Time Line of Biblical Dates - Old Testament
NOTE: Many of these dates are based on the available evidence and in some cases approximate dates are given.
4026 B.C.E. | Creation of Adam | Genesis 2:7; | |
3896 B.C.E. | Cain kills his brother Abel | Genesis 4:8; | |
3896 B.C.E | Adam 130 years old begat a son - Seth | Genesis 5:3; | |
3404 B.C.E. | Jared 162 years old begat - Enoch | Genesis 5:18; | |
3339 B.C.E. | Enoch 65 years old and begat - Methuselah | Genesis 5:21; | |
3152 B.C.E. | Methuselah 187 years old begat - Lamech | Genesis 5:25; | |
3096 B.C.E. | 930 years old Adam dies | Genesis 5:5; | |
3039 B.C.E. | Enoch walked with God who was taken at 365 years of age | Genesis 5:23, 24; | |
2970 B.C.E. | Lamech begat Noah | Genesis 5:28, 29 | |
2490 B.C.E. | The Nephilim (Fellers - the offspring of angels and women - Giants) on the earth prior to the Flood | Genesis 6:1-5; Numbers 13:33; | |
2470 B.C.E. | Noah begat - Shem - Ham and Japheth, | Genesis 5:32; 9:24; | |
2370 B.C.E. | Death of Methuselah at 969 years old | Genesis 5:27; | |
Noah was 600 years old when the Floodwaters fell | Genesis 7:6, 11 ; | ||
2369 B.C.E. | Flood waters dry up | Genesis 8:13; 9:16; | |
2368 B.C.E. | Shem begat - Arpachshad | Genesis 11:10; | |
2269 B.C.E. | Building of the Tower (Babel) | Genesis 11:4; | |
with which they wished to reach heaven | |||
2020 B.C.E. | Noah dies | Genesis 9:28, 29 | |
2018 B.C.E. | Birth of Abram | Genesis 11:26; | |
1943 B.C.E. | Abraham crosses Euphrates going to Canaan; | Genesis 12:4, 7; Exodus 12:40; | |
Abrahamic covenant - the start of the 430-year Law covenant | Galatians 3:17; | ||
1933 B.C.E. | Lot rescued; Abraham visits Melchizedek | Genesis 14:16, 18; 16:3; | |
1932 B.C.E. | Hagar bares Abraham a son Ishmael | Genesis 16:15, 16; | |
1919 B.C.E. | Every man to be circumcised | Genesis 17:1, 10, 24; | |
Rain of brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah | Genesis 19:24; | ||
1918 B.C.E. | Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son Isaac | Genesis 21:2, 5; | |
1913 B.C.E. | Weaning of Isaac; Ishmael sent away; | Genesis 21:8; 15:13; Acts 7:6; | |
400-year affliction starts | |||
1881 B.C.E. | Sarah dies | Genesis 17:17; 23:1; | |
1878 B.C.E. | Isaac and Rebekah married | Genesis 25:20; | |
1868 B.C.E. | Shem dies | Genesis 11:11; | |
1858 B.C.E. | Twins born Esau and Jacob | Genesis 25:26; | |
1843 B.C.E. | Abraham dies | Genesis 25:7; | |
1818 B.C.E. | Esau at 40 years old marries two wives Judith and Bashemath | Genesis 26:34; | |
1795 B.C.E. | Ishmael dies | Genesis 25:17; | |
1781 B.C.E. | Jacob sent away to Haran - | Genesis 28:2, 13, 19; | |
promise that through his seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed | |||
1774 B.C.E. | Jacob marries Leah and Rachel | Genesis 29:23-30; | |
1767 B.C.E. | Rachael gives birth to Joseph | Genesis 30:23, 24; | |
1761 B.C.E. | Jacob returns to Canaan from Padan-aram - Haran | Genesis 31:18; | |
