Old Testament Timeline By ianclark Period: 3300 BCE to 1200 BCE Bronze Age 2166 BCE Abraham is born 2066 BCE Isaac is born 2006 BCE Jacob & Esau are born 1915 BCE Joseph is born 1898 BCE Joseph is sold into slavery 1526 BCE Moses is born 1407 BCE Moses dies;Joshua conquers Canaan 1375 BCE Judges begin to rule Period: 1200 BCE to 586 BCE Iron Age 1105 BCE Samuel is born 1075 BCE Sampson leads Israel 1075 BCE Sampson leads Israel 1050 BCE Saul becomes king 1003 BCE David made king 970 BCE Solomon made king 966 BCE Solomon begins to build the Temple in Jerusalem 930 BCE The kingdom is divided 875 BCE Elijah begins his ministry 742 BCE Micah becomes a prophet 740 BCE Isaiah becomes a prophet 713 BCE Sargon II suppresses uprising in the Philistine city of Ashdod 627 BCE Jeremiah becomes a prophet 586 BCE Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon destroys Jerusalem; Temple destroyed 539 BCE Cyrus the Great of Persia conquers Babylon 479 BCE Esther becomes Xerxes queen 5 BCE Jesus born in Bethlehem Period: 3500 to 3000 BCE Stone Age