned} twenty years. (2 Kings 15:27)

731 BCE
Beginning

_reign*

And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah. (2 Kings 15:30…

731 BCE
Beginning

Ahaz's reign over Judah begins

Ahaz's sole reign began when his co-regency ended

Jerusalem
731 BCE
End

_coregency

Ahaz's co-regency with his father ended with his father's death

Jerusalem
731 BCE
Death

Death of Jotham*

And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead. (2 Kings 15:38)

731 BCE
End

_coregency

And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah. (2 Kings 15:30…

Jerusalem 2 Kings 15:30
729 BCE
Beginning

_coregency*

Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, {that} Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. {Hezekiah: he is called Ezekias} (2 Kings 18:1)

727 BCE
End

_prophet_end*

The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, {and} Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. (Hosea 1…

725 BCE
Beginning

Assyria beseiges Israel

And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which {was} the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, {that} Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.…

723 BCE
End

_reign*

In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years. (2 Kings 17:1)

723 BCE
End

Assyria's seige of Israel ended

And at the end of three years they took it: {even} in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that {is} the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken. (2 Kings 18:10)

723 BCE
Unique

Israel carried away into exile in Assyria*

In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor {by} the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. (2 Ki…

716 BCE
End

_coregency

And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead. (2 Kings 16:20)

716 BCE
Beginning

_reign

And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead. (2 Kings 16:20)

Jerusalem 2 Kings 16:20
716 BCE
End

_reign*

Twenty years old {was} Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not {that which was} right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father. (2 Kings 16:2)

Jerusalem 2 Kings 16:2
716 BCE
Death

Death of Ahaz*

And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead. (2 Kings 16:20)

709 BCE
Birth

Birth of Manasseh

Manasseh {was} twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Hephzibah. (2 Kings 21:1)

703 BCE
Battle

Assyria besieges Jerusalem*

Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them. {Sennacherib: Heb. Sanherib} (2 Kings 18:13)

Jerusalem 2 Kings 18:13
702 BCE
Prophecy

Hezekiah is afflicted but repents

Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day tho…

Jerusalem 2 Kings 20:5
697 BCE
Beginning

_coregency*

Manasseh co-reigns with his father, Hezekiah.

693 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #14

Jubilee #14

687 BCE
End

_prophet_end*

Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed {like} a field, and Jerusalem sh…

687 BCE
End

_prophet_end*

Isaiah's time as prophet ends

687 BCE
End

_coregency

And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. (2 Kings 20:21)

687 BCE
Beginning

Manasseh's sole reign as king over Judah begins

And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. (2 Kings 20:21)

Jerusalem 2 Kings 20:21
687 BCE
End

_reign

Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also {was} Abi, the daughter of Zachariah. {Abi: also called, Abijah} (2 K…

664 BCE
Beginning

_prophet_begin*

Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, {that had} the waters round about it, whose rampart {was} the sea, {and} her wall {was} from the sea? {populous...: or, nourishing,…

664 BCE
Birth

Birth of Amon

Amon {was} twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. (2 Kings 21:19)

649 BCE
Birth

Birth of Josiah

Josiah {was} eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath. (2 Kings 22:1)

643 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #15

Jubilee #15

642 BCE
Beginning

_reign

And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead. (2 Kings 21:18)

Jerusalem 2 Kings 21:18
642 BCE
End

_reign

Manasseh {was} twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Hephzibah. (2 Kings 21:1)

Jerusalem 2 Kings 21:1
642 BCE
Death

Death of Manasseh*

And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead. (2 Kings 21:18)

Year 3321
Beginning

_prophet_begin*

The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah. (Zephaniah 1:1)

641 BCE
Beginning

_reign

And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead. (2 Kings 21:24)

Jerusalem 2 Kings 21:24
641 BCE
End

_reign*

Amon {was} twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. (2 Kings 21:19)

Jerusalem 2 Kings 21:19
641 BCE
Death

Death of Amon

And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house. (2 Kings 21:23)

634 BCE
Birth

Birth of Eliakim

Jehoiakim {was} twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. (2 Kings 23:36)

