Old Testament Timeline

  • Period: 2500 BCE to 605 BCE

    Assyrian Empire

  • Period: 2000 BCE to 1500 BCE

    Early Bronze Age

  • Period: 2000 BCE to 1700 BCE

    Egyptian Middle Kingdom

  • Period: 1852 BCE to 1677 BCE

    Abram/Abraham

  • Period: 1500 BCE to 1200 BCE

    Middle Bronze Age

  • Period: 1450 BCE to 1004 BCE

    Book of Judges

  • 1446 BCE

    Exodus

  • 1300 BCE

    Ruth

    Time of Ehud
  • Period: 1200 BCE to 500 BCE

    Late Bronze Age

  • Period: 1200 BCE to 1000 BCE

    Iron Age I

  • Period: 1079 BCE to 1007 BCE

    Saul

  • Period: 1035 BCE to 961 BCE

    David

  • Period: 980 BCE to 732 BCE

    Iron Age II

  • Period: 970 BCE to 931 BCE

    Solomon's Reign

  • 930 BCE

    Israel Divided

  • Period: 786 BCE to 745 BCE

    Amos

  • Period: 775 BCE to 742 BCE

    Uzziah

  • Period: 740 BCE to 681 BCE

    Isaiah

  • 722 BCE

    Fall of Israel

  • Period: 716 BCE to 697 BCE

    Hezekiah's Reign

  • Period: 683 BCE to 600 BCE

    Nahum

  • Period: 648 BCE to 569 BCE

    Jeremiah

  • Period: 641 BCE to 609 BCE

    Josiah's Reign

  • Period: 634 BCE to 562 BCE

    Nebuchadnezzar II

  • Period: 628 BCE to 536 BCE

    Daniel

  • Period: 626 BCE to 539 BCE

    Babylonian Empire

  • Period: 622 BCE to 570 BCE

    Ezekiel

  • Period: 600 BCE to 330 BCE

    Iron Age III

  • Period: 600 BCE to 500 BCE

    Haggai

  • Period: 597 BCE to 538 BCE

    Babylonian Exile

  • 587 BCE

    Fall of Judah

  • 539 BCE

    Edict of Cyrus

  • Period: 539 BCE to 330 BCE

    Persian Empire

  • Period: 500 BCE to 420 BCE

    Nehemiah

  • Period: 480 BCE to 440 BCE

    Ezra