Old Testament Timeline

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  • 2166 BCE

    Abraham’s birth

  • 2091 BCE

    Abraham arrived in Canaan

  • 2067 BCE

    Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah

  • 2066 BCE

    Birth of Isaac

  • 1466 BCE

    Exodus

  • Period: 1300 BCE to 1201 BCE

    The beginning of the Conquest

  • 1084 BCE

    Birth of Samuel (Before 1084 B.C.)

  • 1051 BCE

    Reign of Saul

  • 1011 BCE

    Reign of David

  • 970 BCE

    Reign of Solomon

  • 959 BCE

    The building of the Temple

  • 931 BCE

    Date of the split of the United Kingdom into Israel and Judah.

  • Period: 931 BCE to 910 BCE

    The reign of Jeroboam, King of Israel

  • Period: 931 BCE to 913 BCE

    The reign of Rehoboam, King of Judah

  • 930 BCE

    Solomon's Death

  • Period: 913 BCE to 911 BCE

    The reign of Abijah, King of Judah

  • Period: 911 BCE to 870 BCE

    The reign of Asa, King of Judah

  • Period: 910 BCE to 909 BCE

    The reign of Nadab, King of Israel

  • Period: 909 BCE to 886 BCE

    The reign of Baasha, King of Israel

  • Period: 886 BCE to 885 BCE

    The reign of Elah, King of Israel

  • Period: 885 BCE to 885 BCE

    The reign of Zimri, King of Israel

  • Period: 885 BCE to 874 BCE

    The reign of Omri, King of Israel

  • 875 BCE

    The ministry of Joel (mid to late ninth century B.C.)

  • Period: 874 BCE to 853 BCE

    The reign of Ahab, King of Israel

  • Period: 873 BCE to 848 BCE

    The reign of Jehoshaphat, King of Judah

  • 857 BCE

    The ministry of Elijah

  • Period: 853 BCE to 852 BCE

    The reign of Ahaziah, King of Israel

  • Period: 852 BCE to 841 BCE

    The reign of Joram, King of Israel

  • 850 BCE

    The ministry of Hosea (mid-eighth century B.C.)

  • Period: 848 BCE to 841 BCE

    The reign of Jehoram, King of Judah

  • 841 BCE

    The ministry of Elisha (around 841 B.C.)

  • Period: 841 BCE to 841 BCE

    The reign of Ahaziah, King of Judah

  • Period: 841 BCE to 835 BCE

    The reign of Athaliah, Queen of Judah

  • Period: 841 BCE to 814 BCE

    The reign of Jehu, King of Israel

  • Period: 835 BCE to 796 BCE

    The reign of Joash, King of Judah

  • Period: 814 BCE to 798 BCE

    The reign of Jehoahaz, King of Israel

  • Period: 798 BCE to 782 BCE

    The reign of Jehoash, King of Israel

  • Period: 796 BCE to 767 BCE

    The reign of Amaziah, King of Judah

  • Period: 793 BCE to 753 BCE

    The reign of Jeroboam II, King of Israel

  • Period: 792 BCE to 740 BCE

    The reign of Uzziah, King of Judah

  • 767 BCE

    The ministry of Amos (around 767 B.C.)

  • 763 BCE

    Jehu’s accession date and the Assyrian eclipse

  • Period: 753 BCE to 753 BCE

    The reign of Zechariah, King of Israel

  • Period: 752 BCE to 752 BCE

    The reign of Shallum, King of Israel

  • Period: 752 BCE to 742 BCE

    The reign of Menahem, King of Israel

  • Period: 752 BCE to 732 BCE

    The reign of Pekah, King of Israel

  • Period: 750 BCE to 731 BCE

    The reign of Jotham, King of Judah

  • Period: 742 BCE to 740 BCE

    The reign of Pekahiah, King of Israel

  • 740 BCE

    The ministry of Isaiah

  • Period: 735 BCE to 715 BCE

    The reign of Ahaz, King of Judah

  • Period: 732 BCE to 722 BCE

    The reign of Hoshea, King of Israel

  • Period: 729 BCE to 686 BCE

    The reign of Hezekiah, King of Judah

  • 727 BCE

    The reign of Shalmaneser V

  • 722 BCE

    The ministry of Micah

  • 722 BCE

    Date of the fall of the northern kingdom of Israel

  • 722 BCE

    The reign of Sargon II

  • Period: 701 BCE to 681 BCE

    The empire of Assyria

  • 700 BCE

    The ministry of Habakkuk (Around the seventh century B.C.)

  • Period: 696 BCE to 642 BCE

    The reign of Manasseh, King of Judah

  • Period: 642 BCE to 640 BCE

    The reign of Amon, King of Judah

  • Period: 640 BCE to 609 BCE

    The reign of Josiah, King of Judah

  • 632 BCE

    The ministry of Nahum

  • 627 BCE

    The ministry of Jeremiah

  • 622 BCE

    Book of the Law, during temple repairs

  • 612 BCE

    The ministry of Zephaniah (came before 612 B.C.)

  • 612 BCE

    The fall of Nineveh

  • Period: 609 BCE to 609 BCE

    The reign of Jehoahaz, King of Judah

  • Period: 608 BCE to 598 BCE

    The reign of Jehoiakim, King of Judah

  • 605 BCE

    First attack by Nebuchadnezzar

  • 605 BCE

    Egypt defeated at the Battle of Carchemish

  • Period: 605 BCE to 539 BCE

    The empire of Babylon

  • Period: 598 BCE to 597 BCE

    The reign of Jehoiachin, King of Judah

  • 597 BCE

    Second attack by Nebuchadnezzar

  • Period: 597 BCE to 586 BCE

    The reign of Zedekiah, King of Judah

  • 586 BCE

    Third attack by Nebuchadnezzar

  • 586 BCE

    Date of the fall of Jerusalem and destruction of the Temple

  • 539 BCE

    Persia defeated Babylon

  • 538 BCE

    First return from Exile

  • Period: 538 BCE to 334 BCE

    The empire of Persia

  • 516 BCE

    Zerubbabel's Temple was completed

  • 500 BCE

    The ministry of Haggai (Around 500 B.C.)

  • 480 BCE

    The ministry of Zechariah (480-470 B.C.)

  • 445 BCE

    Second return from Exile

  • 339 BCE

    Third return from Exile