1761 B.C.E. | wrestled with an angel ; Jacob's named is changed to Israel | Genesis 32:24-28; | |
1750 B.C.E. | Joseph sold as a slave to Midianite merchants by his brothers | Genesis 37:2-28; | |
1738 B.C.E. | Isaac dies | Genesis 35:28, 29; | |
1737 B.C.E. | Due to God revealing the dreams to Joseph he is set over all | Genesis 41:40, 46; | |
the land of Egypt | |||
1728 B.C.E. | Famine Jacob with his family enter Egypt | Genesis 45:6; 46:26;47:9 | |
1711 B.C.E. | Jacob dies | Genesis 47:28; | |
1657 B.C.E. | Joseph dies | Genesis 50:26; | |
1613 B.C.E. | Job's test by Satan of his integrity To God | Job 1:8; 42:16; | |
1600 B.C.E. |
First Biblical world power Egypt |
Exodus 1:8; | |
1593 B.C.E. | Moses found in ark of bulrushes on the river | Exodus 2:2, 10; | |
1553 B.C.E. | Moses kills Egyptian ; flees to Midian | Exodus 2:11, 14, 15; Acts 7:23 | |
1514 B.C.E. | Moses sees burning bush that is not consumed | Exodus 3:2; | |
1513 B.C.E. | 10th plague - Passover; Israelites depart Egypt; | Exodus 12:-14: 14:27, 29, 30; | |
Red Sea parted by the Almighty God ; | |||
Egypt loose power - end of 400-year period of affliction | Genesis 15:13, 14 Exodus 12:40, | ||
End of the 430-year period from validating of Abrahamic covenant | Galatians3:17; | ||
Bible writing starts with Moses | |||
1512 B.C.E. | Genesisesis - Writer Moses Place Written Wilderness c. 1513 | John 5:46 Lev. 27:34 | |
Exodus - Writer Moses Place Written Wilderness c. 1512 | Numbers. 1:1 | ||
Leviticus - Writer Moses Place Written Wilderness c. 1512 | |||
Tabernacle constructed | Exodus 40:17; | ||
The Aaronic priesthood | Lev. 8:34-36; | ||
1473 B.C.E. | Job Writer - Moses Place Written Wilderness | Job 42:16, 17; | |
1473 B.C.E. | Numbersbers - Writer Moses, Place Written Wilderness/ | Numbers. 35:1; 36:13; | |
Plains of Moab | |||
Covenant with Israel at Moab, | Deuteronomy 1:1-3; 29:1; | ||
Deuteronomy - Writer Moses, PlaceWritten Plains of Moab | |||
Moses dies on Mt. Nebo in Moab | Deuteronomy 34:1, 5, 7; Joshua. 4:19 | ||
Israel enters Canaan under Joshua | |||
1467 B.C.E. | Major conquest of the land completed; | Joshua 11:23; 14:7,10-15; | |
end of the period mentioned in Acts 13:17-20 of 'about 450 years from the exodus out of Egypt to Samuel the prophet. | |||
1450 B.C.E. | Book of Joshua completed Death of Joshua | Joshua 1:1; 24:26, 29; | |
Joshua Writer - Joshua Place Written Canaan c. 1450 | |||
1117 B.C.E. | Saul chosen as king of Israel | 1 Samuel 10:24; Acts 13:21; | |
1107 B.C.E. | David chosen to be King born at Bethlehem | 1 Samuel 16:1; | |
1100 B.C.E. | Judges - Writer Samuel, Place Written Israel | Judges 21:25; | |
1090 B.C.E. | Samuel completes the book of Ruth Place Written Israel | Ruth 4:18-22; | |
1078 B.C.E. | Book of 1 Samuel - Writers Samuel, Gad, Nathan | 1 Samuel 31:6; | |
completed c. 1078; Place Written Israel | |||
1077 B.C.E. | David becomes king over the house of Judah | 2 Samuel 2:4; | |
