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2000 BCE
David founds Jerusalem
According to the Biblical, King David conquered the city from the Jebusites and establised Jerusalem as the capital of the United Kingdom of Israel, and his son, King Solomon, commissioned the building of the firs temple. -
1940 BCE
Abraham Sent To Sacrifice Isaac
God told Abraham to take his only son, Isaac, to Moriah. They arrived to Moriah, and Abraham tried to kill his son. Before he could, an angel told him not to. He obeyed and sacrificed a ram instead. Then he was blessed for being obedient. -
1446 BCE
Exodus From Egypt
The Exodus is the founding or myth of Israel,It's message is that the Israelites were delivered form slavery by Yahweh which therefore, means that they belong to him through the Mosaic covenant. -
836 BCE
Solomon becomes King
Before David's death, he appointed his son Solomon, as the king when he was only 12 years old. -
821 BCE
God's Covenant with Abraham
God made a promise to Abraham that required nothing of him. God promised Abraham 3 things; of land, of descendants, and of blessing and redemption. -
722 BCE
Assyrians Conquer Northern Kingdom of Israel
Nearly ten to twenty years after the initial deportations, the ruling city of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, Samaria was finally taken by Sargon after a three-year siege started by Shalmaneser V. -
597 BCE
Nebuchadnezzar Conquers Judah
Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon defeated Pharaoh Necho at the Battle of Carchemish, and subsequently invaded Judah. -
539 BCE
Cyrus Conquers Babylon
In October 539 BCE, the Persian king Cyrus took Babylon, the ancient capital of an oriental empire covering modern Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel. -
167 BCE
Revolt of the Maccabees
The Maccabean Revolt was a Jewish rebellion, lasting from about 167 to 160 BC, led by the Maccabees against the Seleucid Empire and the Hellenistic influence on Jewish life. -
70
Romans Capture Jerusalem
The Roman army, led by the future Emperor, with Tiberius Julius Alexander as his second-in-command, besieged and conquered the city of Jerusalem, which had been occupied by its Jewish defenders in 66.