Time line

  • 2166 BCE

    Abraham

    Abraham was born
  • 1446 BCE

    Exodus

    After being enslaved for 400 years, the Israelites, led by Moses, leave Egypt and head toward the land of Canaan
  • 1406 BCE

    conquest

    A conquest that took 7 years to finish and Abraham had to wait 430 years to take possession of canaan
  • 722 BCE

    North Destroyed

    the northern kingdom was destroyed by the Assyrians and the population deported as per Assyrian military policy.
  • 539 BCE

    Decree of cyrus

    the Persian king Cyrus took Babylon, the ancient capital of an oriental empire covering modern Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel. In a broader sense, Babylon was the ancient world's capital of scholarship and science.
  • 515 BCE

    Temple rebuilt

    The temple was rebuilt
  • 586

    South destroyed

    The walls of Jerusalem were destroyed and the temple burned to the ground.
  • 931

    Kingdom divides

    Israel divides with Judah
  • 971

    solomon

    Solomon dies at age 70
  • 1011

    David

    David was surrendered to Saul
  • 1051

    Saul

    Saul and his army flee and hide and many surrender to the Philistines. Saul, in his fear and without waiting completely for Samuel, steps in front of the Levites and conducts a Levitical sacrifice to gain God's approval.
  • Jacob to egypt

    As a result of a severe drought in Canaan, Jacob and his sons moved to Egypt