Salvation History Timeline

Abraham born

2000 BCE

Terah, a descendant of Noah's son Shem, begets three children: Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Genesis 11:27

Abraham & Sarah arrive in Canaan

1925 BCE

Abraham had great faith in God and always did what God told him. Based on God’s instructions, Abraham travelled to a place called Canaan where the Canaanites lived.

Sarah gives birth to Isaac

1900 BCE

Now the Lord was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah what he had promised. Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him. Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore him. Genesis 21:1-4

Rebekah gives birth to Jacob & Esau

1836 BCE

When the time came for her to give birth, there were twin boys in her womb. The first to come out was red, and his whole body was like a hairy garment; so they named him Esau. 26 After this, his brother came out, with his hand grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to them. Genesis 25: 24-26

Israelites settle in Egypt

1750 BCE

In the second year of famine,Joseph invited the sons of Israel to live in Egyptian territory. They settled in the country of Goshen.

Moses leads the Exodus from Egypt

1290 BCE

The Lord said, “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. Exodus 3:7-8

Joshua invades Canaan with the Israelites.

1250 BCE

After the death of the Lord's servant Moses, the Lord spoke to Moses' helper, Joshua son of Nun. He said, “My servant Moses is dead. Get ready now, you and all the people of Israel, and cross the Jordan River into the land that I am giving them. Joshua 1: 1-2

Judges Lead Israelites in Canaan.

1200 BCE

After Joshua died, the Israelites asked the Lord, “Who should lead the invasion against the Canaanites and launch the attack?” The Lord said, “The men of Judah should take the lead. Be sure of this! I am handing the land over to them.” Judges 11:1-2

Saul is named 1st king of Israel.

1020 BCE

And Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see him whom the Lord has chosen? There is none like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!” 1 Samuel 10:24

King David names Jerusalem as the capital.

1000 BCE

But now I have chosen Jerusalem for my Name to be there, and I have chosen David to rule my people Israel. 2 Chronicles 6:6

King Solomon builds the Temple.

961 BCE

In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites came out of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the temple of the Lord. 1 Kings 6:1

Kingdom divides into Israel and Judah.

922 BCE

When Solomon died, the ten northern tribes refused to submit to his son, Rehoboam, and revolted. From this point on, there would be two kingdoms of Hebrews: in the north - Israel, and in the south - Judah.

Time of the prophet Amos.

783 BCE

Amos is the third of the twelve prophets in the Book of the Twelve in Hebrew Scripture. The Book ... While Israel was prosperous at the time, it was also a time marked by social injustice

Assyrians conquer Israel.

722 BCE

In 722 BC, the Assyrians conquered Israel. The Assyrians were aggressive and effective; the history of their dominance over the Middle East is a history of constant warfare. In order to assure that conquered territories would remain pacified, the Assyrians would force many of the native inhabitants to relocate to other parts of their empire.

Babylonians conquer Judah.

609 BCE

Not many years after Assyria had conquered the Northern Kingdom of Israel, the empire began to crumble. In the southern part of the empire, the Chaldeans and Babylonians were in the ascendancy, and they quickly seized power from the toppling Assyrians.

Persians allow Jews to return to Judah.

538 BCE

The Jews returned to the Land of Israel from the Babylonian exile following the decree by the emperor Cyrus.

Greeks conquer Holy Land.

332 BCE

Palestine was conquered by Alexander the Great. The land and people of Israel were now part of the Hellenistic world. Alexander passed through Pales­tine first on his way to Gaza during his campaign to subjugate the Phoenician coast and then on his way from Egypt to Baby­lonia.

Maccabees revolt against Greeks.

166 BCE

The Maccabean Revolt was a Jewish rebellion led by the Maccabees against the Seleucid Empire and the Hellenistic influence on Jewish life.

Romans conquer Holy Land

63 BCE

After a civil war had broken out in the land of Israel between Pharisees and Sadducees, a Roman general named Pompey arrived and helped the Pharisees defeat the Sadducees in Jerusalem. Then, Rome helped itself to the land of Israel, incorporating it into the Roman Empire.

Jesus is born

5 BCE

Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. Luke 2:11