Old Testament Fall 2017 By TeaPlz Period: 3700 BCE to 500 BCE Bronze Age Period: 2167 BCE to 1991 BCE Father Abra(ha)m 2066 BCE Isaac is born/Abrahamic Covenant is fulfilled Period: 2040 BCE to 1782 BCE Egyptian Middle Kingdom Period: 1550 BCE to 1400 BCE Late Bronze Age I 1446 BCE Exodus Period: 1380 BCE to 1050 BCE The book of Ruth 1370 BCE The first Judge Othniel Period: 1200 BCE to 1000 BCE Iron Age I 1100 BCE Samson defeats the Philistines 1050 BCE Saul became king 1050 BCE The book of Judges is written 1018 BCE Samuel annointed David 1010 BCE David's reign begins Period: 1000 BCE to 550 BCE Iron Age II 990 BCE David and Bathsheba 930 BCE The kingdom divides into Israel and Judah 792 BCE Uzziah became king of Judah 755 BCE Isaiah becomes prophet to Judah 755 BCE Amos becomes a prophet of God 729 BCE Hezekiah became king of Judah 722 BCE Assyria conquers Israel 640 BCE Josiah became king of Judah 626 BCE Jeremiah is called to be a prophet of God 612 BCE Assyrian city Nineveh falls to Babylon 609 BCE Assyrian Empire destroyed 605 BCE Daniel is taken captive 605 BCE Nebuchadnezzar begins reign in Babylon 603 BCE Daniel interprets Belshezzar's dream 597 BCE Ezekiel deported to Babylon Period: 593 BCE to 571 BCE Ezekiel's Prophetic Ministry 586 BCE Babylonians destroy Jerusalem 585 BCE Jeremiah is taken to Egypt 580 BCE Shadrach, Meshach, Benny, and the fiery furnace 550 BCE Iron Age III 539 BCE Babylon falls to Cyrus of Persia 537 BCE Daniel and the lions' den Period: 521 BCE to 486 BCE Darius I reigns in Persia 520 BCE Haggai and Zechariah begin to prophesy 494 BCE Nehemiah leads a group of returnees Period: 485 BCE to 465 BCE Ahasuerus (Xerxes I) reigns in Persia Period: 464 BCE to 424 BCE Artaxerxes Longimanus reigns in Persia 458 BCE Ezra leads a group of returnees 2091 Abraham called to Canaan