Old Testament Survey
Time Line of the Old Testament
- Creation 8,000-6,000 B.C.
- There are at least 1400 years between Adam and the flood, based on the genealogies of Genesis 5.
- Noah and the Flood 5,000-3,500 B.C.
- Abraham’s birth 2,166 B.C
- Abraham called to Canaan 2.091 B.C
- Isaac born 2,066 B.C.
- Jacob born 2,006 B.C.
- Abraham dies 1991 B.C.
- Joseph born 1915 B.C.
- Joseph sold into slavery 1898 B.C.
- Isaac dies 1886 B.C.
- Jacob moves family to Egypt 1876 B.C.
- Jacob Dies -- 1859 B.C.
- Joseph dies 1805 B.C.
- Egypt enslaves Israel 1730 B.C.
- Moses born 1527 B.C.
- Moses flees to Midian 1487 B.C.
- The Exodus 1446 B.C.
- Law given at Mt. Sinai 1445 B.C.
- Wilderness wandering ends 1406 B.C.
- Conquest of Canaan begins 1405 B.C.
- Joshua leads Israel 1405-1380 B.C.
- Dividing of the land 1398 B.C.
- Joshua dies 1380 B.C.
- Period of the Judges 1380-1050 B.C.
- Othniel is Judge 1370 B.C.
- Ehud is judge 1310 B.C
- Deborah is judge 1230 B.C.
- Philistines occupy the Palestinian coast 1200 B.C.
- Gideon is judge 1190 B.C.
- Samson is judge 1100 B.C.
- Saul is king 1050 B.C.
- David anointed by Samuel 1020/18 B.C.
- David king at Hebron 1010 B.C.
- David king over all 1003 B.C.
- David & Bathsheba 990 B.C.
- David dies, Solomon king 970 B.C.
- Solomon dies 931 B.C.
- Kingdom divided 931 B.C.
- Jeroboam I reigns in Israel, Rehoboam reigns in Judah 931 B.C.
- Abijah reigns in Judah 913 B.C.
- Asa reigns in Judah 911 B.C.
- Nadab reigns in Israel 910 B.C.
- Baasha reigns in Israel 909 B.C.
- Elah reigns in Israel 886 B.C.
- Zimri reigns in Israel 885 B.C.
- Omri reigns in Israel 885 B.C.
- Ahab reigns in Israel 874 B.C.
- Jehoshaphat reigns in Judah 872 B.C.
- Elijah the prophet 870 B.C.
- Ahaziah reigns in Israel 853 B.C
- Jehoram reigns in Judah 853 B.C.
- Joram (Jehoram) reigns in Israel 852 B.C.
- Athaliah reigns in Judah 841 B.C.
- Jehu reigns in Israel 841 B.C.
- Obadiah the prophet 840 B.C.
- Elijah to heaven, Elisha the prophet 850 B.C.Ahaziah reigns in Judah 841 B.C.
- Joash reigns in Judah 835 B.C.
- Joel the prophet 835 B.C.
- Jehoahaz reigns in Israel 814 B.C.
- Jehoash reigns in Israel 798 B.C.
- Amaziah reigns in Judah 796 B.C.
- Jeroboam II reigns in Israel 793 B.C.
- Azariah (Uzziah) reigns in Judah 790 B.C.
- Jonah the prophet 780 B.C.
- Amos the prophet 765 B.C.
- Isaiah the prophet 760 B.C.
- Hosea the prophet 755 B.C.
- Zechariah reigns in Israel 753 B.C.
- Shallum reigns in Israel 752 B.C.
- Menahem reigns in Israel 752 B.C.
- Jotham reigns in Judah 750 B.C.
- Pekahiah reigns in Israel 742 B.C.
- Micah the prophet 740 B.C.
- Pekah reigns in Israel 740 B.C.
- Ahaz reigns in Judah 735 B.C.
- Hoshea reigns in Israel 732 B.C.
- Israel into captivity in Assyria 722/21 B.C.
- Hezekiah reigns in Judah 715 B.C.
- Manasseh reigns in Judah 695 B.C.
- Amon reigns in Judah 642 B.C.
- Josiah’s reign in Judah 640 B.C.
- Nahum the prophet 630 B.C.
- Zephaniah the prophet 625 B.C.
- Jehoahaz reigns in Judah 609 B.C
- .Jehoiakim reigns in Judah 609 B.C.
- Habakkuk the prophet 609/6 B.C.
- Jeremiah the prophet 609 B.C.
- 1st group of captives to Babylon 605 B.C.
- Daniel to captivity 605 B.C.
- Jehoiachin reigns in Judah 598 B.C.
- Zedekiah reigns in Judah 597 B.C.
- 2nd group of captives to Babylon 597 B.C.
- Final captivity 587/6 B.C.
- Daniel & Ezekiel act as prophets 586 B.C..
- Cyrus reigns in Persia 559 B.C.
- Cyrus conquers Babylon 539 B.C.
- First Jews return 538 B.C.
- Temple construction begins 536 B.C.
- Darius reigns 521 B.C.
- Haggai & Zechariah 520 B.C.
- Temple finished 515 B.C.
- .Esther 486-465 B.C.
- Ezra - 458 B.C.
- Nehemiah 444 B.C.
- Malachi’s ministry 400 B.C.
- “400 years of silence”
- Antiochus Epiphanes offers pigs on the altar of the Temple, the “abomination of desolation” Dan 8:13, 168 B.C.
- Maccabees capture Jerusalem from and rededicated the Temple (Hanachuk) 166 B.C.
- Herod the Great rules in Palestine 40 B.C.
- John the Baptist born 6/5 B.C.
- Jesus is born 6/5 B.C.