632 BCE
Birth

Birth of Jehoahaz

Jehoahaz {was} twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. {Jehoahaz: also cal…

627 BCE
Beginning

Jeremiah's time as prophet began during the reign of Josiah

The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that {were} in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the …

623 BCE
Construction

Josiah repairs the Temple

And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, {that} the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying, Go up to Hilkiah the hig…

623 BCE
Unique

Josiah's Passover

And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the LORD your God, as {it is} written in the book of this covenant. Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of t…

Jerusalem 2 Kings 23:21
618 BCE
Birth

Birth of Mattaniah (Zedekiah)

Zedekiah {was} twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. (2 Kings 24:18)

616 BCE
Birth

Birth of Jehoiachin

Jehoiachin {was} eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name {was} Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. {Jehoiachin: also cal…

613 BCE
End

_prophet_end*

The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. (Nahum 1:1)

609 BCE
End

_prophet_end*

The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah. (Zephaniah 1:1)

609 BCE
Beginning

_prophet_begin*

For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, {that} bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces {that are} not theirs. {breadth: Heb. breadths} (Hab…

609 BCE
Beginning

_reign

And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed…

Jerusalem 2 Kings 23:30
609 BCE
End

_reign

Jehoahaz {was} twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. {Jehoahaz: also cal…

Jerusalem 2 Kings 23:31
609 BCE
Beginning

Eliakim's (Jehoiakim's) reign as king over Judah begins

And Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there. (2 Kings 23:34)

Jerusalem 2 Kings 23:34
609 BCE
End

_reign*

Josiah {was} eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath. (2 Kings 22:1)

Jerusalem 2 Kings 22:1
609 BCE
Death

Death of Josiah*

In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him. (2 Kings 23:29)

605 BCE
Beginning

_reign

And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his re…

605 BCE
Beginning

Daniel's captivity in Babylon began*

In the THIRD YEAR of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, the chief of his officials, to bring in so…

605 BCE
Prophecy

Jeremiah prophesies about Nebuchadnezzar

The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that {was} the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; (Jeremia…

605 BCE
Prophecy

Baruch records the scroll of Jeremiah chapter 31

And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, {that} this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the wo…

604 BCE
Unique

Judah's fast during the month of Av (the ninth month)

And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, {that} they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the peo…

Jerusalem Jeremiah 36:9
603 BCE
Vision

Nebuchadnezzar's dream and Daniel's interpretation

Now in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; and his spirit was troubled and his sleep left him. So the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and …

601 BCE
Beginning

Eliakim (Jehoiakim) a vassal of Nebuchadnezzar

In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him. (2 Kings 24:1)

598 BCE
Beginning

_reign

So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. (2 Kings 24:6)

Jerusalem 2 Kings 24:6
598 BCE
End

Eliakim's (Jehoiakim's) reign as king over Judah ends

Jehoiakim {was} twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. (2 Kings 23:36)

Jerusalem 2 Kings 23:36
598 BCE
Death

Death of Eliakim (Jehoiakim)

So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. (2 Kings 24:6)

597 BCE
End

_reign*

Jehoiachin {was} eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name {was} Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. {Jehoiachin: also cal…

Jerusalem 2 Kings 24:8
597 BCE
Beginning

Jehoiachin's exile and imprisonment in Babylon began

And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, {those} carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. {offi…

597 BCE
Beginning

Mattaniah's (Zedekiah's) reign as king over Judah begins

And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah. (2 Kings 24:17)

Jerusalem 2 Kings 24:17
593 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #16

Jubilee #16

592 BCE
Beginning

_prophet_begin

(On the fifth of the month in the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s exile, the word of the LORD came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and t…

592 BCE
Prophecy

Ezekiel's vision by the river

Now it came about in the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was by the river Chebar among the exiles, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God. (On the fifth of the …

Chebar
588 BCE
Beginning

Nebuchadnezzar began his seige of Jerusalem

And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth {day} of the month, {that} Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitche…

Jerusalem 2 Kings 25:1
586 BCE
End

Nebuchadnezzar ended his seige of Jerusalem

And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. (2 Kings 25:2)

Jerusalem 2 Kings 25:2
586 BCE
Destruction

Destruction of Solomon's Temple (the house of the LORD) by Nebuzaradan

And in the fifth month, on the seventh {day} of the month, which {is} the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babyl…

Jerusalem 2 Kings 25:8
586 BCE
End

_prophet_end*

Habakkuk time as prophet ends

586 BCE
End

_prophet_end*

Ezekiel's time as prophet ends

586 BCE
End

Jeremiah's time as prophet ended during the reign of Zedekiah*

It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the…

586 BCE
Beginning

Judah's seventy-year exile in Babylon began

For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place. (Jeremiah 29:10)

586 BCE
End

Mattaniah's (Zedekiah's) reign as king over Judah ends

Zedekiah {was} twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. (2 Kings 24:18)

Jerusalem 2 Kings 24:18
585 BCE
Beginning

_prophet_begin*

In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou {wast} as…

584 BCE
End

_prophet_end*

Obadiah's time as prophet ends

560 BCE
End

_reign

And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth {day} of the month, {that} Evilmerodach king of Babylo…

560 BCE
Beginning

_reign

And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth {day} of the month, {that} Evilmerodach king of Babylo…

560 BCE
End

Jehoiachin's imprisonment in Babylon ended

And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth {day} of the month, {that} Evilmerodach king of Babyl…

559 BCE
Beginning

_reign

The start of Cyrus the Great’s reign is primarily associated with two distinct contexts: his rule over Persia (as king of Anshan or Persia) and his conquest of Babylon, which marked his dominance over…

558 BCE
End

_reign

Evil-merodach reigned two years

556 BCE
Beginning

_reign

Belshazzar' co-regency with his father, Nabonidus, began about five years after the end of Evil-merodach's reign.

556 BCE
Message

An angel delivered a message to Daniel (chapter 10)

In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing {was} true, but the time appointed {was} long: and he understood the thing…

556 BCE
Vision

Daniel's first dream and visions

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, {and} told the sum of the matters. {had: Chaldee, saw} {matters: or, w…

553 BCE
Vision

Daniel's second vision

In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, {even unto} me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first. (Daniel 8:1)

543 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #17

Jubilee #17

539 BCE
End

_reign

Belshazzar's co-regency with Nabonidus over the Babylonian empire ended with his defeat by Cyrus.

539 BCE
Beginning

_reign

The start of Cyrus the Great’s reign is primarily associated with two distinct contexts: his rule over Persia (as king of Anshan or Persia) and his conquest of Babylon, which marked his dominance over…

539 BCE
End

Daniel's captivity in Babylon ended*

And Daniel continued {even} unto the first year of king Cyrus. (Daniel 1:21)

539 BCE
Message

Cyrus decreed the Temple in Jerusalem should be rebuilt

Now in the FIRST YEAR of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he sent a proclamation…

537 BCE
Beginning

Second Temple foundation laid

Now in the SECOND YEAR of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak and the rest of their brothers the priests an…

Jerusalem
530 BCE
End

_reign

Cyrus' reign over Babylon ended after nine years.

530 BCE
End

_reign

Cyrus' reign over Persia ended after twenty-six years.

522 BCE
Beginning

_reign

Darius' reign as king began eight years after Cyrus' reign ended. Cambyses reigned for the eight-year period between Cyrus and Darius "the Great".

522 BCE
End

Temple reconstruction is stopped

And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they {unto him} an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem. {Ahasuerus: Heb. Ahashverosh} (Ezra 4:6) Give ye now c…

522 BCE
Message

Gabriel's message to Daniel

In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans; {which: or, in which he} In the first year of his reign I Daniel unders…

520 BCE
Message

Darius decreed construction of the Temple can continue

Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon. {rolls: Chaldee, books} {laid up: Chaldee, made to descend} (Ezra 6:1) A…

520 BCE
Beginning

_prophet_begin

In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and t…

520 BCE
Prophecy

The Word to Haggai

In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and t…

520 BCE
Beginning

Second Temple construction resumes

In the seventh {month}, in the one and twentieth {day} of the month, came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying, {by: Heb. by the hand of} Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, go…

