Old Testament Survey Timeline

By shelbyhand1@gmail.com
  • Period: 3150 BCE to 2200 BCE

    Early Bronze Age

    Bronze Weapons
  • Period: 2166 BCE to 1991 BCE

    Abraham

    Made a covenant with God and is the patriarch for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
  • Period: 2040 BCE to 1782 BCE

    Egyptian Middle Kingdom

    Known as the Classical Age
  • Period: 2000 BCE to 1550 BCE

    Middle Bronze Age

    Bronze Weapons
  • Period: 1550 BCE to 1200 BCE

    Late Bronze Age

    Bronze Weapons
  • Period: 1446 BCE to 1446 BCE

    Exodus

    When Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt
  • Period: 1446 BCE to 1446 BCE

    Exodus

    God parted the Red Sea so that Moses could lead the Israelites out of Egypt. (See my explanation for the date on the Word Document)
  • Period: 1445 BCE to 1050 BCE

    Book of Judges

    When the book of Judges was written
  • Period: 1327 BCE to 1229 BCE

    Ruth

    Moabite woman who marries Boaz and is the grandmother of David
  • Period: 1200 BCE to 1000 BCE

    Iron Age I

    Iron Weapons
  • Period: 1050 BCE to 1010 BCE

    Saul

    First king of Israel
  • Period: 1035 BCE to 961 BCE

    King David

    Second King of Israel
    A man after God's own heart
  • Period: 1010 BCE to 931 BCE

    Solomon

    David's son who succeeded him
    Known for the wisdom God gave him
  • Period: 1000 BCE to 550 BCE

    Iron Age II

    Iron Weapons
  • Period: 930 BCE to 721 BCE

    Divided Kingdom

    A taxation issue after Solomon's death caused the kingdom to split into Judah and Israel
  • Period: 900 BCE to 600 BCE

    Assyrian Empire

    Mesopotamian Kingdom and Empire that took over most of the Eastern world
  • Period: 783 BCE to 742 BCE

    Uzziah

    Tenth king in Judah
  • Period: 780 BCE to 753 BCE

    Amos

    One of the twelve minor prophets
  • Period: 750 BCE to 686 BCE

    Hezekiah

    Thirteenth king of Judah
  • Period: 742 BCE to 700 BCE

    Isaiah

    Israelite Prophet
  • Period: 721 BCE to 721 BCE

    Fall of Israel

    Assyrians took over and destroyed Israel
  • Period: 640 BCE to 609 BCE

    Josiah

    Sixteenth King of Judah
  • Period: 640 BCE to 609 BCE

    Nahum

    One of the twelve minor prophets
  • Period: 630 BCE to 562 BCE

    Nebuchadnezzar

    King of Babylon who destroyed Solomon's temple
  • Period: 626 BCE to 587 BCE

    Jeremiah

    One of the major prophets who was often referred to as the "weeping prophet"
  • Period: 605 BCE to 538 BCE

    Daniel

    Known for surviving King Nebuchadnezzar's furnace
  • Period: 605 BCE to 539 BCE

    Babylonian Empire

    Spanned from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea
  • Period: 597 BCE to 560 BCE

    Ezekiel

    Hebrew prophet
  • Period: 597 BCE to 538 BCE

    Babylonian Exile

    Many citizens of Judah were taken captive in Babylon
  • Period: 586 BCE to 586 BCE

    Fall of Judah

    Babylon took Judah after they retaliated
  • Period: 560 BCE to 510 BCE

    Haggai

    One of the twelve minor prophets
  • Period: 538 BCE to 538 BCE

    Edict of Cyrus

    Allowed the citizens of Judah to return and rebuild Jerusalem
  • Period: 529 BCE to 333 BCE

    Persian Empire

    Also known as Imperial Iran
  • Period: 470 BCE to 430 BCE

    Ezra

    Hebrew scribe and priest
  • Period: 445 BCE to 420 BCE

    Nehemiah

    Offical in the Persian court who leads a group of Jews to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem