OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY TIME CHART
OLD TESTAMENT (c. = circa = around the time)
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DATES B.C.
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THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE |
LEADERS AND RULERS |
PEOPLE OF OTHER LANDS |
EVENTS IN OTHER LANDS |
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c.3000 -2350 |
Palestine is a highway in the Fertile Crescent for movements of people between Egypt and the Ancient East |
Nomadic leaders
Terah |
Ancient Civilizations in the valleys of the Nile and Tigris-Euphrates |
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c.2100 -1700 |
Hebrews leave Ur for Palestine |
Patriarchs Abraham Isaac Jacob |
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Ancient Babylon now great |
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c.1700 -1600 |
Hebrews in Egypt Philistines settling in Palestine |
Joseph |
Hammurabi and Code of Laws |
Tell-el-Amarna letters Book of Job written? |
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c.1440 |
The Exodus |
Moses |
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Hittites powerful |
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c.1400 |
Hebrews enter Palestine |
Joshua Judges |
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Deborah Gideon Samson |
Philistines growning strong |
Babylon weakening Book of Ruth written |
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1030 |
Tribes united |
Samuel |
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Assyrian power beginning |
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1010 |
War against Philistines |
Kings Saul David |
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970 |
1st temple built |
Solomon |
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Phoenicia important |
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DIVISION OF THE KINGDOM
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936 |
Southern Kingdom |
Northern Kingdom |
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Damascus and Syria |
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JUDAH |
ISREAL |
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Kings |
Prophets |
Kings Prophets |
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Rehoboam |
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Jeroboam |
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Shishak invades Judah |
Assyrian Empire |
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Omri |
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Moabite stone |
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874 |
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Ahab |
Elijah |
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841 |
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Elisha |
Jehu |
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Shalmaneser (853 BC) |
Karkar |
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786 |
Uzziah |
Isaiah |
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Amos |
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760 |
Ahaz |
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Hosea |
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740 |
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Tiglath-Pileser III |
Damascus falls |
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725 |
Hezekiah |
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721 |
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Micah, Nahum |
Fall of Northern Kingdom |
Sargon captures Samaria |
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ASSYRIAN RULE |
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696 |
Manasseh |
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Sennacherib |
Assyria weakening |
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639 |
Josiah (Law found) |
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Fall of Nineveh (Assyria) |
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612 |
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606 |
Zedekiah |
Jeremiah |
BABYLON RULE (Chaldean Empire) |
Nebuchadnezzar
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Fall of Egypt domination (battle of Carchemish) |
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598 597 |
Fall of JUDAH (South Kingdom) First Exiles to Babylon |
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Daniel in Babylon |
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EXILE and DISPERSION Synagogue worship begins |
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Ezekiel in Babylon
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549 |
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PERSIAN RULE |
Cyrus, king of Persia |
Persian Empire |
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537 |
Judah and the Jews Return from Exile |
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Cyrus captures Babylon Cambyses captures Egypt |
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516 |
2nd temple built |
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Ezra Haggai Zechariah |
Darius, King of Persia |
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444 |
Walls of Jerusalem rebuilt |
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Nehemiah |
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Samaritan "split" |
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Malachi |
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397 |
Law "published" in Jerusalem |
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331 |
End of written O.T. history of Jews |
GREEK RULE |
Alexander the Great |
Greek Empire "Hellenistic Age" begins |
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320 |
Conquered by Ptolemy |
Under Greek-Egyptian Rule |
Ptolemy, King of Egypt Seleucus, King of Syria and Asia Minor |
Greek Empire divides into Ptolemaic Empire and Seleucid Empire |
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198 |
Conquered by Antiochus IV |
Under Greek-Seleucid Rule |
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170 |
Antiochus Epiphanes desecrates Temple |
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Antiochus Epiphanese |
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167 |
Maccabaean Revolt |
Judas Maccabaeus |
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165 |
Temple rededicated |
Under Hasmonean Rule |
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121 |
Priest-King set up |
John Hyrcanus |
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112 |
Pharisees and Sadducees quarrel |
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Seleucid Empire weakens |
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63 |
Pompey in Jerusalem |
ROMAN RULE |
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Romana Empire |
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49 |
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Julius Caesar |
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37 |
Herod in Jerusalem |
Herod the Great, ruler under Rome |
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3rd Temple begun |
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4 4 |
BIRTH OF CHRIST Death of Herod |
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Augustus Caesar Emperor of Rome |
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