1070 B.C.E. | David becomes king over all Israel at Hebron; | 2 Samuel 5:3-7; | |
Jerusalem becomes his capital | |||
1070 B.C.E. | The Ark brought into Jerusalem; covenant - | 2 Samuel 6:15; 7:12-16; | |
I will set up thy seed after thee which shall proceed out of thy bowels , and I will establish his kingdom............. | |||
...... And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: | |||
1040 B.C.E. | Gad and Nathan complete 2 Samuel c. 1040 | 2 Samuel 24:18; | |
1037 B.C.E. | David is succeeded sas king of Israel by Solomon | 1 Kings 1:39; 2:12; | |
1034 B.C.E. | The temple construction begun by Solomon | 1 Kings 6:1; | |
1027 B.C.E. | Completion of the temple in Jerusalem | 1 Kings 6:38; | |
1020 B.C.E. | Solomon completes The Song of Song of Solomon | Solomon 1:1; | |
Place Written Jerusalem | |||
1000 B.C.E | Solomon completes the book of Ecclesiastes | Ecclesiastes 1:1; | |
Place Written Jerusalem before the year 1000 | |||
997 B.C.E. | Solomon is succeeded by Rehoboam; | 1 Kings 11:43; | |
The kingdom is split : Jeroboam begins reign as king of Israel | 1Kings 12:19, 20; | ||
993 B.C.E. | Judah is invaded by Shishak who takes treasures | 1 Kings 14:25, 26; | |
from the temple | |||
980 B.C.E. | Rehoboam is succeeded as king of Judah by Abijam (Abijah) | 1 Kings 15:1, 2; | |
977 B.C.E. | Abijam is succeeded as king of Judah by Asa | 1 Kings 15:9, 10; | |
976 B.C.E. | Jeroboam is succeeded as as king of Israel by Nadab | 1 Kings 14:20; | |
975 B.C.E. | Nadab is succeeded as king of Israel by Baasha | 1 Kings 15:33; | |
952 B.C.E. | Baasha succeeded as king of Israel by Elah | 1 Kings 16:8; | |
951 B.C.E. | Elah succeeded as king of Israel by Zimri | 1 Kings 16:15; | |
Zimri succeeded as kings of Israel by Omri and Tibni | 1 Kings 16:21; | ||
947 B.C.E. | Omri rules as king of Israel alone | 1 Kings 16:22, 23; | |
940 B.C.E. | Omri succeeded as king of Israel by Ahab | 1 Kings 16:29; | |
936 B.C.E. | Asa succeeded as king of Judah by Jehoshaphat | 1 Kings 22:41, 42; | |
919 B.C.E. | Ahab succeeded as sole king of Israel by Ahaziah | 1 Kings 22:51, 52; | |
917 B.C.E. | Ahaziah of Israel succeeds as sole king by Jehoram | 2 Kings 3:1; | |
913 B.C.E | Jehoram of Judah 'becomes king,' with Jehoshaphat | 2 Kings 8:16, 17 | |
906 B.C.E. | Jehoram succeeded as king of Judah by Ahaziah | 2 Kings 8:25, 26; | |
905 B.C.E. | Queen Athaliah destroys the seed royal - Joash saved | 2 Kings 11:1-3; | |
Jehoram succeeded as king of Israel by Jehu | 2 Kings 9:24, 27; 10:36; | ||
898 B.C.E. | Ahaziah succeeded as king of Judah by Jehoash | 2 Kings 12:1; | |
876 B.C.E. | Jehu succeeded as king of Israel by Jehoahaz | 2 Kings 13:1; | |
859 B.C.E. | Jehoahaz succeeded as sole king of Israel by Jehoash | 2 Kings 13:10; | |
858 B.C.E. | Jehoash succeeded as king of Judah by Amaziah | 2 Kings 14:1, 2; | |
844 B.C.E. | Jeroboam II succeeds Jehoash as king of Israel | 2 Kings 14:23; | |
