Old Testament Timeline By Kamano21 Period: 5000 BCE to 4000 BCE Creation (Gen.1-2) Period: 4000 BCE to 2500 BCE Fall Of Man (Gen. 3-6) Period: 2500 BCE to 2314 BCE The Flood & Noah Covenant (Gen. 7-8) Period: 2300 BCE to 2100 BCE Tower Of Babel (Gen. 11) Period: 2150 BCE to 2000 BCE Job's Legacy 2081 BCE God's Covenant With Abraham 2066 BCE Issac Is Born (Gen. 21) 2006 BCE Birth Of Jacob & Esau (Gen. 25) 1906 BCE Jacob Wrestles With God (Ge. 32) Period: 1906 BCE to 1906 BCE Jacob named Isarel Period: 1898 BCE to 1806 BCE Life of Joseph (Gen. 37-50) Period: 1800 BCE to 1445 BCE Exodus - Leviticus 1525 BCE Birth of Moses Period: 1486 BCE to 1446 BCE Moses Encounters God (Ex. 2-6) 1446 BCE The 10 Commandments 1446 BCE The 10 Plagues In Egypt Period: 1445 BCE to 1407 BCE Numbers Period: 1407 BCE to 1406 Deuteronomy Period: 1407 BCE to 586 BCE The Gathered Books of Psalms 1406 BCE Joshua Chosen Period: 1375 BCE to 1075 BCE Judges 1140 BCE Ruth 1100 BCE Birth Of Samuel Period: 1100 BCE to 970 BCE 1 Samuel - 2 Samuel 1043 BCE Saul Becomes King (1 Sam. 8-10) 1028 BCE Saul Fails (1 Sam. 15) 1024 BCE Samuel Annoints David (1 Sam. 16) 1010 BCE David Becomes King In Judah (2 Sam. 2) 1003 BCE David Becomes King Over All Of Israel (2 Sam. 15) 993 BCE David & Bathsheba (2 Sam. 11) 990 BCE Solomon Is Born (2 Sam. 12) 970 BCE David's Last Days (1 Kings 1,2 & 1 Chr. 28,29) 967 BCE Solomon's Prayer & God's Response (1 King 3 & 2 Chr. 1) 966 BCE Solomon Builds The Temple & Palace (1 Ki. 6,7 & 2 Chr. 2,3) Period: 966 BCE to 959 BCE God's Covenant With Solomon (1 King 9 & 2 Chr. 7) 950 BCE The Proverbs Of Solomon & Songs Of Solomon 939 BCE Solomon's Wives & Idolatry (1 Kings 11) 937 BCE Ecclesiastes 931 BCE King Solomon's Death (1 King 11:42-43) Period: 863 BCE to 852 BCE God's Hand Upon Elijah (1 Kings 17- 2 Kings 1) 851 BCE Elijah Ascends & Elisha Succeeds Elijah (2 Kings 2) Period: 798 BCE to 400 BCE Minor Prophet Books 766 BCE The Words of Amos Period: 740 BCE to 686 BCE Book Of Isaiah Written Period: 739 BCE to 725 BCE Isaiah Prophesies (chapters 1-35) 711 BCE Isaiah Prophesies Israel's Exile & Return (Ch. 40-66) 627 BCE Jeremiah Called 625 BCE The Oracle to Habakkuk (Habakkuk 1-3) 622 BCE Jeremiah Proclaims God's Covenant (Jer. 11-12) Period: 612 BCE to 539 BCE Period When Babylon Is A World Empire. 609 BCE Jeremiah Proclaims Covenant Is Broken (Jer. 13-20) Period: 608 BCE to 586 BCE Book of Lamentations Written. 605 BCE King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon makes his first attack of Jerusalem. Taken captive are the prophet Daniel and his companions. Period: 605 BCE to 530 BCE Book of Daniel Written 597 BCE Jerusalem attacked second time by Babylon. Judah's king is taken prisoner, Zedekiah set up as puppet king (2Kings 24 - 25). Period: 590 BCE to 570 BCE Book of Ezekiel Written 588 BCE Siege of Jerusalem Begins (Ezekiel 24) Period: 559 BCE to 530 BCE Cyrus the Great reigns as King of the Persian Empire. 539 BCE Daniel's Legacy 537 BCE Exiles Return (Ezra 2) Period: 521 BCE to 486 BCE Darius the Great is Persian King 516 BCE The rebuilding of Jerusalem's temple is completed 480 BCE Book Of Esther Written 457 BCE Ezra Reforms 455 BCE The Book Of Ezra Written 444 BCE Nehemiah Completes The Wall (Neh. 6:15) 444 BCE Israelites Seal the Covenant 432 BCE Nehemiah/ Ezra Restores Laws 430 BCE The Word of the LORD by Malachi 430 BCE The Book Of Nehemiah Written