520 BCE
Prophecy

The Word to Zechariah

In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, (Zechariah 1:1)

520 BCE
Beginning

_prophet_begin

In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fat…

518 BCE
End

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And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, {that} the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth {day} of the ninth month, {even} in Chisleu; (Zechariah 7:1)

518 BCE
End

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And again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth {day} of the month, saying, (Haggai 2:20)

516 BCE
End

Second Temple construction complete

And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king. (Ezra 6:15)

516 BCE
End

Judah's seventy-year exile in Babylon ended

For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place. (Jeremiah 29:10)

502 BCE
Travel

Nehemiah's first return to Jerusalem

The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace, (Nehemiah 1:1)

493 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #18

Jubilee #18

490 BCE
Travel

Nehemiah's second return to Jerusalem

But in all this {time} was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the king: {after...: Heb…

490 BCE
Beginning

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The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi. {by...: Heb. by the hand of} (Malachi 1:1)

486 BCE
End

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Darius died in October 486 BCE, likely of natural causes, after planning a second invasion of Greece. His son, Xerxes I, succeeded him.

486 BCE
Beginning

Ahasuerus's (Xerxes') reign as king over Persia begins

The son of Darius, Xerxes I, succeeded him.

483 BCE
Travel

Vashti banished

Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this {is} Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, {over} an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) {That} in those days, when the king …

479 BCE
Beginning

Esther chosen as queen

So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which {is} the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she o…

477 BCE
End

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Malachi's time as prophet ends

Year 3486
Marriage

King Ahasuerus married Esther

So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which {is} the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she o…

474 BCE
Unique

Purim: Israel's deliverance

In the first month, that {is}, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that {is}, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, {to} the twelfth {month…

465 BCE
End

Ahasuerus's (Xerxes') reign as king over Persia ends

Xerxes I reigned for twenty-one years.

465 BCE
Beginning

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The son of Xerxes I, Artaxerxes, succeeded him.

443 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #19

Jubilee #19

424 BCE
End

_reign

Artaxerxes I reigned 41 years.

393 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #20

Jubilee #20

343 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #21

Jubilee #21

293 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #22

Jubilee #22

243 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #23

Jubilee #23

193 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #24

Jubilee #24

143 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #25

Jubilee #25

93 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #26

Jubilee #26

43 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #27

Jubilee #27

8 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #28

Jubilee #28

58 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #29

Jubilee #29

108 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #30

Jubilee #30

158 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #31

Jubilee #31

208 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #32

Jubilee #32

258 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #33

Jubilee #33

308 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #34

Jubilee #34

358 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #35

Jubilee #35

408 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #36

Jubilee #36

458 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #37

Jubilee #37

508 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #38

Jubilee #38

558 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #39

Jubilee #39

608 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #40

Jubilee #40

658 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #41

Jubilee #41

708 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #42

Jubilee #42

758 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #43

Jubilee #43

808 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #44

Jubilee #44

858 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #45

Jubilee #45

908 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #46

Jubilee #46

958 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #47

Jubilee #47

1.008 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #48

Jubilee #48

1.058 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #49

Jubilee #49

1.108 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #50

Jubilee #50

1.158 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #51

Jubilee #51

1.208 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #52

Jubilee #52

1.258 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #53

Jubilee #53

1.308 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #54

Jubilee #54

1.358 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #55

Jubilee #55

1.408 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #56

Jubilee #56

1.458 BCE
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Jubilee #57

Jubilee #57

1.508 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #58

Jubilee #58

1.558 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #59

Jubilee #59

1.608 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #60

Jubilee #60

1.658 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #61

Jubilee #61

1.708 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #62

Jubilee #62

1.758 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #63

Jubilee #63

1.808 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #64

Jubilee #64

1.858 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #65

Jubilee #65

1.908 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #66

Jubilee #66

1.958 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #67

Jubilee #67

2.008 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #68

Jubilee #68

2.058 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #69

Jubilee #69

2.108 BCE
Jubilee

Jubilee #70

Jubilee #70

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