Jonah Writer - Jonah c. 844 | Jonah 1:1, 2; | ||
829 B.C.E. | Amaziah succeeded as king of Judah by Uzziah (Azariah) | 2 Kings 15:1, 2; | |
820 B.C.E. | Book of Joel Writer Joel, Place Written Judah c. 820 | Joel 1:1; | |
804 B.C.E. | Amos completed Writer Amos, Place Written Judah c. 804 | Amos 1:1; | |
792 B.C.E. | Zechariah rules as king of Israel (6 months) | 2 Kings 15:8; | |
791 B.C.E. | Zechariah succeeded as king of Israel by Shallum - | 2 Kings 15:13, 17; | |
succeeded as king of Israel by Menahem | |||
780 B.C.E. | Menahem succeeded as king of Israel by Pekahiah | 2 Kings 15:23 | |
778 B.C.E. | Isaiah starts his prophesy | Isaiah 1:1; 6:1; | |
777 B.C.E. | Uzziah (Azariah) succeeded as king of Judah by Jotham | 2 Kings 15:32- 33; | |
761 B.C.E. | Jotham succeeded as king of Judah by Ahaz | 2 Kings 16:1, 2; | |
758 B.C.E. | Hoshea reign's as king of Israel | 2 Kings 15:30; | |
745 B.C.E | Ahaz succeeds as king of Judah by Hezekiah | 2 Kings 18:1-2; | |
745 B.C.E. | Hosea completes the book of Hosea Place Written Samaria | Hosea 1:1; | |
(District) c.. 745 | |||
Assyria the second world power |
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740 B.C.E. | Assyria subjugate Israel, and take Samaria | 2 Kings 17:6, 13, 18; | |
732 B.C.E. | In the tenth year of Hezekiah, | 2 Kings 18:13; | |
Sennacherib King of Assyria invades Judah | |||
732 B.C.E. | Isaiah - Writer - Isaiah - Place Written Jerusalem | Isaiah 1:1; | |
717 B.C.E. | Micah -Writer - Micah - Place Written Judah | Micah 1:1; | |
717 B.C.E. | Compiling of Proverbs - Writer Solomon; Agur; | Proverbs 25:1; | |
Lemuel - Place Written Jerusalem | |||
716 B.C.E. | Hezekiah succeeded as king of Judah by Manasseh | 2 Kings 21:1; | |
661 B.C.E. | Manasseh succeeded as king Judah by Amon | 2 Kings 21:19; | |
659 B.C.E. | Amon succeeded as king of Judah by Josiah | 2 Kings 22:1; | |
648 B.C.E. | Zephaniah - Writer Zephaniah Place Written Judah c. 648 | Zephaniah 1:1; | |
647 B.C.E. | Jeremiah commissioned as prophet | Jeremiah 1:1, 2, 9, 10; | |
632 B.C.E. | Isaiah - Writer Isaiah Place Written Judah c. 632 | Isaiah 1:1; | |
632 B.C.E. | Nineveh falls to Chaldeans and Medes Babylon now in line to become | Isaiah 3:7; | |
third world power | |||
628 B.C.E. | Jehoahaz, successor of Josiah,rules as king of Judah | 2 Kings 23:3; | |
Jehoiakim succeeds Jehoahaz as king of Judah | 2 Kings 23:36; | ||
628 B.C.E. | Habakkuk - Writer Habakkuk Place Written Judah c. 628 | Habakkuk 1:1; | |
Babylon the third Biblical world power |
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625 B.C.E. | Nebuchadnezzar (II) becomes king of Babylon; first regnal | Jeremiah 25:1; | |
year counts from Nisan of 624 B.C.E. | |||
620 B.C.E. | Nebuchadnezzar Of Babylon makes Jehoiakim tributary king | 2 Kings 24:1; | |
618 B.C.E. | Jehoiachin becomes king after Jehoiakim in Judah | 2 Kings 24:6, 8; | |
