Old Testament History

  • Period: 3300 BCE to 2000 BCE

    Early Bronze Age

  • Period: 2167 BCE to 1992 BCE

    Abraham

  • Period: 2010 BCE to 1630 BCE

    Egyptian Middle Kingdom

  • Period: 2000 BCE to 1550 BCE

    Middle Bronze Age

  • Period: 1550 BCE to 1200 BCE

    Late Bronze Age

  • 1446 BCE

    The Exodus

  • Period: 1406 BCE to 1050 BCE

    Period of the Judges

  • Period: 1350 BCE to 1150 BCE

    Ruth

    Difficult to date when Ruth lived. Ruth lived "in the time the judges judged," and her story likely happened some time in these 200 years.
  • Period: 1200 BCE to 930 BCE

    Iron Age I

  • Period: 1114 BCE to 605 BCE

    Assyrian Empire

  • Period: 1044 BCE to 1004 BCE

    Saul's Reign

  • Period: 1011 BCE to 971 BCE

    David's Reign

    First seven years of David's reign were in Judah while Saul was still king
  • Period: 971 BCE to 931 BCE

    Solomon's Reign

  • Period: 930 BCE to 539 BCE

    Iron Age II

  • Period: 930 BCE to 722 BCE

    Divided Kingdom

  • Period: 792 BCE to 740 BCE

    Uzziah's Reign

  • Period: 760 BCE to 750 BCE

    Amos

  • Period: 740 BCE to 687 BCE

    Isaiah

  • 722 BCE

    Fall of Israel

  • Period: 715 BCE to 687 BCE

    Hezekiah's Reign

  • Period: 640 BCE to 609 BCE

    Josiah's Reign

  • Period: 627 BCE to 587 BCE

    Jeremiah

  • 612 BCE

    Nahum

  • Period: 612 BCE to 539 BCE

    Babylonian Empire

  • Period: 605 BCE to 562 BCE

    Nebuchadnezzar

  • Period: 605 BCE to 536 BCE

    Daniel

  • Period: 593 BCE to 571 BCE

    Ezekiel

  • 587 BCE

    Fall of Judah

  • Period: 587 BCE to 538 BCE

    Babylonian Exile

  • Period: 539 BCE to 332 BCE

    Iron Age III

  • Period: 539 BCE to 330 BCE

    Persian Empire

  • 538 BCE

    Edict of Cyrus

  • 520 BCE

    Haggai

  • 458 BCE

    Ezra's Return to Jerusalem

    Ezra and Nehemiah ministered between the period of 458 to 425 BC
  • 444 BCE

    Nehemiah's Return to Jerusalem

    Ezra and Nehemiah ministered between 458 and 425 BC