Old Testament Timeline - Katherine White By kwhite42 Period: 3200 BCE to 1200 BCE The Bronze Ages (approximate) 2165 BCE Abraham is born Period: 2055 BCE to 1640 BCE The Egyptian Middle Kingdom 1446 BCE The Exodus Period: 1400 BCE to 1010 BCE Events in the Book of Judges (approximate) Period: 1200 BCE to 43 The Iron Ages (approximate) 1140 BCE Ruth is born (approximate) 1045 BCE Saul becomes king (approximate) 1010 BCE David becomes king 970 BCE Solomon becomes king 931 BCE Divided Kingdom Period: 900 BCE to 600 BCE Assyrian Empire 790 BCE Uzziah reigns as king 760 BCE Amos prophecies (approximate) 740 BCE Isaiah begins prophesying 726 BCE Hezekiah becomes king 721 BCE Fall of Israel 660 BCE Nahum 640 BCE Josiah reigns as king 627 BCE Jeremiah begins prophesying Period: 626 BCE to 539 BCE Babylonian Empire Period: 605 BCE to 562 BCE Nebuchadnezzar reigns as king of Babylon 597 BCE Daniel taken to Babylon Period: 597 BCE to 539 BCE Babylonian Exile 593 BCE Ezekiel begins prophesying 587 BCE Fall of Judah 539 BCE Edict of Cyrus Period: 539 BCE to 330 BCE Persian Empire 520 BCE Haggai 458 BCE Ezra 445 BCE Nehemiah