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
3.031 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)

2.821 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)

2.310 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
Death

Death of Methuselah

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

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)

1.934 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
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
1.877 BCE
Death

Death of Terah

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

1.864 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)

1.834 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
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)

1.802 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…

1.777 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)

1.729 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)

1.688 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
1.672 BCE
Death

Death of Isaac

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

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)

1.529 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)

1.508 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
1.407 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
1.389 BCE
Death

Death of Caleb*

Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, dies.

Hebron
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)

1.321 BCE
Death

Death of Othniel*

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

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 …

1.011 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
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…

1.004 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)

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
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
971 BCE
Death

Death of David

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

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…

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 …

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)

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)

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
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…

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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