617 B.C.E. | Nebuchadnezzar takes first Jewish captives to Babylon | Daniel 1:1-4; 2 Kings 24:12-18; | |
Zedekiah is made king of Judah | |||
613 B.C.E. | Ezekiel begins prophesying | Ezekiel 1:1-3; | |
609 B.C.E. | Nebuchadnezzar comes against Judah a third time; | 2 Kings 25:1, 2; | |
begins siege of Jerusalem | |||
607 B.C.E. | Fifth month (Ab), temple razed and Jerusalem destroyed Seventh month, | 2 Kings 25:8-10; Jeremiah 52:12-14; | |
Jews abandon Judah; | 2 Kings 25:25, 26; - Luke 21:24; | ||
"appointed times of the nations" begin to count | |||
Lamentations Jeremiah Place Written Near Jerusalem c. 607 | |||
607 B.C.E. | Obadiah Writer - Obadiah | Obadiah 1; | |
591 B.C.E. | Ezekiel completes the book of Ezekiel Place Written Babylon | Ezekiel 40:1; 29:17; | |
580 B.C.E. | 1 Kings Writer - Jeremiah - Place Written Jerusalem and Judah | Jeremiah 52:31; - 2 Kings 25:27; | |
2 Kings Writer - Jeremiah - Place Written Jerusalem and Egypt | |||
Jeremiah Writer - Jeremiah - Place Written Judah and Egypt | |||
Medes and Persians the fourth world power |
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539 B.C.E. | Babylon falls to the Medes and Persians; Medo-Persia | Daniel 5:30, 31; | |
537 B.C.E. | Decree of Cyrus the Persian permitting Jews to return to Jerusalem takes | 2 Chronicles 36:22, 23; | |
effect; Jerusalem's 70-yeardesolation ends | Jeremiah 25:12; 29:10; | ||
536 B.C.E | Daniel completes the book of Daniel | Daniel 10:1; | |
Place Written Babylon c. 536 | |||
536 B.C.E. | Foundation of temple laid by Zerubbabel | Ezra 3:8-10 ; | |
522 B.C.E. | The temple-building work is interrupted | Ezra 4:23, 24; | |
520 B.C.E. | Haggai - Writer Haggai Place Written Jerusalem | Haggai 1:1; | |
518 B.C.E. | Zechariah - Writer Zechariah Place Written Jerusalem | Zechariah 1:1; | |
515 B.C.E. | Zerubbabel completes second temple | Ezra 6:14, 15; | |
475 B.C.E. | Mordecai completes the book of Esther Place | Esther 3:7; 9:32; | |
Written Shushan, Elam c. 475 | |||
468 B.C.E. | Ezra and priests return to Jerusalem | Ezra 7:7; | |
460 B.C.E. | Ezra completes the books of 1 and 2 Chronicles Place Written Jerusalem | Ezra 1:1; | |
Psalms completed Writer - David and others | 2 Chronicles 36:22; | ||
455 B.C.E. | Jerusalem's walls rebuilt by Nehemiah; | Nehemiah 1:1; 2:1, 11; | |
prophecy of 70 weeks begins fulfillment | Nehemiah 6:15; Daniel 9:24; | ||
443 B.C.E. | Nehemiah completes the book of Nehemiah Place Written Jerusalem | Nehemiah 5:14; | |
Malachi - Writer Malachi Place Written Jerusalem c. 443 | Malachi 1:1; | ||
406 B.C.E. | Rebuilding of Jerusalem is completed | Daniel 9:25; | |
Greece the fifth world power |
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331 B.C.E. | Grecia ( Greece ) rules Judea | Daniel 8:21; | |
280 B.C.E. | The Greek Septuagint began | ||
165 B.C.E. | Rededication of temple after desecration by Greek idolatry; | John 10:22; | |
Festival of Dedication | |||
Continues Time Line New Testament |