Timeline: Old Testament Survey

Period: 3000 BCE to 2100 BCE

Early Bronze Age
Period: 2166 BCE to 1991 BCE

Abram/Abraham
Period: 2100 BCE to 1600 BCE

Middle Bronze Age
Period: 2040 BCE to 1782 BCE

Egyptian Middle Kingdom
Period: 1792 BCE to 539 BCE

Babylonian Empire
Period: 1600 BCE to 1200 BCE

Late Bronze Age
1446 BCE

Exodus
Period: 1365 BCE to 609 BCE

Assyrian Empire
Period: 1350 BCE to 1050 BCE

Book of Judges

These dates start with Othniel, the first judge in 1350 BC, and end with the beginning of Saul's reign in 1050 BC.
1230 BCE

Ruth

Ruth and Naomi return to Bethlehem.
Period: 1200 BCE to 950 BCE

Iron Age I
Period: 1082 BCE to 1010 BCE

Saul
Period: 1040 BCE to 970 BCE

David
Period: 989 BCE to 931 BCE

Solomon
Period: 950 BCE to 586 BCE

Iron Age II
Period: 931 BCE to 722 BCE

Divided Kingdom
Period: 814 BCE to 740 BCE

Amos
Period: 808 BCE to 739 BCE

Uzziah
Period: 766 BCE to 686 BCE

Isaiah
Period: 741 BCE to 686 BCE

Hezekiah
722 BCE

Fall of Israel
Period: 683 BCE to 610 BCE

Nahum
Period: 649 BCE to 609 BCE

Josiah
Period: 643 BCE to 570 BCE

Jeremiah
Period: 632 BCE to 562 BCE

Nebuchadnezzar
Period: 622 BCE to 571 BCE

Ezekiel
Period: 622 BCE to 530 BCE

Daniel
Period: 588 BCE to 538 BCE

Babylonian Exile
586 BCE

Fall of Judah
Period: 586 BCE to 333 BCE

Iron Age III
Period: 570 BCE to 500 BCE

Haggai
Period: 550 BCE to 330 BCE

Persian Empire
539 BCE

Edict of Cyrus
Period: 504 BCE to 421 BCE

Ezra
Period: 473 BCE to 403 BCE

Nehemiah

Early Bronze Age